PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Smirnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Pudzianowski
vs
Smirnov

185 cm
24
200 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

189 cm
26
214 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Rōnin
Rōnin

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boris Smirnov!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pudzianowski shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smirnov defends it nicely.
Smirnov misses with a wild body shot.

Pudzianowski looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Smirnov tries to roll over but Pudzianowski keeps him under control.
Pudzianowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pudzianowski working over Smirnov with some ground and pound. Smirnov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pudzianowski throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smirnov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pudzianowski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Smirnov wants to get back to his feet.
Pudzianowski is thwarting Smirnov's attempts to control the position.
Pudzianowski controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pudzianowski trying to control the action but Smirnov is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzianowski drops an elbow to the side of Smirnov's head.
Pudzianowski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pudzianowski thows a huge punch but Smirnov dodges it nicely.
Pudzianowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smirnov manages to get to full guard.
Smirnov wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Pudzianowski manages to pass to side control.
Smirnov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pudzianowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pudzianowski wants to take a breather but Smirnov is having none of it.

Pudzianowski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Smirnov sees it coming and defends easily.
Smirnov has hold of Pudzianowski's hands but Pudzianowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov trying to control but Pudzianowski postures up.
Smirnov is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Pudzianowski is staying active.
Pudzianowski wants to free his trapped foot but Smirnov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pudzianowski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Pudzianowski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Pudzianowski sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Smirnov wants to get back to his feet.
Pudzianowski throwing shots but Smirnov is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Smirnov pushes Pudzianowski off looking to stand but Pudzianowski dives back in and keeps control.
Smirnov has hold of Pudzianowski's hands but Pudzianowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Pudzianowski seems to be working for a kimura but Smirnov defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Pudzianowski.
Smirnov is trying to get back to full guard.
Pudzianowski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Smirnov trying to control here.

Smirnov makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Pudzianowski dodges the punch combination from Smirnov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Smirnov finds it's way through Pudzianowski's defenses.
Smirnov tries to clinch up but Pudzianowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Smirnov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smirnov is looking to clinch but Pudzianowski is avoiding it.
Smirnov looks to land a left hand but Pudzianowski moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Pudzianowski misses the target.
Smirnov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pudzianowski momentarily.
Boris Smirnov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smirnov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pudzianowski.

It looks like Boris Smirnov has been cut.

Pudzianowski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Smirnov sprawls well initially but Pudzianowski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Pudzianowski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Smirnov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pudzianowski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Smirnov throws a hook to the side of Pudzianowski's head but Pudzianowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smirnov cracks Pudzianowski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smirnov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smirnov tries to clinch up.
Smirnov misses with a hook.
Smirnov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Boris Smirnov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smirnov doesn't manage to clinch there - Pudzianowski circles away.
Smirnov throws a body punch but Pudzianowski moves out of range.
Pudzianowski loads up on a big right hand but Smirnov slips the punch.
Pudzianowski checks a low kick from Smirnov.
Smirnov fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pudzianowski slips a jab from Smirnov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pudzianowski. Smirnov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smirnov throws a shot to the body.
Smirnov misses with a double jab.
Pudzianowski moves out of range as Smirnov strikes.
Pudzianowski lands with an uppercut that bounces Smirnov off the cage and back into rage.
Smirnov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Pudzianowski blocks the leg kick.
Smirnov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pudzianowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Pudzianowski pushes Smirnov up against the cage in a clinch.
Smirnov is pressed up against the cage. Pudzianowski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smirnov down to the mat. Smirnov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Smirnov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pudzianowski. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Smirnov throws the left hand but Pudzianowski avoids the punch easily.
Smirnov missing with a left hand there. Pudzianowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smirnov slaps away a takedown attempt from Pudzianowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Pudzianowski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smirnov is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pudzianowski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smirnov is looking to escape.
Smirnov tries to hold on but Pudzianowski postures up.
Smirnov is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski raining down shots from the mount!
Mariusz Pudzianowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smirnov wants to control but Pudzianowski is having none of it.

Pudzianowski looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Pudzianowski wants to control the pace but Smirnov is squirming around nicely.
Smirnov tries to reverse the position but Pudzianowski maintains control.
Pudzianowski controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski dominating with strikes here.
Smirnov is trying to escape the mount.
Pudzianowski with a couple of short strikes.

That has opened up Boris Smirnov's cut even more.
Smirnov wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Pudzianowski cracks Smirnov with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mariusz Pudzianowski!