PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Pupkoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gepeto Pinoquio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pupkoff
vs
Pinoquio

185 cm
25
225 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

198 cm
26
250 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Pupkoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gepeto Pinoquio!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinoquio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Pinoquio.

It looks like Ivan Pupkoff has been cut.
Pinoquio misses with a hook.
Pinoquio misses with a hook. Pupkoff ducked under it nicely.
Pupkoff on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pupkoff throws a leg kick which misses Pinoquio's front leg but catches the back leg as Pinoquio tries to avoid it.
Pinoquio stuns Pupkoff with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pupkoff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinoquio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gepeto Pinoquio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pupkoff is breathing heavily.
Pinoquio takes a swing at Pupkoff's ribcage but misses.
Pinoquio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pinoquio fails to land with a series of punches.
Pinoquio throws out a loose jab but Pupkoff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinoquio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pinoquio cracks a nice hook into Pupkoff's ribs.
Pinoquio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pupkoff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pinoquio throws a lazy right hand but Pupkoff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch combination from Pinoquio misses.
Pupkoff keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pinoquio.
Pinoquio throws the left hand but Pupkoff avoids the punch easily.
Pupkoff lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pupkoff fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pinoquio throws a body punch but Pupkoff moves out of range.
Pupkoff connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pupkoff slips under a jab.
Pupkoff feints and then cracks Pinoquio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pinoquio down.
Pupkoff throws a head kick that Pinoquio semi-blocks.

It looks like Gepeto Pinoquio has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pupkoff lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pinoquio circles away quickly and effectively.

Pupkoff darts in and clinches Pinoquio up against the cage.
Pinoquio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Pinoquio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pupkoff looking to throw knees to the head but Pinoquio is blocking nicely.
Pupkoff fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pupkoff tries to pull guard but Pinoquio won't allow it.
Pupkoff jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pinoquio walks away with a smile on his face. Pupkoff gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Pupkoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pinoquio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pupkoff scores with a head kick. Pinoquio tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pupkoff lands a two punch combo.
Pupkoff lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pinoquio's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinoquio just misses with a punch to the body.
Pupkoff misses with the combination.
A combination from Pinoquio does no damage.
Pupkoff lands with a nice body punch.
Pupkoff throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pupkoff goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pupkoff feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pinoquio's calf.
Pupkoff connects with a leg kick. Pinoquio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Pupkoff takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pupkoff stalls.
Pupkoff tries to pull guard but Pinoquio won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pupkoff jumps guard but Pinoquio turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Pupkoff decides to pull guard.
Pupkoff manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pinoquio manages to get himself to full guard.
Pupkoff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pinoquio is keeping the position for now.
Pupkoff with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pupkoff advances position into side control!
Pinoquio parries the strikes from Pupkoff easily there. Pupkoff is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pinoquio to escape.
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 Ivan Pupkoff will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pupkoff swinging wildly here.
Ivan Pupkoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pinoquio misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Pupkoff, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Pupkoff there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pinoquio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pinoquio swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pupkoff counters with an outside leg kick.
Pinoquio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pupkoff.
Pinoquio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pupkoff slips under a jab.
Pinoquio thows a body shot but no joy.
Pupkoff fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pinoquio is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Pupkoff.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pupkoff.
An inside leg kick lands from Pupkoff.
Pinoquio is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pupkoff rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinoquio has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pupkoff.
Pupkoff lands a leg kick that knocks Pinoquio off balance momentarily.

Pupkoff closes the distance and pushes Pinoquio back into the cage.
Pupkoff tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pinoquio smiles and moves away.
Pupkoff turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pupkoff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pupkoff looks to land a combination but Pinoquio avoids it well.

Pupkoff moves into the clinch successfully.

Pupkoff gets control of Pinoquio's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pupkoff will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Pupkoff not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pupkoff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pinoquio's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pupkoff throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pupkoff throws a big right hand that misses.
Pupkoff throwing strikes from guard but Pinoquio blocks nicely.
Pupkoff throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pinoquio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pupkoff might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pupkoff's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pupkoff lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pupkoff accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pinoquio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pupkoff postures up and lands a big shot to Pinoquio's brow.
Pinoquio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pupkoff. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pupkoff missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pupkoff missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pupkoff stops Pinoquio from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinoquio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pupkoff is looking to work some ground and pound but Pinoquio has wrist control.
Pinoquio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pupkoff advances position into side control!
Pupkoff connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pinoquio some visible discomfort.
Pupkoff grinds an elbow into Pinoquio's temple.
Pupkoff working the head and body with strikes.
Pinoquio defending against the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pupkoff looks up at the clock and then as Pinoquio takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pupkoff smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pupkoff tries to score with some ground and pound. Pinoquio controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pupkoff 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.
Pupkoff in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pupkoff scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pinoquio to see if he's OK.
Pupkoff moves into full mount!
Pupkoff looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pupkoff lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pupkoff breaks from Pinoquio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinoquio is in a horrible position here. Pupkoff smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ivan Pupkoff overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pupkoff throws some wild stikes that Pinoquio manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Pupkoff dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Pupkoff throws a right and a left that Pinoquio avoids nicely.
Ivan Pupkoff is winning the standup battle so far.
Pinoquio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pupkoff at a distance.
Pupkoff throws a sloppy head kick and Pinoquio moves out of range easily.
Pinoquio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pinoquio misses the shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pupkoff.
Pinoquio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pinoquio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pinoquio misses with a left hand
and Pupkoff counters with a leg kick.

Pupkoff moves into the clinch successfully.
Pupkoff tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pinoquio smiles and moves away.
Pinoquio misses with a lunging right hand
and Pupkoff counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pupkoff!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pupkoff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pupkoff is trying to pull guard but Pinoquio turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pinoquio dodges an elbow strike from Pupkoff.
Pupkoff jumps guard but Pinoquio turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Pupkoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pupkoff is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pinoquio to keep the fight standing.
Pupkoff tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pupkoff.
A frustrated look appears on Pinoquio's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Pupkoff gets control of Pinoquio's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pupkoff will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pupkoff is on top in guard.
Pupkoff 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.
Pupkoff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pinoquio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pinoquio wants to stand up but Pupkoff is controlling him.
Pupkoff passes Pinoquio's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pupkoff works his way into side control.
Pupkoff misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pupkoff throws an elbow but Pinoquio slips to the side and avoids it well.
Pupkoff looks up at the clock and then as Pinoquio takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pupkoff smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pupkoff working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pupkoff working the head and body with strikes.
Pupkoff working the ground and pound.
Pupkoff scores with punches from side control.
Pinoquio pushes Pupkoff away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Pupkoff gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Pupkoff creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pupkoff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinoquio can do to turn this around?
Pupkoff creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pinoquio sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pupkoff creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pinoquio sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pupkoff misses with the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinoquio is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pupkoff lands a nice forearm strike.
Pupkoff cracks Pinoquio with a big right hand but Pinoquio just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The strikes coming from Pupkoff are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pinoquio is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pupkoff connects with a decent elbow.
Pupkoff throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pinoquio defending against the ground and pound.
Pupkoff connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pinoquio some visible discomfort.
Pupkoff misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pupkoff is putting a hurting on Pinoquio here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pupkoff cracks Pinoquio with a big elbow.
Gepeto Pinoquio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivan Pupkoff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pupkoff working the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Pupkoff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pupkoff 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:26
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Pupkoff!