PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marin Pivchy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karlos Kondiitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pivchy comes to the cage accompanied by Cowboys from hell. Kondiitti has chosen Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu - Hei Scully as his entrance music. Marin Pivchy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pivchy
vs
Kondiitti

189 cm
29
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
192 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marin Pivchy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karlos Kondiitti!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kondiitti moves into the clinch.

Kondiitti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kondiitti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kondiitti landing knees to the head.
Kondiitti misses with an elbow strike.
The referee calls for Kondiitti to work.
Kondiitti continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Kondiitti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kondiitti.
Kondiitti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pivchy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pivchy is breathing heavily.
Kondiitti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kondiitti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kondiitti crunches a lovely knee into Pivchy's ribcage.
Kondiitti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Kondiitti.
Kondiitti stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kondiitti scores a nice knee to the body.
Kondiitti has Pivchy pressed against the cage.
Kondiitti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pivchy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kondiitti connects with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pivchy blocks it with crossed arms.
Kondiitti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pivchy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kondiitti avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kondiitti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kondiitti landing knees to the body.
Kondiitti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Kondiitti manages to break the clinch.

Kondiitti clinches up against the cage.
Kondiitti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of 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.
Kondiitti tries to land a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks with his arms.

Kondiitti turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kondiitti manages to end up in side control.

Kondiitti has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Kondiitti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Kondiitti clinches.
Pivchy has Kondiitti pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kondiitti manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pivchy takes an elbow to the temple.
Kondiitti tries a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks it.
Kondiitti tries to land a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks with his arms.
Kondiitti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pivchy's face.
Pivchy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pivchy tries to score a body lock takedown but Kondiitti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marin Pivchy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kondiitti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kondiitti dives in for a single leg takedown but Pivchy sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kondiitti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kondiitti shoots in but Pivchy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kondiitti tries to clinch

and Pivchy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pivchy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pivchy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pivchy tries to pass to full mount but Kondiitti defends it.
Pivchy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pivchy in particular looking to stall.
Pivchy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pivchy works his way into side control.
Kondiitti wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pivchy looking to control but instead Kondiitti has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karlos Kondiitti dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kondiitti rushes Pivchy and presses him up against the cage.
Kondiitti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pivchy is looking to take this one to the mat.

Kondiitti breaks the clinch.
Marin Pivchy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Kondiitti.

Kondiitti moves into the clinch.
Pivchy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kondiitti walks away with a smile on his face. Pivchy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kondiitti wants to clinch up but Pivchy keeps it at a distance.
Kondiitti lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kondiitti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Kondiitti clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kondiitti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pivchy swats away the attempt to clinch by Kondiitti.
Pivchy on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kondiitti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pivchy is pressed up against the cage. Kondiitti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pivchy down to the mat. Pivchy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice sprawl there from Kondiitti as Pivchy shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marin Pivchy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kondiitti closes the distance and clinches.
Kondiitti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kondiitti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pivchy.
Kondiitti crunches a lovely knee into Pivchy's ribcage.
Pivchy goes for a takedown attempt but Kondiitti pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kondiitti throws a series of punches but Pivchy moves out of range.
Pivchy is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kondiitti.
Pivchy tries to clinch up.
Kondiitti is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Kondiitti clinches with his opponent.
Kondiitti misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pivchy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kondiitti gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pivchy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kondiitti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kondiitti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kondiitti is working Pivchy over against the cage.
Kondiitti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kondiitti looking to throw knees to the head but Pivchy is blocking nicely.
Kondiitti tries a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks it.
Kondiitti misses with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti landing knees to the head.
Kondiitti connects with a knee to the head.

Kondiitti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good work by Pivchy as he checks the leg kick.

Kondiitti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pivchy, pushing him back against the cage.
Pivchy tries to break free but Kondiitti pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pivchy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kondiitti to keep the fight standing.
Kondiitti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kondiitti lands a knee to the body.
Kondiitti missing with knees to the body.
Kondiitti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pivchy blocks it with crossed arms.
Pivchy has had enough of the clinch but Kondiitti keeps him there for the moment.
Pivchy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kondiitti walks away with a smile on his face. Pivchy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pivchy shoots in looking for a takedown. Kondiitti tries to sprawl out of it but Pivchy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kondiitti manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice combination there by Kondiitti.
Pivchy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kondiitti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kondiitti or perhaps it was just good defense by Pivchy, which made it look bad.

Kondiitti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Kondiitti breaks the clinch.
Pivchy darts in looking for a takedown but Kondiitti gets double underhooks and turns Pivchy into the cage.
Karlos Kondiitti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kondiitti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pivchy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kondiitti. Kondiitti obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Pivchy shoots in and gets a takedown into Kondiitti's guard.
Kondiitti seems keen to control Pivchy's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karlos Kondiitti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A combination from Kondiitti does no damage.
Kondiitti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice sprawl there from Kondiitti as Pivchy shoots in.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kondiitti with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti looking to throw knees to the head but Pivchy is blocking nicely.
Pivchy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kondiitti smiles and moves away.
Kondiitti moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pivchy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pivchy is trying to control. Kondiitti wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kondiitti is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Pivchy jumps into side control!

Pivchy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kondiitti is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pivchy trying to control the action but Kondiitti is working from the bottom.
Kondiitti is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pivchy asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
You can see the frustration on Kondiitti's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kondiitti is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pivchy asserts his dominance and retains side control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kondiitti wants to slow Pivchy down by chopping away at his legs.
Kondiitti shoots in for a double leg but Pivchy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pivchy is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kondiitti.

Kondiitti clinches.
Kondiitti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pivchy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kondiitti pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marin Pivchy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kondiitti shoots in and drives through. Pivchy sprawls well.
Pivchy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kondiitti as he jumps to the side.
Pivchy fails with the takedown.
Karlos Kondiitti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pivchy fails with a takedown attempt.
Pivchy backing away here, and Kondiitti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kondiitti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pivchy shoots in for a takedown but Kondiitti shows good takedown defense.

Kondiitti clinches with his opponent.

Kondiitti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kondiitti gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kondiitti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pivchy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kondiitti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kondiitti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Kondiitti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kondiitti.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Kondiitti clinches up with Pivchy and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kondiitti manages to break the clinch.
Marin Pivchy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Kondiitti clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karlos Kondiitti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kondiitti winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karlos Kondiitti!
Karlos Kondiitti thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Marin Pivchy was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck it '.