PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dani Thrana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Agrippa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thrana
vs
Agrippa

190 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

206 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Narcarma

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dani Thrana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julian Agrippa!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Agrippa tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thrana sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Agrippa somewhat.
Thrana defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Agrippa.
Thrana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Agrippa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thrana sprawls well. Thrana wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Agrippa gets slowly back to his feet.
Dani Thrana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Agrippa.
Agrippa tries to move into range but Thrana moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Julian Agrippa has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Agrippa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Thrana throws a hook to the side of Agrippa's head but Agrippa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Agrippa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thrana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thrana throws a shot from downtown. Agrippa moves away and avoids it.
Agrippa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thrana stuffs the takedown.
Thrana misses with a takedown attempt - Agrippa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Agrippa has his takedown stuffed

and Thrana counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Agrippa has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Agrippa trying to control the position.
Agrippa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thrana throws a big right hand that misses.
Thrana throwing strikes but missing.
Thrana knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Agrippa on the ground.
Agrippa trying to keep a closed guard but Thrana is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agrippa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thrana sitting in guard here, content to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Thrana looks to land a combination but Agrippa avoids it well.
Agrippa with a poor takedown
and Thrana counters with a nice uppercut.
Agrippa moves away from the strike by Thrana.
Agrippa tries for a takedown but Thrana circles away easily
and Thrana counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thrana lands a left and a right that send Agrippa crashing to the mat, dazed. Thrana thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Agrippa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julian Agrippa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrana gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Agrippa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Thrana is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Thrana pushes Agrippa off and scrambles back to his feet.
Agrippa misses with a takedown attempt
and Thrana counters with a series of strikes. Agrippa will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dani Thrana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Agrippa's cut.
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.

Thrana just misses with a punch to the body.
Thrana connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Agrippa's hands.

That has opened up Julian Agrippa's cut even more.
Agrippa misses with a takedown attempt

and Thrana counters with a shoot takedown. Agrippa fights it but they end up in guard.
Agrippa trying to keep a closed guard but Thrana is proving a slippery customer.
Agrippa looking for a sweep. Not yet Agrippa, not yet.
Agrippa pulls Thrana in to control the position.
Thrana tries to free his leg and advance position but Agrippa is retaining full guard.
Agrippa is breathing heavily.
Thrana sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Thrana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrana sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Thrana wants to control from the top but Agrippa keeps moving.
Thrana tries to free his leg and advance position but Agrippa is retaining full guard.
Thrana is working hard here to advance position.
Thrana postures up in Agrippa's guard and throws a big left but Agrippa blocks it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Agrippa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thrana counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Agrippa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Thrana counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dani Thrana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Agrippa.
Thrana is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Thrana pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Agrippa is keeping the position for now.
Agrippa wants to stand up but Thrana is controlling him.
Thrana is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrana postures up.
Thrana looking to pass the guard.
Agrippa wants to sweep here but Thrana controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thrana misses with a head kick.
Agrippa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Thrana counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thrana wants to pass the guard but Agrippa is keeping the position.
Agrippa controls Thrana momentarily but Thrana frees himself.
Thrana not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dani Thrana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julian Agrippa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Agrippa doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Thrana counters with a series of strikes. Agrippa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Agrippa tries for a takedown but Thrana circles away easily

and Thrana counters with a shoot takedown. Agrippa fights it but they end up in guard.
Dani Thrana overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thrana tries to stand but Agrippa is controlling from the bottom.
Thrana trying to control the position from guard on top but Agrippa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Agrippa working for a triangle but Thrana defends it easily.
Thrana postures up in Agrippa's guard and throws a big left but Agrippa blocks it.
Thrana has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Thrana trying to control but Agrippa is working from the bottom.
Thrana throws a strike but Agrippa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Agrippa is looking to advance position but Thrana has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Thrana lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Thrana looking to control but Agrippa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Thrana avoids the attempt from Agrippa to control.
Thrana unloads with some shots from mount but Agrippa bucks and avoids them well.
Agrippa is trying to escape the mount.
Thrana sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrana landing punches.
Agrippa tries to hold on but Thrana postures up.
Thrana controlling from the full mount.
Thrana is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Agrippa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Thrana controlling his opponent.
Thrana prevents Agrippa from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee warns Agrippa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Thrana avoids the attempt from Agrippa to control.
Thrana takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Thrana lands a big shot there that rocks Agrippa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dani Thrana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Agrippa wants to hold on but Thrana pushes him away.
Thrana controlling from mount.
Thrana lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Agrippa hang on?

And that's the end of the fight!
Dani Thrana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thrana 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dani Thrana!