PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fast Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Mahayev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dude
vs
Mahayev

189 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fast Dude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Mahayev!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dude throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mahayev takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dude with a hook.

It looks like Alexey Mahayev has been cut.
Dude throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dude fails to land with a series of punches.
Dude throws a hook but Mahayev avoids it easily.
Fast Dude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahayev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dude.
Dude sizes up Mahayev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Dude.
Mahayev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mahayev scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mahayev lands a glancing blow to the side of Dude's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dude just misses with a punch to the body.
Mahayev looks to land a combination but Dude avoids it well.
Mahayev thuds his right hand into Dude's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mahayev lands a lovely overhand right.
Mahayev scores with a body shot.
Mahayev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dude scores with a nice strike.
Mahayev walks into a straight right hand from Dude.
Dude throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mahayev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mahayev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dude.
Dude misses with a looping left.
Mahayev's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Mahayev duly obliges.

It looks like Fast Dude has been cut.
Dude swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mahayev counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahayev takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mahayev misses with a few strikes there.
Mahayev moves away from the strike by Dude.

Mahayev gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dude keeps control of Mahayev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mahayev prevents a body shot from Dude.
Mahayev avoiding damage.
Dude is working for takedown but Mahayev is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mahayev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dude wants a takedown but no success here.

Mahayev manages to break the clinch.
Dude misses with a looping right.
Mahayev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dude circles away quickly and effectively.
Dude misses the jab.
Alexey Mahayev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mahayev throws a series of punches but Dude avoids them all with ease.
Mahayev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Dude shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dude is breathing heavily.
Mahayev wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dude trying to control the action but Mahayev is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dude thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Mahayev to regain full guard.
Mahayev avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mahayev wants to get back to his feet but Dude is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dude in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mahayev lands a nice hook to Dude's body. Dude takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mahayev misses with a double jab.
Mahayev slips under a jab.
Dude is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mahayev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dude throws out a loose jab but Mahayev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dude showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mahayev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Mahayev.
Jab from Dude.
Dude scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dude lands a lovely overhand right.
Mahayev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dude.
Dude has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dude shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mahayev but Mahayev pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fast Dude. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mahayev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dude moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dude looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dude throws a hook to the side of Mahayev's head but Mahayev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dude throws a hook to the side of Mahayev's head but Mahayev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dude tries to bum rush Mahayev with a series of wild strikes but Mahayev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mahayev misses with a combination

and Dude decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mahayev's guard.
Dude knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mahayev on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mahayev uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Dude takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dude throws a jab but it's blocked by Mahayev.
A big left from Dude misses.
Mahayev slips under a jab.
Dude misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Dude shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mahayev regains half guard.

Dude is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mahayev doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dude.
Mahayev is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fast Dude will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mahayev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mahayev ducks under a wild hook from Dude.
Mahayev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dude throws a combination that misses
and Mahayev counters with a series of strikes. Dude will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mahayev lands a really nice looking cross but Dude seems unphased.
Mahayev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dude misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mahayev.
Mahayev moves out of range as Dude strikes.
A punch combination from Mahayev misses.
Dude takes a swing at Mahayev's ribcage but misses.
Mahayev scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A punch combination from Mahayev misses.
Dude takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dude throws a hook but Mahayev avoids it easily.
Mahayev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dude.
Mahayev throws a combination that misses
and Dude counters with a straight right hand.
Mahayev misses with a combination

and Dude counters with a takedown into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mahayev can do anything to dispel that myth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahayev on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dude working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dude is chipping away with strikes.
Dude working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dude throws an elbow but Mahayev slips to the side and avoids it well.
Mahayev pushes Dude away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dude gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dude cracks Mahayev with a big elbow.
Dude trying to control the position but Mahayev is working away.
Dude misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mahayev taking a bit of punishment here - Dude scoring with strikes.
Mahayev wants to control but Dude postures up.
Dude is working Mahayev over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mahayev pushes Dude away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dude gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dude throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dude throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dude lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fast Dude overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The ground and pound from Dude seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dude scoring with punches and elbows.
Dude cracks Mahayev with a big right hand but Mahayev just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Dude lands a few punches from side control.
Mahayev parries the strikes from Dude easily there. Dude is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mahayev to escape.
Dude throwing strikes but Mahayev manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Dude throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Mahayev decides to stand back up. Mahayev steps back and let's Dude get back to his feet.
Mahayev walks into a left hand.
Dude lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dude lands a nice shot that snaps Mahayev's head back.
Dude is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mahayev.
Mahayev connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dude jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dude misses with a straight left.
Dude will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mahayev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dude circles away quickly and effectively.
Mahayev slips a straight right by Dude.
Dude gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mahayev.
Alexey Mahayev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Mahayev does no damage.
Mahayev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dude.
No joy there for Mahayev, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dude throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mahayev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dude at a distance.
Dude throws a lazy right hand but Mahayev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alexey Mahayev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A left and a right from Mahayev both land. Nice combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dude is defended easily by Mahayev.
Mahayev fails to land with a series of punches.
Mahayev works over Dude's head and body with a nice combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mahayev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahayev throws a one two combo.
Dude walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A swing and a miss from Dude.
Dude dodges the punch combination from Mahayev.
Dude dodges the punch combination from Mahayev.
Dude shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mahayev sprawls well. Mahayev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dude gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fast Dude. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mahayev throws a nice looking combination but Dude bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dude throws out a loose jab but Mahayev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot by Mahayev.
Dude avoids a punch combination nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dude throws a combination that misses
and Mahayev counters with a nice uppercut.
Dude throws a jab when Mahayev was well out of range.
Dude just misses with a punch to the body.
Mahayev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No joy there for Mahayev, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alexey Mahayev will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dude lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mahayev circles away quickly and effectively.
Dude looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mahayev lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mahayev lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mahayev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dude circles away quickly and effectively.
Mahayev misses with a wild combination.
Dude throws a big shot that misses.
Dude misses with a hook. Mahayev ducked under it nicely.
Mahayev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dude shoots in but Mahayev avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mahayev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mahayev misses with a combination

and Dude counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dude trying to control but Mahayev is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dude postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mahayev wants to stand up but Dude is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dude loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mahayev keeping full guard, as Dude tries to pass.

Mahayev has his feet on Dude's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dude looks to land a left hand but Mahayev moved out of range nicely.
Mahayev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dude.
Mahayev slips under a jab.
No luck for Dude with that takedown attempt.
Mahayev fails to land with a series of punches.
Mahayev scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mahayev tests Dude's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mahayev throws a series of strikes that have Dude backpedaling.
Mahayev misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dude misses with a straight right.
Mahayev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dude lands with a cross.
Mahayev looks to land a combination. Dude sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dude scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Mahayev 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mahayev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dude.
Dude missing with a left hand there. Mahayev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dude throws a body punch but Mahayev moves out of range.
Dude getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dude throws a shot from downtown. Mahayev moves away and avoids it.
Mahayev connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mahayev is working the combinations to good effect here.
Dude shoots in for a takedown but Mahayev shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fast Dude. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mahayev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dude circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Dude.
Mahayev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dude misses the shot to the body.
Mahayev scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mahayev lands with a good body shot.
Dude dodges the punch combination from Mahayev.
Dude fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mahayev manages to avoid it.
Mahayev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dude.
Mahayev scores with a jab.
Mahayev fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice sprawl there from Mahayev as Dude shoots in.
Mahayev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dude throws a hook but Mahayev blocks it.
Mahayev cracks Dude with an open hand slap.
Mahayev doesn't manage to clinch there - Dude circles away.
Mahayev scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dude doesn't seem bothered though.
Mahayev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mahayev lands with an overhand left.
Mahayev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahayev misses with a wild combination.
Mahayev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dude throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mahayev.
A left and a right from Mahayev both land. Nice combination.
Mahayev lands the left hand.
A nice combination there by Mahayev.
Dude misses with a body shot
and Mahayev counters with a two punch combo.
Dude misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dude on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Some wild striking there from Mahayev.
Mahayev throws a series of punches but Dude avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dude jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dude throws a series of punches but Mahayev avoids them all with ease.
Mahayev throws a series of strikes that have Dude backpedaling.
Mahayev takes a jab right on the kisser.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexey Mahayev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mahayev 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexey Mahayev!