PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Oxard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Potempkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Oxard
vs
Potempkin

190 cm
22
179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
20
179 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

[JMFC] Club Tops 'n' Hot Pants
[MMABR] Killer Bee Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Oxard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Igor Potempkin!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oxard jabs at Potempkin's body.
Oxard avoids the head kick by Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with a two punch combination.
Igor Potempkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oxard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Potempkin misses the body punch
and Potempkin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oxard takes a swing at Potempkin's ribcage but misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Potempkin. That's going to slow Oxard down.
Potempkin blocks a leg kick.
Oxard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with a few strikes there.
Potempkin throws the left hand but Oxard avoids the punch easily.
Oxard throws the left hand but Potempkin avoids the punch easily.
Potempkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Potempkin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oxard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Potempkin throws a sloppy head kick and Oxard moves out of range easily.
Potempkin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oxard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Potempkin manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potempkin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Oxard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Oxard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Potempkin.
Potempkin throws a combination that misses
letting Oxard counter with a right hand.
Potempkin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oxard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Potempkin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oxard lands an overhand right.
Potempkin throws a right hand that Oxard ducks under and follows up with a left that Oxard also avoids with ease.
Potempkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oxard lands a jab to Potempkin's midsection.
Oxard ducks under a wild hook from Potempkin.
Potempkin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Oxard counters with a series of strikes. Potempkin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Potempkin throws a big shot that misses.
A nice combination there by Oxard.
Potempkin throws a wild body kick that Oxard sees coming a mile off.
Oxard moves forwards but Potempkin connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potempkin. Oxard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oxard misses with a body shot
and Potempkin counters with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oxard misses the shot to the body.
Potempkin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oxard misses with a body shot.
Potempkin throws a looping overhand right but Oxard ducks down to avoid it.
Potempkin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oxard connects with a crisp jab.
Oxard lands a nice looking body shot.
Oxard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with a combination
and Oxard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oxard just misses with a punch to the body.
Potempkin throws a head kick that misses.
Potempkin keeps Oxard at a distance using the push kick.
Potempkin stuns Oxard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oxard is looking to wear down Potempkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Potempkin throws a sloppy head kick and Oxard moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potempkin. Oxard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potempkin lands a two punch combo.
Potempkin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oxard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oxard misses with a body shot
and Potempkin counters with a nice body kick.
Oxard throws a sloppy body shot
and Potempkin counters with a body kick.
Potempkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Potempkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oxard.
Potempkin darts in trying to clinch
and Oxard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oxard walks forward, straight into a front kick from Potempkin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Potempkin. Oxard shrugs it off though.
Potempkin punishes Oxard's body with a nice straight punch.
Potempkin throws a combination. Oxard tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Potempkin swings for the body but Oxard moves out of range.
Potempkin misses with a body shot
enabling Oxard to counter with a crisp jab.
Oxard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Potempkin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oxard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Potempkin throws a leg kick but Oxard moved away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Potempkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oxard will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Oxard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Potempkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Potempkin throws the kick towards the body but Oxard avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Oxard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Oxard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oxard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Potempkin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oxard swings for the body but Potempkin moves out of range.
Potempkin dodges the punch combination from Oxard.
Potempkin misses with a combination
and Oxard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oxard moves out of range of the leg kick from Potempkin.
Potempkin tries to clinch up but Oxard circles away and keeps his distance.
Potempkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Potempkin misses with a few strikes there.
Oxard checks a leg kick.
Potempkin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Potempkin misses with a shot to the body
and Oxard counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Potempkin thinking.
Potempkin thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potempkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potempkin misses with a looping right.
Potempkin throws a head kick that misses.
Potempkin throws the left hand but Oxard avoids the punch easily.
Potempkin misses with a hook. Oxard ducked under it nicely.
Oxard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mike Oxard is winning the standup battle so far.
Potempkin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Oxard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Igor Potempkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Potempkin.
Potempkin thuds his shin into the meat of Oxard's side.
Oxard looks to score with a jab to the body but Potempkin is just out of range.
Oxard moves away from the strike by Potempkin.
Potempkin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Potempkin misses with an uppercut. Oxard saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Oxard counters with a nice body shot.
Potempkin misses with a kick to the body.
Potempkin misses with a hook to the body
letting Oxard counter with a right hand.
Oxard blocks a jab.
Potempkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oxard counters with a nice uppercut.
Oxard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Potempkin lands with a shot to the body.
Oxard fails to land with a series of punches.
Potempkin throws a shot from downtown. Oxard moves away and avoids it.
Potempkin tries to clinch but Oxard moves out of range.

Potempkin rushes Oxard and presses him up against the cage.
Potempkin lands a shoulder strike.
Oxard blocks a body shot from Potempkin.
Potempkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oxard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Potempkin tries to work over Oxard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Potempkin lands with a light punch inside.
Potempkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potempkin lands a shoulder strike.
Potempkin lands an elbow just above Oxard 's eye.
Oxard wants to break free but Potempkin has control.
Oxard prevents a body shot from Potempkin.
A hook to the body from Potempkin.
Potempkin misses with an elbow strike.
Potempkin working aggressively here.
Oxard wants to get back to striking at distance but Potempkin won't allow it.
Potempkin scores with a shot to the side of Oxard's head.
Oxard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Potempkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Oxard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oxard can't break the clinch.
Oxard is trying to break the clinch but Potempkin has him pressed against the cage.
Potempkin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Potempkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oxards head.
Oxard is trying to break free.
Oxard is trying to break the clinch but Potempkin has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Potempkin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Potempkin lands an uppercut.
Potempkin prevents Oxard from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Oxard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Potempkin lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Oxard dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Potempkin tried to score with a low kick but Oxard checks it.
Potempkin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oxard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Potempkin manages to avoid it.
Oxard swings for the body but Potempkin moves out of range.
Potempkin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oxard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oxard misses with a body shot.
Potempkin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Potempkin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Potempkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Oxard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oxard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Potempkin throws a leg kick that misses.
Potempkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Oxard keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potempkin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Potempkin looks to land a combination but Oxard avoids it well.
Oxard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oxard misses the body punch
and Potempkin counters with a one-two to the body.
Potempkin tries to clinch but Oxard moves out of range.
Oxard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Potempkin throws the kick towards the body but Oxard avoids it.
Potempkin throws a head kick but Oxard moves out of range.
Potempkin throws a shot to the body.
Potempkin misses with a straight left.
Oxard falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Potempkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Potempkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Potempkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oxard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Potempkin.
A head kick misses from Potempkin.
Oxard misses with a hook.
Oxard just misses with a punch to the body.
Oxard staying out of range there.
Oxard lands a jab-cross combination.
Oxard misses with a body shot.
Oxard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oxard misses with a low kick.
Oxard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Potempkin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Potempkin.
Jab, jab by Potempkin - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin tries to land a front kick but Oxard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Potempkin misses the shot to the body.
Potempkin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Potempkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oxard manages to avoid it.
Potempkin tries to bum rush Oxard with a series of wild strikes but Oxard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Potempkin scores with a jab to the body.
Potempkin works Oxard's body with a nice hook.
A slapping body kick lands there for Potempkin.
Potempkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oxard.
Potempkin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Oxard at a distance.
Oxard staying out of range there.
Potempkin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Oxard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Potempkin misses with a looping right.
A punch combination from Potempkin misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potempkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Potempkin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Potempkin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Potempkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oxard.
Potempkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Oxard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oxard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Potempkin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oxard connects with a single shot there.
Potempkin tries to clinch up
and Oxard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oxard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Potempkin sizes up Oxard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Igor Potempkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Oxard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oxard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Potempkin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oxard 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Oxard!