PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reinis Repss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sosed snizy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Repss
vs
snizy

175 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reinis Repss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sosed snizy!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Repss clinches with his opponent.
snizy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
snizy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
snizy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Repss scores with a shot to the side of snizy's head.
Repss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Repss scores with a shoulder strike.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, snizy throws an elbow but misses.
snizy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
Repss gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Repss dodges an elbow strike from snizy.
Repss scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Repss blocks an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Repss scores with a nice short uppercut.
Repss lands a knee to the head.

It looks like sosed snizy has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repss.
Repss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Repss working some nice short punches in the clinch.

snizy is rocked!
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
snizy crunches a lovely knee into Repss's ribcage.
Repss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
snizy looks gassed!
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
Repss scores with a nice hook to the head.
snizy is still on wobbly legs! Can Repss finish him?
Repss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of snizys head.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Repss avoiding damage.
snizy looking to throw knees to the head but Repss is blocking nicely.
snizy seems to have recovered his senses.
Repss lands a body shot.
Repss lands a left hand that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
Repss lands a right hand.
snizy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
snizy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Repss is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Repss lands a hook that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
Repss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but snizy blocks it with crossed arms.
Repss leaning against his opponent.
snizy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Repss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Repss stalls.
Repss tries a knee to the head but snizy blocks it.
snizy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Repss lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Repss scores with a hook to the body.
Repss lands a hook that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
snizy takes a shot to the head.
Repss lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Repss lands a right hand.
Repss lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repss.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
snizy pushes off an throws an elbow but Repss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Repss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Repss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
Repss blocks an elbow strike.
Repss lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Repss avoiding damage as snizy throws knees to the body.
snizy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Repss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Repss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
Repss scores with a nice hook to the head.
Repss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Repss controlling the action here for a moment.
A short left from Repss.
Repss gets through snizy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Repss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of snizys head.
snizy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
snizy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Repss lands with a light punch inside.
snizy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repss is struggling to control the position.
Repss lands a nice uppercut.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Repss.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
A short left from Repss.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
snizy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Repss's defenses.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
Repss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down snizy.
snizy misses with an elbow over the top.
Repss scores with a shoulder strike.
snizy lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, snizy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Repss's brow.
snizy scores with a knee to the head.
Repss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
snizy looking to throw knees to the head but Repss is blocking nicely.
snizy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
Repss avoiding damage as snizy throws knees to the body.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Repss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repss lands with a left to the head.
Repss lands a shot to the body.
Repss lands a hook that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
Repss lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Repss.
Repss scores with a nice hook to the head.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
Repss lands a right hand.
Repss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
snizy throws an elbow that misses.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Repss lands a shot to the body.
snizy misses with an elbow strike.
snizy throws a knee to the head but misses.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss taking a breather.
Repss lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Repss.
Repss gets through snizy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reinis Repss dominated that round.
The cut man is working on sosed snizy'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.

Repss misses with a hook. snizy ducked under it nicely.
snizy wants to clinch but Repss slips to the side

and Repss counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A knee to the head by snizy.
snizy lands an elbow inside.
snizy landing knees to the head.
Repss with a knee to the head.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
snizy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Repss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
snizy tries to land a knee to the head but Repss blocks with his arms.
Repss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Repss throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Repss lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Repss stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
Repss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Repss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Repss pushes snizy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees in the clinch landing for snizy.
Reinis Repss has scored more points in the clinch so far.
snizy lands an elbow that stopped Repss in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Repss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
snizy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
snizy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Repss stalling the fight.
A short uppercut from Repss.
Nice body punch from Repss - that landed with a thud.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
snizy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Repss.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Repss stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss working aggressively here.
snizy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Repss's face.
snizy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
snizy looking to throw knees to the head but Repss is blocking nicely.
Repss lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Repss lands a shoulder strike.
snizy misses with a knee to the head.
snizy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Repss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Repss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
snizy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
Repss just leaning against snizy, taking a breather.
snizy pushes off an throws an elbow but Repss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Repss swings wildly with an uppercut but snizy uses good head movement to avoid it.
snizy looking to throw knees to the head but Repss is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from Repss.
snizy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
Repss pushes snizy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
snizy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
snizy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Repss blocks it with crossed arms.
Repss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
snizy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Repss blocks the elbow strike.
Repss digs a right hand underneath snizy's ribcage. snizy let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
snizy lands a knee to the body.
snizy working Repss over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
Repss lands with a right to the head.
Repss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
Repss tries to stall but snizy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
snizy misses with a knee strike.
snizy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Repss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Repss lands a hook to the side of the head.
snizy blocking some punches.
snizy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Repss blocks the elbow strike.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
Repss tries a knee to the head but snizy blocks it.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
snizy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Repss lands with a light punch inside.
snizy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Repss.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
snizy lands a nice elbow.
Repss lands with a light punch inside.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss lands a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by snizy.
Repss avoids the elbow strike from snizy, against the cage.
Repss lands with a left to the head.
snizy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Repss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Repss.
snizy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Repss scores with a hook to the body.
snizy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Repss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Repss takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
Repss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repss.
Repss misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by snizy.
Repss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
snizy scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by snizy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

sosed snizy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on sosed snizy'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. And we move into the final round!

snizy tries to clinch but Repss moves away

and Repss counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Repss.
snizy missing with knees to the body.
Repss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
snizy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by snizy.
Repss looking to throw knees to the head but snizy is blocking nicely.
snizy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Repss scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repss.
Repss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of snizy backwards.
snizy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Repss misses with a knee to the head.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Repss scores with a nice short uppercut.
Repss manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
snizy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
snizy pushes off an throws an elbow but Repss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Repss lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Repss.
snizy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Repss blocks it with crossed arms.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Repss.
Repss lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Repss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repss.
snizy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
Repss working some nice short punches in the clinch.
snizy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Repss lands with a right to the head.
snizy pushes off an throws an elbow but Repss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss lands with a right to the head.
Repss is leaning against snizy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A knee to the head by snizy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Repss.
snizy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
snizy connects with a knee to the head.
Repss lands a shoulder strike.
Repss blocks the elbow strike.
Repss blocks an elbow strike from snizy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Repss scores with a nice hook to the head.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Repss lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Repss lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
snizy working Repss over with knees to the body.
snizy throws an elbow but it misses.
snizy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Repss blocks it with crossed arms.
snizy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
snizy being controlled against the cage.
Repss working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Repss avoiding damage as snizy throws knees to the body.
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Repss.
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Repss pushes snizy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Repss dodges an elbow strike from snizy.
Repss lands a damaging elbow.
Repss avoiding damage as snizy throws knees to the body.
Repss throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
snizy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
snizy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
snizy trying to land knees to the body.
Repss lands with a light punch inside.
Repss holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Repss.
snizy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Repss slows down the pace here.
snizy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Repss in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
Repss lands with a right to the head.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
snizy throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. snizy obliges.
A short left from Repss.
Repss effectively controlling the action here.
Repss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Repss swings wildly with an uppercut but snizy uses good head movement to avoid it.

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.
snizy lands a nice knee to the body.
Repss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of snizys head.
Repss takes a knee right on the jaw!
Repss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repss managing to block the knees to the body from snizy.
Repss lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repss.
snizy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
snizy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
snizy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Repss avoids it.
snizy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repss.
A short left from Repss.
Repss lands a shoulder strike.
snizy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Repss is defending well for now.
Repss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down snizy.
snizy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Repss's defenses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
snizy lands a nice elbow.
Repss takes an elbow to the temple.
snizy misses with a knee strike.
snizy tries to land knees in the clinch but Repss avoids the damage to the body.
Repss scores with a shot to the side of snizy's head.
snizy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Repss blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
sosed snizy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think snizy 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... sosed snizy!