PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Castiel Xanthos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

West
vs
Xanthos

210 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
289 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Jay West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Castiel Xanthos!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Xanthos with that takedown attempt.
Xanthos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
West moves out of range of the body kick.

Xanthos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for West!
West manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Xanthos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Xanthos throwing shots but West is blocking nicely.
West keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Xanthos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
West keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
West misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Xanthos drops an elbow to the side of West's head.
Xanthos throwing shots but West is blocking nicely.
Xanthos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xanthos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
West is trying to maintain the position but Xanthos is very close to passing his half guard.
Xanthos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

West manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Xanthos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. West was covering up waiting for the punch and Xanthos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
West looking to hit a scissor sweep but Xanthos is one step ahead there.
Xanthos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
West tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Xanthos stands up over West, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
West might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
West looking for a sweep. Not yet West, not yet.

West is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Xanthos defends well.
Xanthos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
West is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Xanthos throws a big elbow that misses.
Xanthos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Xanthos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as West works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Xanthos throwing strikes from guard but West blocks nicely.
Xanthos distracts West with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Xanthos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
West preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Xanthos throws a big right hand that misses.
Xanthos throws a big elbow that misses.
West preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Xanthos throws a big elbow that misses.
Xanthos connects with a couple of short punches.
Xanthos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
West has momentary wrist control but Xanthos slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West has momentary wrist control but Xanthos slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xanthos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xanthos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
West throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Xanthos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Xanthos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
West is looking to stand up but Xanthos isn't so interested in that idea.
Xanthos scoring with some ground and pound.
Xanthos is in close to West's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Xanthos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Xanthos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Xanthos passes West's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xanthos drops an elbow to the side of West's head.
Xanthos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xanthos lands strikes from half guard.
Xanthos working the head and body with strikes.
Xanthos prevents West from improving his position.
Xanthos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Xanthos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Xanthos winds up and cracks West with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Xanthos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks West with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Xanthos.
West keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Xanthos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Xanthos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Xanthos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Xanthos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Castiel Xanthos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sloppy strikes from Xanthos. Those never looked like landing.
West looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Xanthos is fending him off so far but West persists. Nope, Xanthos circles away and we're back to standing.

Xanthos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Xanthos showed some decent athleticism there.
Xanthos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Xanthos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
West wants to control but Xanthos is keeping busy.
West is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Xanthos scores with a couple of nice shots.
West wants to improve his position but Xanthos is controlling well.
West manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Xanthos works over West with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xanthos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xanthos scoring with some ground and pound.
Xanthos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Xanthos postures up and lands a big shot to West's brow.
West manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Xanthos manages to get himself to full guard.

Xanthos pushes West off and scrambles back to his feet.

Xanthos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Xanthos cracks West with an elbow. That is naaassty.
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!
Xanthos lands an elbow.
Xanthos cracks West with a big right hand but West just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Xanthos working the body and head with strikes.
West on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xanthos landing strikes.
Xanthos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Xanthos cracks West with a big elbow.

West is rocked!
Xanthos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
West takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Oh West is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
West is working to avoid the ground and pound but Xanthos connects with a decent elbow.
Xanthos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Xanthos lands a strong strike to the head of West. That's dazed him! Xanthos looking to finish here. West is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Xanthos lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Castiel Xanthos!