PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vasyl Bohunslav (ranked 4519 p4p, 0 weight class) and Izzedin El Derabani (ranked 7657 p4p, 0 weight class). Bohunslav's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Love. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bohunslav
vs
El Derabani

175 cm
24
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vasyl Bohunslav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Izzedin El Derabani!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

El Derabani drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bohunslav is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on El Derabani's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
El Derabani is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Bohunslav reverses the position - he's now on top in El Derabani's guard.

El Derabani isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bohunslav stacks El Derabani on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bohunslav!
Bohunslav avoids the strikes from the bottom by El Derabani.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Derabani on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
El Derabani is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohunslav fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Bohunslav looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
El Derabani tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bohunslav presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
El Derabani working to try and regain half guard.
Bohunslav is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. El Derabani can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohunslav thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bohunslav landing punches.
Bohunslav putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bohunslav working El Derabani over with strikes here.
El Derabani takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
El Derabani really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bohunslav dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bohunslav misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bohunslav wants to control the pace but El Derabani is squirming around nicely.
Bohunslav throwing strikes here but El Derabani is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bohunslav landing shots from mount.
El Derabani tries to control Bohunslav's body but Bohunslav pushes him off. El Derabani squirms to his side and now Bohunslav has his back!

Bohunslav has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, El Derabani has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Bohunslav cracks El Derabani with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing El Derabani from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Derabani tries to roll but Bohunslav sticks to his back.

Bohunslav working for the choke.
Bohunslav not allowing El Derabani to control his hands.
Bohunslav is hanging on to El Derabani's back as he tries to escape.

Bohunslav working for the choke.
El Derabani trying to get back to his feet but Bohunslav is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasyl Bohunslav dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

El Derabani lands the left hand.

El Derabani shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
El Derabani trying to control the action but Bohunslav is working from the bottom.
Bohunslav is trying to control but can't.
Bohunslav is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that El Derabani can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bohunslav looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
El Derabani stalling away here and it's allowed Bohunslav to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bohunslav is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. El Derabani is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bohunslav looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bohunslav throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
El Derabani trying to control the position from guard on top but Bohunslav is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
El Derabani is looking to stand up but Bohunslav won't let him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bohunslav shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as El Derabani sprawls well. El Derabani wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bohunslav gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Bohunslav tries to sprawl but El Derabani drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bohunslav trying to control here.
Bohunslav missing with punches from the bottom.
El Derabani is looking to stall here but Bohunslav recovers full guard.

Bohunslav looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bohunslav keeping moving, preventing El Derabani from controlling successfully.
Bohunslav trying to keep a closed guard but El Derabani is proving a slippery customer.
El Derabani throws a strike but Bohunslav rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

El Derabani has an active guard here but Bohunslav has managed to pass into half guard.
El Derabani avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bohunslav.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bohunslav perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Bohunslav postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for El Derabani to stand up.

El Derabani decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Bohunslav looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
El Derabani really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bohunslav. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
El Derabani wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bohunslav keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Still in half guard, El Derabani seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Izzedin El Derabani will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

El Derabani lands a jab-cross combination.

El Derabani drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
El Derabani trying to control the position from guard on top but Bohunslav is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
El Derabani wanted to stand there but Bohunslav had control of the position.
Bohunslav keeping moving, preventing El Derabani from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bohunslav looking for submissions from the bottom but instead El Derabani passes into half guard.

Bohunslav looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

El Derabani is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bohunslav wants to get back to his feet.
Bohunslav moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Bohunslav looking for a guillotine here but El Derabani defends easily.
El Derabani tries to free his leg and advance position but Bohunslav is retaining full guard.
Bohunslav not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

El Derabani manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bohunslav on his heels. He'll look to pass Bohunslav's guard now, I'm sure.
El Derabani throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Derabani tries to free his leg and advance position but Bohunslav is retaining full guard.
El Derabani trying to control but Bohunslav is working from the bottom.
Bohunslav is trying to control the position but El Derabani postures up.
Bohunslav keeping moving, preventing El Derabani from controlling successfully.
El Derabani is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bohunslav pulls El Derabani in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

El Derabani scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bohunslav 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.
El Derabani misses with the ground and pound.
Bohunslav is not content to let El Derabani control the position.
Bohunslav tries to bench press El Derabani off him but El Derabani keeps the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
El Derabani creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bohunslav sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Izzedin El Derabani comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think El Derabani has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Izzedin El Derabani!
Vasyl Bohunslav was interviewed post fight and said 'чоловік наступного разу, коли я обіцяю, я буду кращ&#1'.