PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mc Jitus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jitus
vs
Balboa

194 cm
24
213 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
210 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mc Jitus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jitus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
Jitus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jitus throws out a leg kick but Balboa moves out of range and Jitus only half commits.
Balboa tried to score with a low kick but Jitus checks it.
Balboa throws a hook but Jitus avoids it easily.
Jitus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jitus misses with a takedown
and Balboa counters with a nice body kick.

Jitus decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Balboa wants to get back to full guard.
Balboa has hold of Jitus's hands but Jitus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jitus throws a strike but Balboa avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Balboa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jitus prevents Balboa from getting back to his feet.
Jitus is looking to work some ground and pound but Balboa has wrist control.
Jitus is looking to work some ground and pound but Balboa has wrist control.
Jitus content to stall in guard here.
Jitus trying to control the position from guard on top but Balboa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jitus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balboa is keeping the position for now.
Jitus landing with the ground and pound.
Jitus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Balboa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jitus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jitus 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.
Balboa keeping moving, preventing Jitus from controlling successfully.
Jitus tries to free his leg and advance position but Balboa is retaining full guard.
Jitus passes into half guard.
Balboa regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jitus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jitus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Balboa's guard.
Jitus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balboa defending well though.
Jitus working the head and body with strikes.
Jitus is thwarting Balboa's attempts to control the position.
Nice strikes from Jitus there.
Balboa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Balboa tries to get to full guard but Jitus has control of the leg.
Jitus is looking to advance position but Balboa won't allow it.
Jitus thows a huge punch but Balboa dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitus is nestled in close to Balboa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jitus works his way into side control.
Jitus wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy.
Jitus cracks Balboa with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Balboa is looking to reverse the position.
Jitus working the ground and pound.
Jitus tries to move to full mount but Balboa actually manages to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jitus stops Balboa from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is in trouble now - Jitus has advanced to mount!
Jitus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Jitus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jitus looking to finish Balboa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balboa!
Balboa is looking to get to half guard.
Jitus landing punches.
Jitus content just to control the position here.
Jitus with the ground and pound from mount.
Jitus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jitus lands a heavy elbow.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Balboa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jitus with a couple of short strikes.
Jitus lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jitus cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jitus dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Balboa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Jitus is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Balboa can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Jitus trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Balboa regains half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jitus lands a nice short elbow.
Balboa is trying to stand.
Jitus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Balboa is looking for a sweep. Jitus is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jitus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Balboa is not content to let Jitus control the position.
Balboa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jitus.
Jitus scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jitus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jitus passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jitus looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jitus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jitus raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jitus landing strikes from the mount.
Jitus unloading with bombs!
Balboa regains half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jitus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balboa defending well though.
Jitus controlling the action here.
Jitus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Jitus there.
Balboa missing with punches from the bottom.
Jitus prevents Balboa from improving his position.
Jitus is looking to take a break and control but Balboa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Balboa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jitus 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.
Jitus is looking to stall here but Balboa recovers full guard.
Balboa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jitus tries to free his leg and advance position but Balboa is retaining full guard.
Jitus throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jitus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Balboa's guard.

Jitus wants to work for an arm triangle but Balboa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mc Jitus dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jitus, as that shot connected.
Sloppy strikes from Jitus. Those never looked like landing.
Balboa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jitus.
Jitus lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jitus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jitus throws a nice outside leg kick.
Balboa takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
Balboa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jitus throws a right hand that Balboa ducks under and follows up with a left that Balboa also avoids with ease.
Jitus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balboa can do to turn this around?
Balboa needs to keep his hands up - Jitus had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balboa misses with a body shot.
Jitus connects with a high kick.
Jitus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jitus tries for a takedown but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jitus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balboa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jitus enables Balboa to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jitus manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jitus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Balboa thows a big elbow that misses.
Balboa throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jitus swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Jitus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Balboa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Balboa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jitus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Balboa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Balboa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Jitus working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Balboa has passed into half guard!
Jitus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jitus actively working from the bottom here.
Jitus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jitus with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Balboa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jitus wants to improve his position but Balboa is controlling well.
Balboa 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.
Balboa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jitus trying to control here.
Balboa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jitus tries to kick Balboa off but Balboa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Balboa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Balboa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jitus doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Balboa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitus gets back to full guard.
Balboa postures up in Jitus's guard and throws a big left but Jitus blocks it.

Jitus is looking for a triangle but Balboa pushes his legs off easily.
Balboa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Balboa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Balboa advances to half guard.
Jitus looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jitus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Balboa is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jitus actively working from the bottom here.
Balboa working over Jitus with some ground and pound. Jitus looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jitus moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Balboa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Balboa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jitus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jitus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Balboa is one step ahead there.

Jitus is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Balboa is aware though and is defending well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Balboa trying to control but Jitus is working from the bottom.

Jitus is looking for a triangle but Balboa pushes his legs off easily.
Balboa scoring with some ground and pound.

Jitus has his foot on Balboa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Balboa works his way back into a safe position though.

Balboa gets to his feet. Jitus looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A nice leg kick lands there from Balboa.
Mc Jitus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jitus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A solid leg kick lands there for Balboa.
Balboa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Balboa thumps Jitus with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balboa.
Jitus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Balboa works Jitus's body with a nice hook.
Balboa connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balboa.
A chopping leg kick lands by Balboa.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jitus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jitus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balboa.
Jitus avoids the head kick by Balboa.
Balboa scores with a jab to the body.
Balboa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body punch from Balboa.
Balboa throws a head kick but Jitus moves out of range.
Balboa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jitus's sensitive parts.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. Jitus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Balboa has Jitus up against the cage in a clinch.
Balboa pushes Jitus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a right hand.
Jitus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balboa pulls his leg out and moves away.

Balboa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Balboa blocks an uppercut.
Balboa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jitus backwards.
Jitus misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Balboa.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but Jitus blocks with his arms.
Balboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jitus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Balboa.

Balboa gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jitus regains guard.
Balboa working some strikes from top position.
Jitus wants to sweep here but Balboa controlling him for the moment.
Jitus looking to control.
Balboa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jitus looks to move to half guard but instead Balboa has passed into mount! Damn!

Balboa is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Jitus to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jitus shrugs it off.
Jitus slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jitus wants to get back to full guard.
Balboa is nestled in close to Jitus, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jitus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jitus trying to control here.
Jitus regains full guard. Nicely done.

Jitus has his foot on Balboa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Balboa works his way back into a safe position though.
Mc Jitus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Jitus working for a triangle but Balboa defends it easily.

Jitus is looking for a triangle here but Balboa uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Jitus takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jitus wants to control but Balboa postures up.

Balboa is trying to get an arm triangle but Jitus is defending well.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jitus is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Balboa off and has taken his back!
Jitus tries to keep control of the position but Balboa is staying busy.
Jitus throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.

Jitus is looking for the choke from the back position but Balboa is controlling his hands well.
Can Balboa hold on?! Jitus is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Jitus connects with a big shot to the side of Balboa's head.
Balboa is in bad spot here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balboa trying to control the position but Jitus manages to sink in the hooks.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Jitus. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Balboa tries to escape but Jitus has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rocky Balboa'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.

Balboa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Balboa moves out of range of the body kick from Jitus.
Jitus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Balboa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Balboa.
Balboa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Balboa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balboa throws a head kick that half lands.
Jitus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
Jitus takes a jab right on the kisser.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jitus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. Jitus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jitus tries to score a power double leg takedown but Balboa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jitus somewhat.
Balboa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Balboa.
Balboa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jitus avoids the body shot from Balboa.
Balboa throws a leg kick but Jitus checks it.
Jitus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jitus!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jitus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Balboa as he jumps to the side.
Jitus takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jitus misses with a straight right.
Balboa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Balboa.
Jitus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balboa.
Balboa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jitus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick misses from Jitus.
Jitus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balboa. Balboa obviously looking to wear him down.
Balboa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balboa connects with a solid leg kick.
Balboa connects with a leg kick. Jitus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Balboa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Balboa connects with an inside leg kick.

Balboa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jitus was covering up waiting for the punch and Balboa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Balboa is pushing down on Jitus's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jitus is fighting to maintain full guard but Balboa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Balboa works his way into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jitus is looking to get to half guard.
Balboa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jitus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Balboa.
Jitus can't escape the position.
Balboa avoids the attempt from Jitus to control.
Balboa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jitus can't escape the position.
Balboa with shots to the head and body - Jitus looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Balboa landing punches.
Jitus wants to hold on but Balboa pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Balboa.
The referee warns Jitus that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Balboa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jitus is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Balboa prevents Jitus from getting the reversal.
Jitus tries to hold on but Balboa postures up.
Balboa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jitus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jitus is bucking up trying to escape but Balboa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jitus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Balboa.

Balboa working for a submission but Jitus is keeping him at bay.
Balboa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Balboa landing shots from mount.
Jitus can't escape the position.
Jitus in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jitus tries to lock up and control but Balboa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jitus working to try and regain half guard.
Jitus is bucking up trying to escape but Balboa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Balboa.
Jitus tries to hold on but Balboa pushes him away.
Jitus is in all sorts of trouble here.
Balboa wants to control the pace but Jitus is squirming around nicely.
Jitus keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Balboa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jitus is trying to escape the mount.
Balboa landing shots from mount.
Balboa prevents Jitus from getting the reversal.
Balboa breaks from Jitus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Balboa raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jitus is looking to improve his position but Balboa isn't that keen on the idea.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Balboa working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Balboa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Balboa raining down hammerfists from mount.

Balboa is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jitus can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Jitus working to try and regain half guard.
Balboa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jitus is looking to escape.
Jitus wants to control but Balboa is having none of it.
Balboa landing strikes from the mount and Jitus is in trouble!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a heavy elbow.
Jitus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jitus regains half guard.
Jitus tries to roll over but Balboa keeps him under control.
Balboa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jitus trying to control from the bottom.
Balboa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Balboa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jitus holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Jitus is looking to improve his position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Balboa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Balboa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jitus's head.

Jitus has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Balboa. Oh but Jitus has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Balboa goes limp - he's gone! Jitus jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mc Jitus!