PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Eremeev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maruder Newman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eremeev kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is David Guetta ft. Sia – Titanium. Newman has chosen Stary Olsa - Litvin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Eremeev
vs
Newman

181 cm
21
184 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
23
194 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxim Eremeev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maruder Newman !
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eremeev scores with a hook to the body. Newman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Eremeev throws a shot to the body.
Eremeev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Newman misses with a takedown attempt - Eremeev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Eremeev displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Newman .
Eremeev misses with a few strikes there.
Newman shoots in but Eremeev avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maxim Eremeev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maruder Newman .

Newman clinches with his opponent.

Eremeev has picked Newman up - he's going for a ride! Eremeev dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Newman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Eremeev sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Newman defending well though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Newman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Newman looking to control.
Newman can't keep his opponent in guard - Eremeev advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eremeev is thwarting Newman 's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Eremeev.
Eremeev looks to land a strike but Newman avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Newman doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Eremeev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Newman on the ground.

Eremeev got a little sloppy there for a moment and Newman has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Eremeev has managed to get both his arms back between Newman 's legs - danger averted.

Eremeev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Eremeev stopping the sweep attempt from Newman .
Eremeev stands up over Newman , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eremeev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Eremeev postures up in Newman 's guard and throws a big left but Newman blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev scoring with punches to the head and body.
Eremeev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Eremeev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Eremeev scoring with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eremeev wants to control from the top but Newman keeps moving.
Eremeev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Newman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Newman wants to stand up but Eremeev is controlling him.
Eremeev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Eremeev postures up and lands a big shot to Newman 's brow.
Eremeev stands up over Newman , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eremeev is in close to Newman 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Eremeev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Newman manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Eremeev tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Eremeev trying to control the position.
Eremeev striking off his back but it's not causing Newman any problems.
Newman stopping the sweep attempt from Eremeev.
Newman lands a couple of elbows.
Newman trying to control but Eremeev is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Newman manages to get himself to full guard.
Newman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eremeev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Eremeev looking to pass the guard.
Eremeev trying to control but Newman is working from the bottom.
Eremeev postures up in Newman 's guard and throws a big left but Newman blocks it.
Newman is trying to keep Eremeev in close.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eremeev scoring with punches to the head and body.
Newman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Eremeev's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice sprawl there from Eremeev as Newman shoots in.
Eremeev with a jab.
Newman avoids the body shot from Eremeev.
Eremeev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Newman .
Eremeev cracks Newman with an open hand slap.
Newman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Maxim Eremeev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maruder Newman .
Eremeev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Newman shoots in but no luck this time.
Eremeev lands a really nice looking cross but Newman seems unphased.
Eremeev scores with a nice head shot.
Eremeev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Maruder Newman has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eremeev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Newman on the side of the head.
Eremeev looks to throw the jab but Newman is out of range.
Newman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Eremeev loads up on a big right hand but Newman slips the punch.
Nice takedown defense from Eremeev. No joy for Newman on that attempt.
Newman is breathing heavily.
Eremeev scores with a nice right hand.

Newman gets caught napping as Eremeev dives in and scores a takedown. Newman manages to retain guard.
Eremeev wants to control from the top but Newman keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eremeev working some strikes from top position.
Eremeev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Eremeev scoring with punches to the head and body.
Eremeev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Eremeev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Newman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Eremeev defends well.
Eremeev scoring with some ground and pound.
Eremeev stands up over Newman , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eremeev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eremeev wants to control from the top but Newman keeps moving.
Eremeev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Newman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Eremeev.
Eremeev throwing strikes but missing.
Eremeev stopping the sweep attempt from Newman .
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Eremeev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Eremeev works over Newman with some ground and pound from guard.
Eremeev throwing strikes but missing.
Eremeev is working Newman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Eremeev pushes down on Newman 's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newman regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Eremeev.
Eremeev works over Newman with some ground and pound from guard.
Eremeev throws a big right hand that misses.
Eremeev is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Eremeev tries to free his leg and advance position but Newman is retaining full guard.
Newman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Newman is trying to control the position but Eremeev postures up.
Eremeev is looking to work some ground and pound but Newman has wrist control.
Newman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Eremeev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Eremeev slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Maxim Eremeev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev misses with the ground and pound.
Newman struggling a bit here.
Eremeev working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eremeev lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Newman is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Newman is holding on to half guard well.
Eremeev controlling the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eremeev trying to pass the guard but Newman defending well.
Eremeev working Newman over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxim Eremeev dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Maruder Newman 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Eremeev shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Eremeev showed some decent athleticism there.
Newman taking some punishment here, with Eremeev in his half guard.
Newman has hold of Eremeev's hands but Eremeev slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Eremeev lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Newman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Eremeev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Eremeev's back!
Eremeev staying busy and making it hard for Newman to control.
Newman somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Eremeev can't escape the position.

Newman looking to break Eremeev's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Eremeev remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Newman will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Newman is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Eremeev has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Newman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Eremeev tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Eremeev is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Newman gets his way!

Eremeev defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Newman 's arms.
Eremeev is really stuck here.
Eremeev trying to control the hands but Newman breaks the grip.
Eremeev tries to escape but Newman has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Newman doesn't have the hooks in and Eremeev manages to turn into his guard.
Eremeev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Newman can do to turn this around?
Eremeev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Eremeev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Eremeev is looking to work some ground and pound but Newman has wrist control.
Eremeev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev throws a big elbow that misses.
Eremeev tries to free his leg and advance position but Newman is retaining full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Newman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Eremeev trying to control the position from guard on top but Newman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eremeev stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Newman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Eremeev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Eremeev trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Newman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Newman looking for a guillotine here but Eremeev defends easily.
Eremeev looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev cracks Newman with a solid left hand.
Eremeev postures up in Newman 's guard and throws a big left but Newman blocks it.
Eremeev is looking to work some ground and pound but Newman has wrist control.
Eremeev is in close to Newman 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Eremeev cracks Newman with a solid left hand.
Eremeev wants to control from the top but Newman keeps moving.
Newman is trying to control the position but Eremeev postures up.
Newman keeping full guard, as Eremeev tries to pass.
Eremeev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Newman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eremeev throws a big right hand that misses.
Eremeev pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Newman is keeping the position for now.
Newman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Eremeev manages to get himself to full guard.
Eremeev looking for a sweep. Not yet Eremeev, not yet.
Maruder Newman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Newman drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Newman jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newman stopping the sweep attempt from Eremeev.
Maxim Eremeev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Newman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maxim Eremeev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Eremeev, 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxim Eremeev!
Our winner, Maxim Eremeev, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.