PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Farro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sub Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hero has chosen Giant Squid - Panthalassa as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Farro
vs
Hero

165 cm
25
145 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

164 cm
29
146 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

BALCO MMA ELITE

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 159Q Recovery $79)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Farro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sub Hero!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hero misses with an uppercut
and Farro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Farro misses with an uppercut. Hero saw that one coming.

Hero shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Farro is trying to defend but Hero finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hero is keen to just control but Farro is a slippery customer.
Hero prevents Farro from improving his position.
Hero throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hero prevents Farro from improving his position.
Farro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Farro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hero is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hero won't allow Farro to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hero wants to control from the top but Farro keeps moving.
Hero postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hero preventing the sweep.
Farro has control of Hero's left arm, preventing Hero from doing any damage.
Farro wants to sweep here but Hero controlling him for the moment.
Hero trying to control the position from guard on top but Farro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Farro wants to sweep but no luck.
Hero connects with a couple of short punches.
Hero wants to pass the guard but Farro is keeping the position.
Hero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Farro wants to sweep but no luck.
Hero pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Farro is keeping the position for now.

Farro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hero doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hero manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hero stands and throws Farro's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Farro tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hero wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Hero tries for a kimura but Farro is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farro is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Farro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Farro is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hero's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Farro wants to get back to full guard.
Farro blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hero.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farro is trying to get back to full guard.

Hero is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Farro sees it coming and defends easily.

Farro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Farro defending well though.
Hero is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Farro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hero is trying to control. Farro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Farro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hero lands strikes from half guard.
Hero prevents Farro from improving his position.
Hero takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hero passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Farro!
Farro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Farro is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sub Hero 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.

Hero throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Farro counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hero won't be happy with that.

Farro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hero knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hero is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hero is trying to get back to full guard.
Hero is controlling Farro's position as best he can from this difficult position.

Farro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Farro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro thows a huge punch but Hero dodges it nicely.
Hero taking some punishment here, with Farro in his half guard.
Farro is looking to stall here but Hero recovers full guard.
Farro wants to pass the guard but Hero is keeping the position.
Farro throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Farro.
Hero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Farro stopping the sweep attempt from Hero.
Farro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Farro.
Hero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Farro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hero tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Farro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hero is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero wants to sweep but no luck.
Hero working a defensive guard here.

Hero has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Farro can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Farro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hero's head.
Farro advances to half guard.
Farro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hero regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Farro.
Farro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farro wants to pass the guard but Hero is keeping the position.

Farro is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hero is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hero has escaped and now he's on top!
Hero wants to control from the top but Farro keeps moving.
Hero stopping the sweep attempt from Farro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Farro dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Farro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hero gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
An inside leg kick from Farro misses.
Farro cracks Hero with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Hero looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Farro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hero 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.
Farro has a hand on Hero's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Hero takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Hero is landing with some decent strikes but Farro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro is working to get back to half guard.
Hero looking to control but Farro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Farro is working to get back to half guard.
Hero raining down shots from the mount!
Hero punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hero lands a heavy elbow.
Hero unloading with bombs!
Hero fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Farro is rocked!
Hero putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Farro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Hero is working for a guillotine from mount but Farro frees his head quite easily.
Farro in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Farro seems to have got his legs back now.

Hero looking for a guillotine from mount but Farro is having none of it.
Hero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hero scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farro is looking to improve his position but Hero isn't that keen on the idea.
Hero dominating with strikes here.
Hero looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hero trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Farro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Farro gets back to half guard.
Sub Hero has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farro gets back to full guard.
Hero throws a big right hand that misses.
Farro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hero is one step ahead there.
Hero with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Farro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hero passes Farro's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Hero.
Farro is trying to get back to full guard.
Hero sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farro is looking for a sweep. Hero is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Farro looking for submissions off his back.
Hero working over Farro with some ground and pound. Farro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Farro wants to control but Hero is keeping busy.

Hero is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hero seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Farro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farro moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Farro looking for a sweep. Not yet Farro, not yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sub Hero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hero has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sub Hero!