PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Lidelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grisha Pedrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grisha Pedrosyan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lidelle
vs
Pedrosyan

179 cm
18
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fred Lidelle!
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, Grisha Pedrosyan!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedrosyan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pedrosyan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that Pedrosyan avoids nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that Lidelle semi-blocks.

It looks like Fred Lidelle has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lidelle keeps the fight on the outside.
Lidelle misses the jab.
Pedrosyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lidelle throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A head kick misses from Pedrosyan.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pedrosyan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that Pedrosyan avoids nicely.
Lidelle misses the shot to the body.
Pedrosyan lands a high kick!
Pedrosyan connects with a high kick.
Pedrosyan takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.
Lidelle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses.
Lidelle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pedrosyan.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lidelle blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lidelle lands a jab to Pedrosyan's midsection.
Pedrosyan lands a head kick. Lidelle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lidelle tests Pedrosyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pedrosyan throws a sloppy head kick and Lidelle moves out of range easily.
Lidelle avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.
Lidelle throws a series of punches but Pedrosyan avoids them all with ease.
Lidelle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pedrosyan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lidelle's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle misses with a hook. Pedrosyan ducked under it nicely.
Pedrosyan lands a head kick!
Pedrosyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lidelle misses with a few strikes there.
Lidelle lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lidelle.
Pedrosyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lidelle.
Pedrosyan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lidelle's head.
Pedrosyan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lidelle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pedrosyan moves away.
A big left from Lidelle misses.
Lidelle could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pedrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pedrosyan looks gassed!
A head kick misses from Pedrosyan.
Lidelle goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lidelle stalks Pedrosyan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pedrosyan's face. Pedrosyan staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Grisha Pedrosyan has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedrosyan slips a jab and a cross from Lidelle.
Lidelle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lidelle's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Lidelle duly obliges.
A punch combination from Lidelle misses.
Lidelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pedrosyan circles away quickly and effectively.
Pedrosyan avoids the body shot from Lidelle.
Lidelle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lidelle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A head kick misses from Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lidelle.
Lidelle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Lidelle misses.
Lidelle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that Pedrosyan avoids nicely.
Lidelle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fred Lidelle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lidelle lands a nice hook to Pedrosyan's body. Pedrosyan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lidelle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lidelle connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pedrosyan's hands.
Lidelle throws a hook but Pedrosyan avoids it easily.
No joy there for Lidelle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lidelle misses with a series of wild punches.
Lidelle throws a series of strikes that have Pedrosyan backpedaling.
Lidelle digs a good hook to Pedrosyan's body.
Pedrosyan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lidelle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Pedrosyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grisha Pedrosyan dominated that round.
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!

Lidelle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pedrosyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lidelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lidelle avoids the head kick by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lidelle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pedrosyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lidelle.
Nice straight punches there by Lidelle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lidelle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lidelle. Pedrosyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fred Lidelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lidelle sizes up Pedrosyan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lidelle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pedrosyan.
Pedrosyan is breathing heavily.
Lidelle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pedrosyan moves away.
Pedrosyan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lidelle.
Lidelle throws a series of punches but Pedrosyan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidelle misses with a wild body shot.
Lidelle is looking to wear down Pedrosyan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lidelle connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pedrosyan's hands.
Lidelle digs a good hook to Pedrosyan's body.
Lidelle missing with a left hand there. Pedrosyan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pedrosyan throws a sloppy head kick and Lidelle moves out of range easily.
Lidelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grisha Pedrosyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lidelle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pedrosyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that Pedrosyan avoids nicely.
Lidelle looks to score with a jab to the body but Pedrosyan is just out of range.
Lidelle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lidelle throws a series of punches but Pedrosyan avoids them all with ease.
Lidelle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pedrosyan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice uppercut there from Lidelle.
Pedrosyan misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lidelle blocks a head kick by Pedrosyan.
Lidelle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lidelle tries to bum rush Pedrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Pedrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Lidelle does it's job there.
Lidelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lidelle misses with a series of wild punches.
Lidelle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pedrosyan at a distance.
Lidelle takes a swing at Pedrosyan's ribcage but misses.
Pedrosyan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lidelle scores with a nice right hand.
Lidelle throws a right hand that Pedrosyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Pedrosyan also avoids with ease.
Lidelle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pedrosyan doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle connects with a jab.
Lidelle lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lidelle.
A telegraphed right hand from Lidelle misses the target.
Lidelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pedrosyan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lidelle fails to land with a series of punches.
Lidelle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pedrosyan.
Lidelle thows a body shot but no joy.
Lidelle swinging wildly here.
Pedrosyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lidelle.
Some wild striking there from Lidelle.
Lidelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Lidelle finds it's way through Pedrosyan's defenses.
A combination from Lidelle does no damage.
A punch combination from Lidelle misses.
Lidelle lands a jab-cross combination.
Pedrosyan avoids the body shot from Lidelle.
Lidelle scores with a three punch combo!
Lidelle throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lidelle throws a shot to the body.
Lidelle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lidelle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pedrosyan dodges the punch combination from Lidelle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Lidelle dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Some wild striking there from Lidelle.
Lidelle is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lidelle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pedrosyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lidelle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lidelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lidelle scores with the left hand. Pedrosyan knows he should have avoided that one.

Pedrosyan takes the fight into the clinch.
Lidelle can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lidelle misses with a body punch.
Lidelle can't find room to land a body shot as Pedrosyan controls the action.
Pedrosyan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Pedrosyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pedrosyan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pedrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidelle misses with the combination.
Lidelle throws a series of punches but Pedrosyan avoids them all with ease.
Lidelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pedrosyan circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Lidelle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lidelle swinging wildly here.
Pedrosyan connects with a high kick.
Lidelle misses with a few strikes there.
Lidelle scores with a decent looking hook.
Lidelle misses with a series of wild punches.
Pedrosyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lidelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lidelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lidelle lands with a nice combination. Pedrosyan backs away looking to recover.
Pedrosyan slips a jab and a cross from Lidelle.
Lidelle throws a hook but Pedrosyan blocks it.
Pedrosyan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lidelle lands with a cross.
A jab from Lidelle finds it's way through Pedrosyan's defenses.
Lidelle misses with the combination.
Pedrosyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lidelle.
Lidelle lands a slapping body shot.
Pedrosyan takes one on the button.
Pedrosyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lidelle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pedrosyan manages to avoid it.
Lidelle jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lidelle swinging wildly here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lidelle.
A combination from Lidelle does no damage.
Lidelle looks to throw the jab but Pedrosyan is out of range.
Lidelle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pedrosyan manages to avoid it.
Lidelle lands a nice shot that snaps Pedrosyan's head back.
Lidelle jabs Pedrosyan right on the nose. Pedrosyan blinks but takes it well.
A combination from Lidelle does no damage.
Lidelle scores with a one two! Pedrosyan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Lidelle connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pedrosyan. Pedrosyan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lidelle tries to bum rush Pedrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Pedrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidelle tries to bum rush Pedrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Pedrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pedrosyan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lidelle.
Pedrosyan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pedrosyan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lidelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pedrosyan circles away quickly and effectively.
Lidelle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pedrosyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lidelle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lidelle scores with a shot to the body.
Lidelle jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lidelle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pedrosyan avoids the body shot from Lidelle.
Lidelle throws a nice looking combination but Pedrosyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lidelle moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pedrosyan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lidelle fails to land with a series of punches.
Lidelle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pedrosyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Lidelle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Lidelle showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lidelle has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Lidelle!