PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barcuha zhi Est (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Stagrodyzki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

zhi Est
vs
Stagrodyzki

178 cm
22
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
253 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Barcuha zhi Est!
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, Fedor Stagrodyzki!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stagrodyzki throws a body kick that misses.
Stagrodyzki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but zhi Est moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
zhi Est avoids a punch combination nicely.
zhi Est fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Stagrodyzki gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells zhi Est's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
zhi Est trying to control the position from guard on top but Stagrodyzki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
zhi Est distracts Stagrodyzki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stagrodyzki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from zhi Est.
Stagrodyzki keeping moving, preventing zhi Est from controlling successfully.
zhi Est 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.
zhi Est won't allow Stagrodyzki to get back to his feet.
zhi Est could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
zhi Est content to stall in guard here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Stagrodyzki misses with an attempted mid kick.
zhi Est misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fedor Stagrodyzki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stagrodyzki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stagrodyzki looks to land a left hand but zhi Est moved out of range nicely.
Stagrodyzki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Stagrodyzki avoids the body shot from zhi Est.
Stagrodyzki dodges the punch combination from zhi Est.
zhi Est throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
zhi Est ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
zhi Est throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stagrodyzki.
A punch combination from Stagrodyzki misses.
Stagrodyzki looks gassed!
zhi Est misses with a wild combination.
Stagrodyzki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
zhi Est lands an overhand right.
Stagrodyzki throws a combination that misses
and zhi Est connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
zhi Est throws a right and a left that both miss.

zhi Est shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stagrodyzki manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
zhi Est working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
zhi Est trying to control the position from guard on top but Stagrodyzki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stagrodyzki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst zhi Est is controlling him.
zhi Est postures up and lands a big shot to Stagrodyzki's brow.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Stagrodyzki gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows zhi Est to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
zhi Est postures up and lands a big shot to Stagrodyzki's brow.
zhi Est throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stagrodyzki wriggles free and stands up.
Stagrodyzki misses with a wild combination.
Stagrodyzki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stagrodyzki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
zhi Est misses with the combination.
zhi Est misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stagrodyzki.
Fedor Stagrodyzki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
zhi Est staying out of range there.
zhi Est scores with a one two! Stagrodyzki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stagrodyzki tries to bum rush zhi Est with a series of wild strikes but zhi Est uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
zhi Est avoids the head kick by Stagrodyzki.
Stagrodyzki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
zhi Est moves out of range of the body kick.
zhi Est slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
zhi Est showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stagrodyzki.
A good leg kick by Stagrodyzki.

zhi Est shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Stagrodyzki is trying to defend but zhi Est finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Stagrodyzki is trying to stand up here but zhi Est is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from zhi Est there.
zhi Est sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stagrodyzki defending well though.
zhi Est stops Stagrodyzki from getting back to his feet.
zhi Est thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
It looks like zhi Est is going to stand back up.
zhi Est is pressing down on Stagrodyzki's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stagrodyzki is holding on for now.
Stagrodyzki looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Stagrodyzki misses with a few strikes there.

zhi Est shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. zhi Est showed some decent athleticism there.
zhi Est stops Stagrodyzki from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barcuha zhi Est dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

zhi Est fails to land with a series of punches.
zhi Est throws a right and a left that both miss.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stagrodyzki.
zhi Est takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barcuha zhi Est is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stagrodyzki.
Stagrodyzki lets loose with a powerful body kick. zhi Est will feel that in the morning.
Stagrodyzki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and zhi Est counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stagrodyzki's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
zhi Est is looking to stand up but Stagrodyzki won't let him.
zhi Est trying to control but Stagrodyzki is working from the bottom.

Stagrodyzki kicks zhi Est off and gets to his feet.
Stagrodyzki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
zhi Est tests Stagrodyzki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stagrodyzki misses with a few strikes there.
Stagrodyzki throws the kick towards the body but zhi Est avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
zhi Est throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stagrodyzki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stagrodyzki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stagrodyzki misses with a series of wild punches.
zhi Est goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Stagrodyzki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! zhi Est crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Stagrodyzki - the referee stops the clock and zhi Est gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Stagrodyzki. zhi Est manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Stagrodyzki lands a high kick!
zhi Est avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stagrodyzki throws a series of punches but zhi Est avoids them all with ease.
Stagrodyzki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
zhi Est showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stagrodyzki.
Stagrodyzki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stagrodyzki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and zhi Est counters with a left to the body.
zhi Est misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stagrodyzki connects with a high kick.
A combination from zhi Est does no damage.
zhi Est tries for a takedown but Stagrodyzki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barcuha zhi Est. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stagrodyzki looks to land a body kick but zhi Est moved away.
Stagrodyzki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
zhi Est misses with a double jab.
A good leg kick by Stagrodyzki.
Nice body kick from Stagrodyzki.
A punch combination from zhi Est misses.
zhi Est lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stagrodyzki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
zhi Est shoots in but Stagrodyzki avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stagrodyzki fails to land with a series of punches.
Stagrodyzki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as zhi Est backs up against the cage.
Stagrodyzki misses with a double jab.
Stagrodyzki throws a nice looking combination but zhi Est bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
zhi Est connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
zhi Est throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
zhi Est misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stagrodyzki lands with an overhand left.
Stagrodyzki misses with a double jab

and zhi Est counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Stagrodyzki!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stagrodyzki is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Barcuha zhi Est overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stagrodyzki is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
zhi Est postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stagrodyzki looks a forlorn figure.
Stagrodyzki tries to buck zhi Est off but he can't manage it.
zhi Est fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
zhi Est lands a big shot there that rocks Stagrodyzki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
zhi Est trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stagrodyzki squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

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

zhi Est is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Stagrodyzki is surviving well by controlling zhi Est's body position as best he can.
zhi Est can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stagrodyzki is looking to escape.
zhi Est with good strikes from the mount here!
zhi Est with the ground and pound from mount.
Stagrodyzki really wants to buck zhi Est off and get back to his feet.
zhi Est punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stagrodyzki is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

zhi Est is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Stagrodyzki to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Stagrodyzki shrugs it off.
Stagrodyzki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as zhi Est tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fedor Stagrodyzki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! zhi Est's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Stagrodyzki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

zhi Est closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Stagrodyzki did well to prevent zhi Est getting side control.

zhi Est stands up from half guard.
zhi Est throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stagrodyzki looks to land a body kick but zhi Est moved away.
zhi Est will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Stagrodyzki tries to bum rush zhi Est with a series of wild strikes but zhi Est uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

zhi Est shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Stagrodyzki napping and manages to drive through into side control!

zhi Est is trying to get an arm triangle but Stagrodyzki is defending well.

zhi Est decides to stand back up.
Stagrodyzki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
zhi Est misses with a few strikes there.
Stagrodyzki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

zhi Est drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stagrodyzki is working to avoid the ground and pound but zhi Est connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zhi Est in side control, throwing shots but Stagrodyzki defends.
zhi Est trying to control the action but Stagrodyzki is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from zhi Est are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Stagrodyzki dodges the ground and pound from zhi Est.
zhi Est looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stagrodyzki is avoiding damage well.
Stagrodyzki is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

zhi Est is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stagrodyzki has escaped the position, nice work there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stagrodyzki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Stagrodyzki.

zhi Est 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.
zhi Est wants to stand but Stagrodyzki is controlling his posture from full guard.
zhi Est trying to control the position from guard on top but Stagrodyzki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
zhi Est working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stagrodyzki keeping moving, preventing zhi Est from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
zhi Est wants to stand but Stagrodyzki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Stagrodyzki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as zhi Est accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Stagrodyzki pushes zhi Est off and scrambles back to his feet.
Stagrodyzki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

zhi Est feints and as Stagrodyzki raises his hands in defense, zhi Est changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stagrodyzki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
zhi Est lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stagrodyzki wants to stand but zhi Est is controlling the position.

zhi Est gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Stagrodyzki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

zhi Est shoots in and bounces Stagrodyzki off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Stagrodyzki wants to stand and escape but zhi Est is having none of it.
zhi Est cracks Stagrodyzki with a solid left hand.

Stagrodyzki wriggles free and stands up.
zhi Est throws a right and a left that Stagrodyzki avoids nicely.
zhi Est has a takedown stuffed.
Stagrodyzki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stagrodyzki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by zhi Est.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
zhi Est throws a series of punches but Stagrodyzki avoids them all with ease.
zhi Est fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stagrodyzki stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stagrodyzki wants it to stay on the feet.
Stagrodyzki leaves zhi Est with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barcuha zhi Est. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stagrodyzki misses with a wild combination.

zhi Est gets the takedown into side control.
zhi Est trying to control the position but Stagrodyzki is working away.
Stagrodyzki is working to avoid the ground and pound but zhi Est connects with a decent elbow.

Stagrodyzki bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
zhi Est looking to land some kicks to the body here.
zhi Est throws a right and a left that Stagrodyzki avoids nicely.
zhi Est looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stagrodyzki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but zhi Est circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barcuha zhi Est showed his dominance in that final round.
I think zhi Est 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barcuha zhi Est!