PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romus Dewastator (ranked 24952 p4p, 6833 weight class) and I Made Sukerti McGregor (ranked 802 p4p, 744 weight class). Sukerti McGregor has chosen Kecak Janger Remix as his entrance music. Romus Dewastator has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dewastator
vs
Sukerti McGregor

183 cm
19
187
1 - 3 - 0

157 cm
18
186
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Romus Dewastator !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, I Made Sukerti McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dewastator drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sukerti McGregor looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Dewastator stopping the sweep attempt from Sukerti McGregor.
Dewastator distracts Sukerti McGregor with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dewastator working some strikes from top position.
Dewastator missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dewastator postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sukerti McGregor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dewastator .
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Sukerti McGregor has eaten all the pies!
Dewastator makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dewastator missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dewastator trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dewastator throwing strikes from guard but Sukerti McGregor blocks nicely.
Dewastator with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dewastator connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dewastator trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dewastator postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dewastator with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dewastator in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dewastator postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dewastator lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dewastator throwing strikes from guard but Sukerti McGregor blocks nicely.
Dewastator postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sukerti McGregor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dewastator with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dewastator 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dewastator won't allow Sukerti McGregor to sweep him here.

Dewastator gets to his feet. Sukerti McGregor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Dewastator tries to clinch up.

Dewastator moves into the clinch successfully.
Sukerti McGregor blocks an uppercut.
Dewastator working aggressively here.
Dewastator wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sukerti McGregor has him pressed against the cage.
Dewastator slows down the pace here.
Sukerti McGregor blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dewastator 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Dewastator pulls guard.
Dewastator on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dewastator tries to get out of the position.
Dewastator doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dewastator has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dewastator has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Dewastator doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dewastator working a defensive guard here.
Dewastator tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dewastator pulls Sukerti McGregor in close to his closed guard and prevents Sukerti McGregor from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Dewastator moves into the clinch.
Sukerti McGregor blocks an uppercut.

Dewastator breaks from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dewastator fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Despite the aggression on Sukerti McGregor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dewastator fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dewastator throws a right and a left that Sukerti McGregor avoids nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Romus Dewastator dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dewastator lands a two punch combo.
Sukerti McGregor darts in looking for a takedown but Dewastator gets double underhooks and turns Sukerti McGregor into the cage.

Dewastator clinches with his opponent.
Sukerti McGregor prevents a body shot from Dewastator .
Dewastator is trying to force a seperation but Sukerti McGregor has the dominant position.
Dewastator tries to circle away but Sukerti McGregor has him pinned against the cage.
Dewastator is looking to break free of the clinch but Sukerti McGregor has double underhooks.
Sukerti McGregor jumps guard but Dewastator stands there with Sukerti McGregor around his waist. Sukerti McGregor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dewastator leaning against his opponent.
Sukerti McGregor is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dewastator content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dewastator wants a takedown.

Dewastator pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dewastator thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Dewastator throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sukerti McGregor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dewastator swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Dewastator is pulling down on Sukerti McGregor's head to control his posture.
Dewastator is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sukerti McGregor can do to turn this around?
Dewastator 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sukerti McGregor stopping the sweep attempt from Dewastator .
Dewastator is working hard here to advance position.
Dewastator is controlling Sukerti McGregor's posture.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dewastator trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Dewastator moves into the clinch.
Dewastator jumps guard but Sukerti McGregor turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dewastator can't find room to land a body shot as Sukerti McGregor controls the action.
Dewastator wants to get back to striking at distance but Sukerti McGregor won't allow it.
Sukerti McGregor blocks an uppercut.
Dewastator tries to pull guard but Sukerti McGregor won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romus Dewastator . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dewastator throws a head punch that misses.

Dewastator breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dewastator misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Dewastator darts in and clinches Sukerti McGregor up against the cage.

Dewastator breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dewastator drives through and clinches with Sukerti McGregor against the cage.
Sukerti McGregor managing to block the knees to the body from Dewastator .
Dewastator is stalling here.
Dewastator wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sukerti McGregor can't get the takedown.

Dewastator gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dewastator seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Dewastator missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sukerti McGregor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dewastator scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dewastator connects with a nice short shot to Sukerti McGregor's temple.
Sukerti McGregor is trying to maintain the position but Dewastator is very close to passing his half guard.
Sukerti McGregor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dewastator .
Dewastator winds up and cracks Sukerti McGregor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dewastator working the head and body with strikes.
Romus Dewastator overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dewastator drops an elbow to the side of Sukerti McGregor's head.
Dewastator looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sukerti McGregor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dewastator stands up out of the half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dewastator is looking to clinch.
Dewastator is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Romus Dewastator dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dewastator rushes Sukerti McGregor and presses him up against the cage.
Dewastator can't break the clinch.
Dewastator fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dewastator fails to pull guard.

Sukerti McGregor breaks from the clinch.
Dewastator tries to close the distance and clinch but Sukerti McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Dewastator gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sukerti McGregor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dewastator 's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dewastator can't break the clinch.

Dewastator manages to pull guard.
Dewastator tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dewastator looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sukerti McGregor is one step ahead there.
Sukerti McGregor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dewastator seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dewastator lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dewastator throwing strikes from guard but Sukerti McGregor blocks nicely.
Dewastator missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dewastator is looking to work some ground and pound but Sukerti McGregor has wrist control.
Dewastator missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dewastator cracks Sukerti McGregor with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dewastator landing some decent shots from guard.
Sukerti McGregor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dewastator throwing strikes but missing.
Sukerti McGregor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dewastator 's guard.

Sukerti McGregor preventing the sweep.
Sukerti McGregor is fighting to break Dewastator 's control of his arms but Dewastator is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dewastator throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sukerti McGregor stopping the sweep attempt from Dewastator .
Dewastator punching from the bottom.
I Made Sukerti McGregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dewastator strikes from his own guard.
Dewastator pulls Sukerti McGregor in close to his closed guard and prevents Sukerti McGregor from doing any damage or advancing position.
Dewastator lands with a heel strike from the guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Dewastator . Those never looked like landing.

Dewastator moves into range and clinches up with Sukerti McGregor.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dewastator landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dewastator .

Dewastator jumps guard.

Sukerti McGregor drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sukerti McGregor jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dewastator punching to the body, from the bottom.
Dewastator utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dewastator is pulling down on Sukerti McGregor's head. It's preventing any offense from Sukerti McGregor, at least for the moment.
Romus Dewastator is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sukerti McGregor preventing the sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sukerti McGregor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dewastator trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Romus Dewastator showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dewastator has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight for Romus Dewastator !
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Romus Dewastator !
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Romus Dewastator !

Romus Dewastator wins by unanimous decision!