PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between For Bad Joke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bla Bla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bla has chosen I'm gonna live forever as his entrance music. For Bad Joke has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bad Joke
vs
Bla

191 cm
26
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
264 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, For Bad Joke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bla Bla!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bad Joke dodges the punch combination from Bla.
Bla misses with a combination

and Bad Joke counters with a takedown into side control.
Bad Joke trying to control the action but Bla is working from the bottom.
Bad Joke wants to stand but Bla has his arm trapped.
Bla tries to escape but Bad Joke is in control.
Bla should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bad Joke is looking to take a break and control but Bla is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bla is trying to buck Bad Joke off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad Joke is staying tight to Bla's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Bla dodges the ground and pound from Bad Joke.
Bla parries the strikes from Bad Joke easily there. Bad Joke is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bla to escape.
Bad Joke 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.
Bla is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bad Joke off and has taken his back!
Bla is not going to allow Bad Joke to sit and survive in this position.
Bla is controlling the position but Bad Joke somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Bad Joke wants to control but Bla is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bla working Bad Joke over with strikes.
Bla trying to control from half guard but Bad Joke is working away.
Bad Joke works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bla scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bad Joke trying to strike off his back.
Bla stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bad Joke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bad Joke managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bla looking to sit in guard and control but Bad Joke gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bla looking to control.
Bla wants to stand but Bad Joke is controlling the position.
Bad Joke trying to control the position from guard on top but Bla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bad Joke trying to move into half guard but instead Bla has managed to sweep!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bla throws and elbow that misses. Bad Joke uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bla's guard. Nice move by Bad Joke!
Bla keeping moving, preventing Bad Joke from controlling successfully.
Bla is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bad Joke is controlling him.
Bad Joke 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.
Bla is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bad Joke is controlling him.
Bad Joke postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that For Bad Joke will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bla throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bad Joke keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Bad Joke decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bad Joke will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bla keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bad Joke throwing shots but Bla is blocking nicely.
Bla avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bad Joke.
Bad Joke wants to control but Bla is keeping him busy.
Bad Joke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bad Joke blocks the strikes from Bla.
Bla wants to get back to his feet.
Bla is refusing to be controlled, as Bad Joke sits in half guard.
Bad Joke throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bla blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bad Joke.
Bad Joke wants to control but Bla is keeping him busy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bla is trying to stand back up but Bad Joke is controlling him
Bad Joke takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bla can do anything to dispel that myth.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of For Bad Joke.
Bla circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bla throws a nice looking combination but Bad Joke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the body from Bla misses

and Bad Joke counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bla's guard now.
Bla wants to stand but Bad Joke is controlling the position.
Bad Joke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Bad Joke stands up and waves to Bla to follow him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bla throws a head kick that misses
and Bad Joke counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bla fails to land with a series of punches.
Bla throws a head kick but Bad Joke moves out of range.
Bla is breathing heavily.
Bad Joke fails to land the takedown.
Bad Joke fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bla throws a nice looking combination but Bad Joke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bad Joke tries to clinch up but Bla circles away and keeps his distance.
Bad Joke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bla circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for For Bad Joke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bla throws a head kick that misses
and Bad Joke counters with a head kick. That will keep Bla thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bla throws the kick towards the body but Bad Joke avoids it.

Bad Joke dives in and scores a takedown into Bla's guard.
Bad Joke trying to control but Bla is working from the bottom.
Bad Joke stops Bla from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad Joke wants to control from the top but Bla keeps moving.

Bla manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Bla misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Bad Joke has Bla up against the ropes in a clinch.

Bla jumps guard and drags Bad Joke to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bad Joke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bla swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bla is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bad Joke is controlling him.
Bad Joke trying to control the position from guard on top but Bla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bla is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bad Joke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bad Joke trying to control but Bla is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. For Bad Joke wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bla misses with a wild body shot.
Bad Joke wants to clinch up but Bla keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

For Bad Joke dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bla stuffs the takedown.
Bla throws a hook but Bad Joke avoids it easily.
Bla tried to score with a low kick but Bad Joke checks it.
Bad Joke is looking to clinch but Bla is avoiding it.
Bad Joke is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bla sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bla throws a sloppy head kick
and Bad Joke counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Bla Bla has been cut.
Bad Joke slips under a jab.
Bla throws a lazy head kick
and Bad Joke counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horrible takedown by Bad Joke or perhaps it was just good defense by Bla which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for For Bad Joke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bla throws a sloppy head kick
and Bad Joke counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bla is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bla tries to land a body kick

and Bad Joke counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bla keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bla keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bad Joke prevents Bla from standing back up.
Bad Joke looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad Joke thows a huge punch but Bla dodges it nicely.
Bla pushes Bad Joke off but Bad Joke dives into side control.
Bla tries to bench press Bad Joke off him but Bad Joke keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Bad Joke seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bad Joke wants to stand but Bla is controlling his arm.
Bad Joke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bla is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bla can't do much from the bottom here.
Bla is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bad Joke is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bad Joke trying to control the position but Bla is working away.
Bad Joke tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bad Joke has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Bla can't escape the position.
Bad Joke tries to control but Bla wriggling away.
Bla can't escape the position.
Bla wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bad Joke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bla is squirming around, avoiding Bad Joke's attempts to control the action.
Bla controls the position.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Bla has eaten all the pies!
Bla blocking the ground and pound.
Bla is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bad Joke cracks Bla with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poor strikes thrown by Bad Joke there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bad Joke prevents Bla from getting the reversal.
Bla wants to control but Bad Joke is having none of it.
Bad Joke throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bla because Bad Joke loaded up on that one.
Bla wants to control but Bad Joke is having none of it.
Bad Joke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bla can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bad Joke wants to control the pace but Bla is squirming around nicely.
Bla Bla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
For Bad Joke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bad Joke is really struggling to control Bla but he's trying to hold on to the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
For Bad Joke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bad Joke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for For Bad Joke!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for For Bad Joke!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for For Bad Joke!

For Bad Joke wins by unanimous decision!