PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ghiorghos Papadopoulos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ricky Rude's chin.

Rude
vs
Papadopoulos

192 cm
21
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
266 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rude moves into the clinch.
Papadopoulos wants a takedown but no success here.
Rude changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Papadopoulos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Papadopoulos shoots and misses

and Rude counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Papadopoulos trying to strike off his back.
Papadopoulos trying to strike off his back.
Papadopoulos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Papadopoulos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rude. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rude trying to control but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Papadopoulos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rude wanted to stand there but Papadopoulos had control of the position.
Papadopoulos thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rude sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Papadopoulos's guard.
Papadopoulos landing small, sideways elbows.
Rude seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Papadopoulos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Papadopoulos striking from half guard on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Rude wants to stand but Papadopoulos has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Well, if Rude is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rude tries to stand but can't do so whilst Papadopoulos controls his leg.
Papadopoulos punching from the bottom.
Papadopoulos throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rude wants to stand up but Papadopoulos has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Papadopoulos is trying to get back to full guard.
Rude tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Papadopoulos.
Rude is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rude prevents Papadopoulos from improving his position.
Papadopoulos missing with punches from the bottom.
Papadopoulos tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rude prevents Papadopoulos from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Papadopoulos lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Rude tries to pass to full mount but Papadopoulos defends it.
Papadopoulos missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos wants to get back to full guard.
Rude has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Papadopoulos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Papadopoulos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos tries to reverse the position but Rude maintains control.
Papadopoulos blocking the ground and pound.
Papadopoulos is working to get back to half guard.
Papadopoulos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rude. What's that going to do exactly?
Papadopoulos is looking to improve his position but Rude isn't that keen on the idea.
Papadopoulos throws some wild strikes from the bottom.
Papadopoulos is squirming around, avoiding Rude's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Papadopoulos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopoulos connects with a couple of short punches.

It looks like Ricky Rude has been cut.

Rude working for a triangle but Papadopoulos defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Papadopoulos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Ricky Rude's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papadopoulos landing with the ground and pound.

Jeez, Ricky Rude's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Papadopoulos postures up and lands a big shot to Rude's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghiorghos Papadopoulos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Rude's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rude stuffs the takedown.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
After winning the bout, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.