PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Poldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martyn Musgrave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Poldi
vs
Musgrave

188 cm
21
220 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
28
205 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Pot Factory 40$ 159Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Poldi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Martyn Musgrave!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poldi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Musgrave shoots in for a takedown but Poldi shows good takedown defense.
Poldi misses with a wild body shot.
Poldi throws a looping overhand right but Musgrave ducks down to avoid it.
Musgrave misses with a takedown attempt
and Poldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Musgrave drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Musgrave controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Poldi keeping moving, preventing Musgrave from controlling successfully.
Musgrave tries to free his leg and advance position but Poldi is retaining full guard.
Musgrave sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musgrave looking to sit in guard and control but Poldi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Musgrave is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Poldi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Poldi trying to control the position from guard on top but Musgrave is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Musgrave is trying to keep Poldi in close.
Poldi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Poldi landing some decent shots from guard.
Poldi throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poldi trying to control but Musgrave is working from the bottom.
Musgrave really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Poldi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Poldi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Musgrave's guard.

Poldi seems to be looking for submissions.
Poldi is nestled in close to Musgrave, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poldi not doing much here.
Poldi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Poldi 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.
Poldi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poldi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Poldi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Poldi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poldi is looking to advance position but Musgrave won't allow it.
Poldi controlling the action here.

Poldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Musgrave defends it well.

Musgrave looking for submissions off his back.
Musgrave tries to get to full guard but Poldi has control of the leg.
Poldi content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Poldi is looking for a kimura but Musgrave is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Poldi to get the leverage.
Poldi trying to control the action but Musgrave is working from the bottom.
Poldi winds up and cracks Musgrave with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Musgrave is trying to get back to full guard.
Musgrave is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Poldi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Musgrave has hold of Poldi's hands but Poldi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poldi wants to control but Musgrave is keeping him busy.
Poldi slips a nice elbow through Musgrave's hands, connecting with Musgrave's forehead.
Poldi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Musgrave is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Poldi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Poldi's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Musgrave throws a leg kick that misses.
Poldi loads up on a big right hand but Musgrave slips the punch.
Musgrave throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Poldi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Musgrave is defended easily by Poldi.
Musgrave throws a low kick but it's checked well by Poldi.
Poldi misses with a two punch combination.
Poldi misses with a wild combination.
Musgrave will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Poldi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Musgrave if he has to take too many more of those.
Poldi misses the shot to the body.
Musgrave tries to score with a low kick but Poldi moves his leg out of the way.
Poldi closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Martyn Musgrave has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poldi lands a jab to the nose.
Poldi looks to land a combination but Musgrave avoids it well.
Musgrave misses with a low kick.
Poldi thuds his right hand into Musgrave's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jack Poldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Musgrave.
Poldi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Musgrave doesn't seem bothered though.
Poldi scores with a nice head shot.
Poldi misses with a looping left.
Musgrave avoids the body shot from Poldi.
Musgrave avoids a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Poldi. Those never looked like landing.
Musgrave dives in and grabs Poldi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Poldi pushes down on Musgrave's head and hops out.
Jack Poldi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martyn Musgrave.
Poldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Musgrave counters with a nice low kick that buckles Poldi's knee momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poldi lands a really nice looking cross but Musgrave seems unphased.
Musgrave is looking to slow Poldi down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poldi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Musgrave closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Poldi quickly recovers to half guard.
Musgrave is just content to waste time from the top position. Poldi takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Musgrave trying to move into half guard but instead Poldi has managed to sweep!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Poldi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jack Poldi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poldi stays in close to Musgrave's body and controls the position.

Musgrave is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Poldi landing some decent shots from guard.
Poldi wants to control from the top but Musgrave keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musgrave is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Poldi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Musgrave avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Poldi wants to control from the top but Musgrave keeps moving.
Poldi stands and throws Musgrave's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Musgrave is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Poldi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Musgrave has escaped the position, nice work there.
Musgrave is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poldi taking a breather here.
Poldi working the ground and pound from side control.
Musgrave wants to control but Poldi postures up.
Musgrave takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poldi lands a decent elbow from side control.
Poldi scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Musgrave takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Musgrave is looking to regain half guard here but Poldi keeps moving and retains side control.
Poldi working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Poldi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martyn Musgrave's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Poldi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jack Poldi is winning the standup battle so far.
Poldi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Musgrave.
Musgrave walks into a stiff left hand from Poldi.

Poldi steps into range and cracks Musgrave with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Musgrave flops backwards and Poldi dives into his guard looking to finish!

Musgrave is rocked!
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!
Poldi gets to his feet and stands over Musgrave, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Musgrave felt that one! Poldi unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Musgrave from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Poldi!
Jack Poldi is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jack Poldi managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Pot Factory 40$ 159Q, into his post fight interview.