PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Poor Matt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nof nof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matt
vs
nof

200 cm
21
300 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Poor Matt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, nof nof!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matt misses with a few strikes there.
Matt swings for the body but nof moves out of range.
Matt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matt throws a solid leg kick but nof takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Matt.
Matt lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nof tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Matt.
Matt swats away the attempt to clinch by nof.
nof moves out of range of the body kick from Matt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
nof takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Matt throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Matt misses the target.
nof uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matt.
Matt scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
nof moves in looking to clinch but Matt pushes him off.
Matt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Matt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Matt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matt scoring well with a low kick there.
Matt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but nof was well out of range. Poor timing from Matt.
Matt keeps the fight on the outside.
Matt swats away the attempt to clinch by nof.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matt lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poor Matt dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Matt lets loose with a powerful body kick. nof will feel that in the morning.
nof is looking to clinch but Matt is avoiding it.
Matt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like nof nof has been cut.
Matt tries a head kick but it misses.
nof moves out of range of the body kick.
Matt catches nof with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
nof on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Matt throws a body punch but nof moves out of range.
Matt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
nof moves in looking to clinch but Matt pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matt throws a body punch but nof moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - nof looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
nof is looking to clinch but Matt is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
nof is looking to clinch.
Good exchange - Matt coming out on top.
nof is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matt scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - nof looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
nof doesn't manage to clinch there - Matt circles away.
Matt throws a head kick but nof moves out of range.
nof is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poor Matt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on nof nof'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Matt throws a head kick but nof moves out of range.
Matt throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Matt.
Matt throws a hook but nof blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matt lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nof moves out of range of the body kick from Matt.
nof moves in looking to clinch but Matt pushes him off.
nof tries to clinch but Matt is having none of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matt. That's going to slow nof down.
nof blocks a head kick by Matt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matt keeps the fight on the outside.
A cross from Matt lands.
Matt cracks a nice hook into nof's ribs.
nof nof is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
nof tries to close the distance and clinch but Matt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
nof uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
nof avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matt feints and then cracks nof's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow nof down.
Poor Matt is winning the standup battle so far.
Matt throws a jab but it's blocked by nof.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Matt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by nof.
Matt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

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.
nof takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Matt connects with a solid leg kick.
nof fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but nof might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Matt has got the better of the exchanges.
Matt is looking to slow nof down with leg kicks.
nof nof has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matt stuns nof with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Poor Matt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matt 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:25
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Poor Matt!