PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Beat Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Bacevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Best
vs
Bacevich

179 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Beat Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrian Bacevich!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best thows a body shot but no joy.
Best shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bacevich as he jumps to the side.
Bacevich dips to his left and cracks Best with an uppercut!
Best pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bacevich lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bacevich moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Best throws a combination that misses
and Bacevich counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bacevich blocks a leg kick.
Best falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bacevich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bacevich digs a good body shot into Best's ribs.
Best moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Adrian Bacevich has been cut.
Best swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bacevich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Best takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Best gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bacevich.
Best cracks Bacevich with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacevich scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Best on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bacevich scores with a jab to the body.
Best misses with a looping left.
Bacevich lands a jab to the nose.
Bacevich throws a series of strikes that have Best backpedaling.
Bacevich lands a body shot.
Best shoots in but Bacevich avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Best is breathing heavily.
Best misses with a straight right.
Danga de danga de dang - Bacevich scores with a four punch combination!

Best decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half 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!
Bacevich wants to control but Best is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bacevich pushes Best off looking to stand but Best dives back in and keeps control.
Best missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best with the ground and pound but Bacevich uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bacevich is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Best postures up in Bacevich's guard and throws a big left but Bacevich blocks it.
Best being controlled here momentarily.
Best knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bacevich on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Best accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bacevich moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Best wants to clinch.
Best swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bacevich counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bacevich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bacevich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Best throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bacevich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Best misses with a looping right.
Best misses the jab.
Best takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Adrian Bacevich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bacevich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Best throws an overhand right that lands on Bacevich's shoulder, as Bacevich tries to avoid the shot.
Best looks to throw the jab but Bacevich is out of range.
Best is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Best's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice takedown defense from Bacevich. No joy for Best on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beat Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Best fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bacevich works over Best's head and body with a nice combination.
Best fails to land the takedown.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bacevich.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacevich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Best shoots in for a double leg but Bacevich sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bacevich displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Beat Best seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Best misses with a hook.
Best drops his hands momentarily and Bacevich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bacevich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bacevich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bacevich scores with a decent looking hook.
Bacevich lands a lovely overhand right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacevich scores with a nice head shot.
Best misses with a looping right.
Best tries to clinch but Bacevich moves out of range.
Bacevich throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Bacevich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adrian Bacevich's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bacevich lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Best throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bacevich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adrian Bacevich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from Bacevich.
Bacevich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bacevich connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bacevich scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Best misses with a jab to the body
letting Bacevich counter with a right hand.
Best fails to land the takedown.
Bacevich looks to land a combination. Best sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Best looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Best moves in looking to clinch but Bacevich pushes him off.
Bacevich slips a straight right by Best.
Bacevich is working the combinations to good effect here.
Good exchange - Bacevich coming out on top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bacevich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Best misses with a hook to the body
and Bacevich counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacevich looks to land a combination but Best avoids it well.
Best closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bacevich lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bacevich lands a jab.
Bacevich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bacevich throws a one two combo.
A nice combination there by Bacevich.
Bacevich throws a combination that misses

and Best decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bacevich's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bacevich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bacevich trying to control the position.
Bacevich preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Best has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacevich is adopting a defensive guard.
Best working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bacevich wants to stand up but Best is controlling him.
Bacevich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Best missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Best avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bacevich.
Bacevich is thwarting Best's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bacevich wants to control but Best is keeping him busy.
Best punching from the bottom.
Best on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Best tries to get out of the position.
Best strikes from the bottom but Bacevich uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Bacevich trying to control the position but Best is working away.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Best throws a leg kick
and Bacevich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Best feints and as Bacevich raises his hands in defense, Best changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Best pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bacevich is keeping the position for now.
Best is looking to work some ground and pound but Bacevich has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Best working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bacevich's head.
Best working some strikes from top position.
Bacevich trying to strike off his back.
Best thows a big elbow that misses.
Bacevich keeping full guard, as Best tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Best moves out of range as Bacevich strikes.
Bacevich displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacevich throws a series of punches but Best avoids them all with ease.
Best fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bacevich punishes Best's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Bacevich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adrian Bacevich's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bacevich throws a shot to the body.
Bacevich swinging wilding here.
Nice takedown defense from Bacevich. No joy for Best on that attempt.
Bacevich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Best momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Best looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bacevich throws a combination. Best tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Best gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Best takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Best tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bacevich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by Bacevich.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bacevich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bacevich circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bacevich counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best misses with a hook.
Best closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bacevich counters with a nice body shot.
Bacevich throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bacevich blocks a jab.
A cross from Bacevich lands.
Best shoots in and drives through. Bacevich sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beat Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bacevich keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bacevich looks to land a combination. Best sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bacevich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Best stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bacevich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Best stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bacevich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Best has time to react.
Bacevich throws a good cross that connects.
Bacevich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bacevich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bacevich goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Best takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bacevich lands with a nice body punch.
Bacevich stalks Best and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Best's face. Best staggers backwards, shaken.
Bacevich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bacevich lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bacevich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bacevich scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bacevich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bacevich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bacevich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice cross by Bacevich.
A left and a right from Bacevich both land. Nice combination.
Bacevich jabs at Best's body.
Bacevich lands a jab to Best's midsection.
Bacevich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bacevich scores with a punch to the head.
Best looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Best gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bacevich scores with a nice right hand.
Bacevich scores with a jab.
Bacevich misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Bacevich.
Best misses with a straight right.
Good standup being displayed there by Bacevich as he connects with a hook.
Bacevich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Best doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
Bacevich lands with an uppercut that bounces Best off the cage and back into rage.
Best is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Best takes one to the side of the head.
Best jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bacevich scores with a punch to the head.
Bacevich scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bacevich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bacevich lands a nice looking body shot.
Beat Best has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adrian Bacevich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Best motions for Bacevich to come forward. Best throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adrian Bacevich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bacevich winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrian Bacevich!