PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russian Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Russian Boy has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Russian Boy seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Boy
vs
Statham

192 cm
19
245 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
204 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Statham!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boy gets the takedown into side control.
Statham gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Boy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Statham trying to control but Boy postures up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Statham manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Statham controls Boy momentarily but Boy frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Statham looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Statham has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Boy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Boy stopping the sweep attempt from Statham.

Statham throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boy cracks Statham with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy postures up in Statham's guard and throws a big left but Statham blocks it.
Statham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Boy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Statham is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boy trying to control the position from guard on top but Statham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Statham preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boy with a nice head shot there.
Boy trying to control but Statham is working from the bottom.
Boy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Boy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Statham working for a triangle but Boy defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Statham has his foot on Boy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Boy works his way back into a safe position though.
Boy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Statham looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Statham wants to stand but Boy is controlling the position.
Statham working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boy.
Boy tries to stand but Statham is controlling from the bottom.
Boy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Statham is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Statham is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Statham wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Statham keeping moving, preventing Boy from controlling successfully.
Boy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Statham on the ground.

Statham is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Boy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Statham keeping moving, preventing Boy from controlling successfully.

Statham looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Boy passes into side control.
Statham can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Statham on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Boy looks up at the clock and then as Statham takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Statham is looking to regain half guard here but Boy keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy wants to control but Statham is keeping him busy.
Statham manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Boy wants to take a breather but Statham is having none of it.
Statham taking some punishment here, with Boy in his half guard.

Boy seems to be working for a kimura but Statham defends the submission attempt.
Boy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Statham slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Statham tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Statham keeping moving, preventing Boy from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Boy dominated that round.
That's time! Boy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Boy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Boy moves in looking to clinch but Statham pushes him off.
Boy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Statham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Statham misses with a lunging right hand

and Boy moves into the clinch.
Statham lands on the inside with an uppercut.

It looks like Russian Boy has been cut.
A shot in the inside from Boy.
A knee to the head by Statham.
Statham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Statham throws a punch but it's blocked by Boy.
Boy prevents a body shot from Statham.
Boy takes a knee right on the jaw!

Boy breaks from the clinch.
Statham defending well as Boy loads up on a big left hand.
Statham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Statham looks to land a body kick but Boy moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Boy. Those never looked like landing.

Boy shoots in and bounces Statham off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Statham is trying to control the position but Boy postures up.
Boy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Statham is looking to sweep but instead, Boy has passed into half guard.
Statham is pressing down on Boy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Boy connects with a couple of short punches.
Statham preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boy trying to control the position from guard on top but Statham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Statham is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Statham keeping moving, preventing Boy from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boy gets to his feet - Statham follows without any prompting.
Boy throws a nice looking combination but Statham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Statham throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Boy counter with a right hand.
Statham is looking to land body kicks.
Boy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Statham jabs Boy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Statham lands with a right hand.
Jason Statham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boy moves out of range of the strikes.

Statham gets caught napping as Boy dives in and scores a takedown. Statham manages to retain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Statham wants to sweep here but Boy controlling him for the moment.
Boy wants to control from the top but Statham keeps moving.
Boy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Russian Boy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Statham throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boy lands a couple of digs.
Boy slips nicely into half guard.
Boy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Boy is thwarting Statham's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Statham gets back to full guard.
Boy is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Boy stopping the sweep attempt from Statham.

Boy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Statham has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Boy has managed to get both his arms back between Statham's legs - danger averted.
Statham is breathing heavily.
Boy postures up and lands a big shot to Statham's brow.
Boy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Statham wants to stand but Boy is controlling the position.

Statham has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Boy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Boy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Russian Boy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Statham throws a leg kick but Boy checks it.
Boy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Statham.

Boy moves into the clinch.
Statham misses with some punches.
Statham misses with the head strike.

Boy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boy avoids the head kick by Statham.
Boy catches Statham with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Statham tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Boy is able to avoid easily.
Boy misses with a leg kick
and Statham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Statham scores with a nice strike.
Statham throws a head kick but Boy moves out of range.
Boy tries to bum rush Statham with a series of wild strikes but Statham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy throws a combination that misses
and Statham counters with a straight right hand.
Statham throws a front kick aimed at Boy's knee but Boy avoids it well.
A combination from Boy does no damage.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Statham circles away quickly and effectively.
Boy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Statham throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boy tries to clinch up.
Statham misses with a body kick.
Boy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Statham scores with a shot to the body.
Russian Boy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Boy misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boy moves into the clinch.
Boy has had enough of the clinch but Statham keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Boy.
Boy avoiding damage as Statham throws knees to the body.
Statham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Statham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Statham swings wildly with an uppercut but Boy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boy is trying to force a seperation but Statham has the dominant position.
Statham wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Statham lands a jab to the nose.

Boy pushes Statham up against the cage in a clinch.

Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Statham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Statham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Boy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Boy is looking to take a break and control but Statham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Statham manages to get to full guard.
Statham tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Statham throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Boy won't allow Statham to sweep him here.
Boy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Russian Boy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Boy stands up and waves to Statham to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Boy pushes Statham up against the cage in a clinch.
Jason Statham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Still in the clinch, Statham scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Statham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boy blocks the elbow strike.
Statham misses with a knee strike.
Boy avoids a wild elbow strike from Statham.
Statham missing with knees to the body.
Statham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boy scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Statham takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Russian Boy.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russian Boy!