PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Aguilar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hui Vchai Sun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norbert Aguilar had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Aguilar
vs
Vchai Sun

177 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Norbert Aguilar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hui Vchai Sun!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aguilar moves into the clinch successfully.

Aguilar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sun fails to land with a series of punches.
Aguilar avoids the head kick by Sun.
Aguilar tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sun manages to circle out of the way.
Hui Vchai Sun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Aguilar moves into the clinch successfully.

Aguilar gets control of Sun's arms and successfully pulls guard. Aguilar will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Aguilar trying to keep a closed guard but Sun is proving a slippery customer.
Aguilar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aguilar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sun is controlling him.
Aguilar trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sun wants to stand but Aguilar has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Aguilar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Aguilar trying to control the position here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sun will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Aguilar dives in for a single leg takedown but Sun sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sun ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aguilar moves away.
Aguilar seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sun throws a nice looking combination but Aguilar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sun throws a head kick that misses.
Aguilar throws a big counter combination but Sun scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Aguilar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sun is trying to stand up here but Aguilar is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Aguilar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Aguilar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sun looks winded!
Aguilar looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguilar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sun avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aguilar.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar stands up out of the half guard.
Aguilar avoids a punch combination nicely.

Aguilar moves into the clinch successfully.
Sun takes an elbow to the temple.
Aguilar tries to land a knee to the head but Sun blocks with his arms.
Sun tries to break free but Aguilar pushes him back against the cage.
Aguilar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sun just stands there and leans against the cage.

Aguilar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar moves into range and clinches up with Sun.

Aguilar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Aguilar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Aguilar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Aguilar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Aguilar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norbert Aguilar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Aguilar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sun's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Aguilar stands and steps away. Sun gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Aguilar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norbert Aguilar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sun tries to keep at a distance but Aguilar has taken the fight into the clinch.

Aguilar breaks the clinch.
Sun pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sun tries a head kick but it misses.
Sun lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Norbert Aguilar has been cut.
Sun throws a sloppy head kick and Aguilar moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sun misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aguilar.
Sun looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aguilar is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sun.
Sun is breathing heavily.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Aguilar shoots in and bounces Sun off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Aguilar is standing up over Sun. Sun looks to escape but Aguilar dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aguilar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sun can do to turn this around?

Aguilar decides to take the fight back to the feet.
No luck for Aguilar with that takedown attempt.
Aguilar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norbert Aguilar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sun misses the shot to the body.

Aguilar darts in and clinches Sun up against the cage.
Aguilar looking to throw knees to the head but Sun is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar stalls.
Sun is trying to break the clinch but Aguilar has him pressed against the cage.

Aguilar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sun stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sun wants it to stay on the feet.
Sun throws a combination that misses

and Aguilar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Aguilar breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sun lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Aguilar dives in and scores a takedown into Sun's guard.
Aguilar throwing strikes but missing.

Aguilar stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Aguilar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sun!

Aguilar is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sun has escaped the position, nice work there.
Aguilar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sun parries the strikes from Aguilar easily there. Aguilar is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sun to escape.

Aguilar decides to stand back up. Aguilar steps back and let's Sun get back to his feet.

Aguilar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sun tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norbert Aguilar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Norbert Aguilar's cut.
That's time! Aguilar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Aguilar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Sun manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sun tries a head kick but it misses.
Sun misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Aguilar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aguilar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aguilar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sun blocks it with crossed arms.

Aguilar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Aguilar or perhaps it was just good defense by Sun, which made it look bad.
Sun takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aguilar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sun sprawls well. Sun wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Aguilar gets slowly back to his feet.
Sun throws a right and a left that Aguilar avoids nicely.
Sun throws a head kick that misses
and Aguilar counters with a nice body shot.
Sun throws a head kick that misses

and Aguilar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sun is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Aguilar dives into side control.

Aguilar decides to stand back up.
Hui Vchai Sun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Aguilar drives through and clinches with Sun against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sun backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sun tries to break the clinch but Aguilar is controlling the position.

Aguilar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aguilar shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norbert Aguilar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aguilar fails to land the takedown.
Despite the aggression on Sun's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Aguilar avoids the head kick by Sun.
Aguilar seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Aguilar fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sun sprawls well initially but Aguilar persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Aguilar is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Aguilar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Aguilar pushes Sun up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Aguilar on the inside.

Aguilar breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sun swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Aguilar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sun taking some punishment here, with Aguilar in his half guard.

Aguilar stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Sun to get to his feet.
Aguilar shoots in but no luck this time.

Aguilar closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sun to the mat! Sun manages to get full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aguilar postures up in Sun's guard and throws a big left but Sun blocks it.
Sun is looking to stand up but Aguilar isn't so interested in that idea.
Sun is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Aguilar dives into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Norbert Aguilar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aguilar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Norbert Aguilar!