PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Morientes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Eenmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morientes's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rap Das Armas. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Morientes
vs
Eenmaa

185 cm
21
182 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Win Nutritional

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Morientes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Eenmaa!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morientes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eenmaa throws out the jab.

Morientes shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Eenmaa won't allow Morientes to pass to mount.
Morientes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morientes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morientes thows a huge punch but Eenmaa dodges it nicely.
Eenmaa trying to hold on to Morientes's head to control him but Morientes postures up.
Morientes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morientes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morientes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Morientes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eenmaa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morientes.

Morientes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Eenmaa sees it coming and defends easily.
Morientes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Eenmaa defending well though.
Morientes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Morientes wants to work for an arm triangle but Eenmaa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Morientes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Eenmaa defends it well.
Morientes is breathing heavily.
Eenmaa wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Eenmaa lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eenmaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morientes.

Eenmaa drops Morientes with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Morientes looks back up at him and smiles so Eenmaa waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Morientes is rocked!

It looks like Ricardo Morientes has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morientes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eenmaa.
Oh Morientes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morientes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eenmaa.
Morientes seems to have got his legs back now.
Eenmaa misses with a double jab.
Eenmaa throws a head kick but Morientes moves out of range.
Eenmaa has his takedown stuffed
and Morientes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Eenmaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morientes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eenmaa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eenmaa misses with a straight right.
Morientes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eenmaa.
Eenmaa catches Morientes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morientes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morientes shoots for a double leg takedown but Eenmaa sprawls well. He's pushed Morientes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Eenmaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Eenmaa loads up on a big right hand but Morientes slips the punch.
Aleksandr Eenmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eenmaa misses with an uppercut. Morientes saw that one coming.
Eenmaa tries for a takedown but Morientes circles away easily
and Morientes counters with a straight right hand.
Eenmaa missing with a left hand there. Morientes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No luck for Morientes with that takedown attempt.
Morientes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eenmaa.
Eenmaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morientes.
Eenmaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Eenmaa throws a hook to the side of Morientes's head but Morientes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eenmaa stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Morientes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Eenmaa misses.
Nice defenses there by Morientes.
Eenmaa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Eenmaa misses with a takedown

so Morientes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Morientes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morientes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eenmaa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morientes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Eenmaa's head.
Morientes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morientes stops Eenmaa from standing up.
Morientes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Eenmaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aleksandr Eenmaa will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Morientes'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.

Morientes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morientes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morientes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morientes slips a straight right by Eenmaa.
Morientes throws a combination that misses
and Eenmaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eenmaa might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morientes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eenmaa.
Eenmaa throws a big shot that misses.
Eenmaa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morientes shoots in looking for a takedown. Eenmaa tries to sprawl out of it but Morientes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Eenmaa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eenmaa with a lazy takedown attempt

and Morientes counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Eenmaa!
Morientes postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Eenmaa looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morientes unloads with some shots from mount but Eenmaa bucks and avoids them well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eenmaa is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
A nice elbow there by Morientes.
Eenmaa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morientes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morientes with a couple of short strikes.
Morientes working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Eenmaa wants to control but Morientes is having none of it.

Morientes working for a submission but Eenmaa is keeping him at bay.
Eenmaa is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morientes thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Morientes punching from mount but Eenmaa doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Eenmaa tries to hold on but Morientes postures up.
Morientes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Morientes throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Eenmaa is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morientes misses with a head shot.
Morientes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Morientes misses with a head shot.
Eenmaa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Morientes.
Morientes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Eenmaa tries to hold on but Morientes postures up.
Morientes looking to ground and pound but Eenmaa is blocking nicely.
Morientes 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morientes misses with a head shot.
Eenmaa tries to lock up and control but Morientes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Eenmaa is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Eenmaa taking shots to the head.
Morientes throwing strikes here but Eenmaa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Eenmaa squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Morientes throws some wild stikes that Eenmaa manages to avoid easily.
Morientes with the ground and pound from mount.
Eenmaa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Morientes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Morientes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Eenmaa misses the jab.
Eenmaa misses with a takedown

so Morientes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Morientes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eenmaa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Eenmaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morientes landing with the ground and pound.
Morientes throws a big right hand that misses.
Morientes throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morientes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morientes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morientes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Eenmaa misses with a hook. Morientes ducked under it nicely.
Morientes blocks a jab.
Morientes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Eenmaa with a lazy takedown attempt

and Morientes counters with a takedown into side control.
Morientes cracks Eenmaa with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ricardo Morientes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morientes working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sloppy strikes there by Morientes.

Morientes working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eenmaa tries to escape but Morientes is in control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Eenmaa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Eenmaa parries the strikes from Morientes easily there. Morientes is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Eenmaa to escape.
Morientes working the ground and pound but Eenmaa is defending the strikes.

Morientes is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Eenmaa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Eenmaa misses with a takedown attempt

and Morientes counters with a takedown into side control.
Ricardo Morientes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksandr Eenmaa.
Eenmaa is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morientes has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Morientes fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morientes misses with the ground and pound.
Morientes throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Eenmaa dodges the ground and pound from Morientes.
Morientes misses with the ground and pound.
Eenmaa is trying to buck Morientes off.
Morientes sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Eenmaa is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Eenmaa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circling - Eenmaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Eenmaa misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Eenmaa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morientes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morientes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Eenmaa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morientes throwing strikes from guard but Eenmaa blocks nicely.
Eenmaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morientes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morientes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morientes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Morientes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morientes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Morientes!