PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Soda Popinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Bellic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bellic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pursuit Of Happiness. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Popinski
vs
Bellic

189 cm
20
179 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Global MMA Gear

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Soda Popinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Niko Bellic!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Popinski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Popinski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bellic circles away quickly and effectively.
Popinski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bellic thows a body shot but no joy.
Popinski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Popinski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bellic.
Popinski misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Popinski misses its intended target.
Popinski throws a nice looking combination but Bellic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Popinski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Popinski lands with a right hand.
Soda Popinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bellic misses with a body shot.
Popinski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Popinski throws an overhand right that lands on Bellic's shoulder, as Bellic tries to avoid the shot.
Popinski misses with a series of wild punches.
Bellic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Popinski, as that shot connected.
Popinski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bellic.
Popinski connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bellic misses.
Soda Popinski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bellic shoots in for a takedown but Popinski shows good takedown defense.
Popinski stuffs the takedown.
Popinski lands with a kick to the temple. Bellic shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Popinski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bellic doesn't seem bothered though.
Bellic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bellic misses the shot to the body.
Popinski stalks Bellic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bellic's face. Bellic staggers backwards, shaken.
Bellic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Popinski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Popinski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bellic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick misses from Popinski.
Popinski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jab from Popinski.
Bellic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Popinski.
Bellic fails with a takedown attempt.
Soda Popinski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Bellic.
A left lands for Popinski.
Popinski is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Popinski scores with a jab to the body.
A left lands for Popinski.
Popinski scores with a jab to the head.
Popinski fails to land with a series of punches.
Popinski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Popinski scores with a three punch combo!
Popinski lands with a shot to the body.
Popinski lands a head shot.
Good leg kick by Popinski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Popinski with a jab.
Bellic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Popinski manages to avoid it.
Popinski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Popinski scores with a one two! Bellic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Popinski forces Bellic back against the cage and clinches.
Popinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bellic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Popinski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popinski scores with a shot to the side of Bellic's head.
Popinski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bellic changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Popinski fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Popinski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Popinski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bellic.
Bellic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Popinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bellic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bellic walks into a stiff left hand from Popinski.
Bellic is trying desperately to land a takedown but Popinski is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Bellic.
Bellic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Popinski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bellic walks into a stiff left hand from Popinski.
Popinski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Popinski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bellic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Popinski.
Popinski lands with a hook. Bellic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popinski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bellic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bellic looks gassed!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bellic.
Popinski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Popinski throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Popinski.
Popinski jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Popinski clinches up against the cage.
Popinski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Popinski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bellic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Popinski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Popinski.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Popinski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Popinski scores with a knee to the head.
Bellic blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Popinski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Popinski throws a series of punches but Bellic avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soda Popinski 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.

Popinski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Soda Popinski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Popinski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Popinski tries to bum rush Bellic with a series of wild strikes but Bellic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Popinski gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bellic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Popinski wants to stand but Bellic is controlling the position.
Bellic tries to free his leg and advance position but Popinski is retaining full guard.
Popinski keeping moving, preventing Bellic from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Popinski pushes Bellic off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Popinski misses.
Bellic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bellic swings for the body but Popinski moves out of range.
A cross from Popinski lands.
Popinski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Popinski has Bellic up against the cage in a clinch.
Popinski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Popinski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bellic backwards.
Popinski has a couple of punches blocked by Bellic.
Bellic stalls.
Bellic blocking some punches.

Bellic gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bellic content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ground and pound from Bellic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellic prevents Popinski from standing back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bellic in particular looking to stall.
Bellic wants to take a breather but Popinski is having none of it.
Bellic tries to pass to full mount but Popinski defends it.
Popinski wants to get back to his feet.
Bellic passes to full mount!
Bellic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Popinski?
Popinski wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellic looking to finish Popinski with some ground and pound. This is bad for Popinski!
Bellic looking to control but Popinski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bellic thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Popinski's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bellic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Popinski is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Popinski really wants to buck Bellic off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Bellic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Popinski is looking to escape.
Popinski wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bellic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Bellic.
Bellic tries to control but Popinski wriggling away.
Popinski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Popinski taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niko Bellic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bellic gets the takedown into side control.
Bellic trying to control the position but Popinski is working away.
Bellic fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bellic wants to control but Popinski is keeping him busy.
Bellic prevents Popinski from escaping the position.
Popinski is not content to let Bellic control the position.
Popinski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bellic is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Popinski's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Niko Bellic.
Popinski fails to land with a series of punches.
Popinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bellic.
Popinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bellic slips a jab from Popinski.
Nice uppercut lands for Popinski. That snapped Bellic's head back.
Popinski throws a combination that misses

and Bellic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Popinski wants to stand and escape but Bellic is having none of it.

Popinski has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bellic off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Popinski misses with a wild body shot.
Popinski tries to bum rush Bellic with a series of wild strikes but Bellic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bellic fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Popinski sprawls well initially but Bellic persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bellic stops Popinski from getting back to his feet.
Bellic controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellic is trying to control the action in half guard but Popinski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bellic controlling the action here.

Bellic is looking for a kimura but Popinski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bellic to get the leverage.

Bellic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Popinski defends it well.
Bellic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Popinski is looking to get back to is feet but Bellic passes into side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Popinski is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bellic is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bellic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Popinski is fending him off so far but Bellic persists. Nope, Popinski circles away and we're back to standing.
A thudding body kick lands there by Popinski!
Popinski tries to clinch up.
Popinski throws a jab when Bellic was well out of range.
Bellic misses with a double jab
and Popinski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Popinski throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bellic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bellic trying to control but Popinski is working from the bottom.

Popinski pushes Bellic off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popinski connects with a crisp jab.
Popinski throws a head kick that half lands.
Some wild striking there from Bellic.
Bellic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Popinski as he jumps to the side.
Popinski throws a shot to the body.
Popinski scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bellic walks into a straight right hand from Popinski.
Popinski misses with a double jab

and Bellic decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Popinski's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Niko Bellic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bellic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niko Bellic!