PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Sharpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denali Fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sharpe comes to the cage accompanied by Russian Unicorn. Denali Fili has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Richard Sharpe's chin.

Sharpe
vs
Fili

202 cm
25
298 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

200 cm
27
300 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Sharpe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denali Fili!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharpe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sharpe lands a body shot.
Sharpe wants to slow Fili down by chopping away at his legs.

Fili pushes Sharpe up against the cage in a clinch.
Fili throws an elbow that misses.
Sharpe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Sharpe jumps into guard, dragging Fili to the mat.
Sharpe is adopting a defensive guard.
Fili won't allow Sharpe to sweep him here.

Sharpe is looking for a triangle but Fili pushes his legs off easily.
Sharpe controlling the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Richard Sharpe.
Sharpe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sharpe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sharpe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharpe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Fili rushes Sharpe and presses him up against the cage.
Fili prevents a body shot from Sharpe.
Sharpe can't find room to land a body shot as Fili controls the action.

Fili breaks from the clinch.
Fili lands with a cross.

Sharpe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sharpe dodges an elbow strike from Fili.
Sharpe lands a good knee to the midsection. Fili won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharpe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sharpe with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe lands a nice knee to the body.
Fili looks gassed!
Sharpe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sharpe misses with a knee to the head.
Sharpe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Denali Fili has been cut.

Sharpe ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sharpe no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sharpe controlling the position.
Fili must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sharpe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fili manages to get himself to full guard.
Sharpe landing some decent shots from guard.
Sharpe slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sharpe postures up and lands a big shot to Fili's brow.
Sharpe tries to free his leg and advance position but Fili is retaining full guard.
Fili working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sharpe.
Sharpe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sharpe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sharpe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fili looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sharpe lands a couple of elbows.
Sharpe wants to control from the top but Fili keeps moving.
Fili utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sharpe throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharpe wants to pass the guard but Fili is keeping the position.
Sharpe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fili is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sharpe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sharpe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sharpe throwing strikes but missing.
Sharpe lands a couple of elbows.
Sharpe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sharpe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharpe throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fili keeping full guard, as Sharpe tries to pass.
Sharpe preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sharpe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sharpe throws a big right hand that misses.
Sharpe throws a big right hand that misses.
Sharpe trying to control the position from guard on top but Fili is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sharpe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sharpe 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.
Sharpe landing some decent shots from guard.
Sharpe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sharpe postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sharpe stays in close to Fili's body and controls the position.
Fili looking to control.
Sharpe cracks Fili with a solid left hand.
Fili utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Sharpe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denali Fili's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sharpe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Fili rushes Sharpe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fili misses with a knee strike.
Sharpe lands a nice elbow.
Sharpe blocks an elbow strike from Fili.
Sharpe avoids a wild elbow strike from Fili.
Fili avoiding damage as Sharpe throws knees to the body.
Fili managing to block the knees to the body from Sharpe.
A short right from Sharpe.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fili throws an elbow but misses.
Sharpe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fili lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sharpe backwards.
Sharpe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Richard Sharpe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sharpe fails to pull guard.
Sharpe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharpe pushes Fili back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharpe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fili is defending well for now.
Fili tries to break free but Sharpe pushes him back against the cage.

Sharpe pulls guard successfully.
Fili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fili wanted to stand there but Sharpe had control of the position.
Fili is breathing heavily.
Sharpe has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sharpe bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fili's guard.
Sharpe postures up in Fili's guard and throws a big left but Fili blocks it.
Sharpe scoring with some ground and pound.
Sharpe won't allow Fili to sweep him here.
Fili keeping moving, preventing Sharpe from controlling successfully.
Richard Sharpe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fili is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sharpe is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sharpe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Richard Sharpe wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A telegraphed right hand from Sharpe misses the target.

Fili moves into range and clinches up with Sharpe.
Sharpe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fili can do to turn this around?
Fili tries to break free but Sharpe pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sharpe.
Sharpe has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sharpe lands with a light punch inside.

Sharpe manages to pull guard.

Fili got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sharpe has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fili has managed to get both his arms back between Sharpe's legs - danger averted.
Sharpe is pulling down on Fili's head. It's preventing any offense from Fili, at least for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharpe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sharpe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sharpe slips a nice elbow through Fili's hands, connecting with Fili's forehead.
Fili trying to control from the bottom.
Sharpe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sharpe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fili keeps working.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sharpe lands a nice short elbow.

Sharpe seems to be looking for submissions.
Sharpe trying to pass the guard but Fili defending well.
Sharpe thows a huge punch but Fili dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sharpe is nestled in close to Fili, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharpe uses his free foot to push down on Fili's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Fili.
Sharpe landing punches.

That has opened up Denali Fili's cut even more.
Sharpe landing shots from mount.

The cut above Denali Fili's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sharpe landing shots from mount.

Denali Fili's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Denali Fili's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Richard Sharpe!
Richard Sharpe retains his super heavyweight title!