PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Besy Jyre (ranked 3455 p4p, 363 weight class) and Ruslan Danilov (ranked 2171 p4p, 245 weight class). Ruslan Danilov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jyre
vs
Danilov

188 cm
22
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Besy Jyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jyre walks into a stiff left hand from Danilov.
Jyre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Danilov.
Danilov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Danilov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Danilov ducks under a wild hook from Jyre.
Danilov connects with a single shot there.
Danilov misses with a hook. Jyre ducked under it nicely.
Jyre is looking for a counter combo.
Jyre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danilov jabs at Jyre's body.
Danilov swings for the body but Jyre moves out of range.
Danilov misses with a head kick.
Jyre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Danilov sprawls well. Danilov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jyre gets slowly back to his feet.
Danilov wants to counter with a clinch but Jyre pushes him away.
Jyre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danilov swings widly with a right hand
and Jyre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danilov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danilov shoots in and gets a takedown into Jyre's guard.
Jyre will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jyre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Danilov won't allow Jyre to get back to his feet.
Danilov looking to sit in guard and control but Jyre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Danilov has Jyre pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Danilov wants to sweep here but Jyre controlling him for the moment.
Danilov pulls Jyre in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jyre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jyre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Our spies down at at Hardpunch (13 Elite / 1000$ inform us that Danilov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Jyre preventing the sweep.
Jyre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Danilov trying to keep a closed guard but Jyre is proving a slippery customer.
Jyre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Danilov is trying to control the position but Jyre postures up.
Danilov is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jyre passes Danilov's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jyre prevents Danilov from improving his position.
Jyre slips a nice elbow through Danilov's hands, connecting with Danilov's forehead.

Jyre is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Danilov is trying to maintain the position but Jyre is very close to passing his half guard.
Danilov is looking for a sweep. Jyre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Jyre wants to work for an arm triangle but Danilov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jyre working over Danilov with some ground and pound. Danilov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danilov is controlling Jyre's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Danilov is trying to get back to full guard.
Jyre working the head and body with strikes.
Jyre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Danilov's head.
Danilov is trying to control but Jyre manages to pass to mount!
Jyre throws some wild stikes that Danilov manages to avoid easily.
Danilov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A cross from Danilov lands.
Jyre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Danilov takes a swing at Jyre's ribcage but misses.
Jyre appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jyre ducks under a wild hook from Danilov.
Danilov lands with a shot to the body.
Besy Jyre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice defenses there by Jyre.
Danilov throws a shot to the body.
Danilov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jyre throws a hook to the side of Danilov's head but Danilov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Danilov! But no joy.
Danilov throws a sloppy head kick and Jyre moves out of range easily.
It looked like Jyre was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jyre has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Danilov.
Jyre dives in for a single leg takedown but Danilov sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
An inside leg kick from Jyre misses.
Jyre misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Danilov counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Good body shot from Danilov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jyre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jyre or perhaps it was just good defense by Danilov, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Besy Jyre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jyre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Danilov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jyre has hold of Danilov's hands but Danilov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Danilov lands with a punch from half guard.
Danilov is trying to control. Jyre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jyre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Danilov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jyre 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.
Danilov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jyre's head.
Nice strikes from Danilov there.

Jyre is defending against the submission attempts here by Danilov.
Danilov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Danilov trying to control the action but Jyre is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jyre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jyre trying to keep a closed guard but Danilov is proving a slippery customer.
Jyre keeping full guard, as Danilov tries to pass.
Jyre pulls Danilov in close to his closed guard and prevents Danilov from doing any damage or advancing position.
Danilov trying to control the position from guard on top but Jyre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jyre pulls Danilov in close to his closed guard and prevents Danilov from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Danilov chips away with some ground and pound.
Jyre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Danilov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Danilov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jyre is trying to keep Danilov in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ruslan Danilov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jyre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A solid leg kick lands there for Danilov.

Danilov closes the distance and pushes Jyre back into the cage.
I was talking to Jyre's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Danilov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jyre managing to block the knees to the body from Danilov.
Jyre is trying to break the clinch but Danilov has him pressed against the cage.
Jyre is trying to pull guard but Danilov turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Danilov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jyre blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Jyre decides to pull guard.
Danilov landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruslan Danilov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Danilov takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Danilov gets caught napping as Jyre dives in and scores a takedown. Danilov manages to retain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danilov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Danilov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jyre is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Danilov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Danilov's back!
Jyre missing with strikes.
Danilov tries to escape the position.
Danilov is still trying to improve position.
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!
Danilov biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.
Besy Jyre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Danilov rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jyre lands a nice short elbow.
Jyre winds up and cracks Danilov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Jyre is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Danilov is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jyre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jyre is stalling here. Danilov is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jyre seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Danilov has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Danilov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jyre keeps working.
Danilov working the ground and pound.
Danilov is looking to take a break and control but Jyre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jyre manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danilov is refusing to be controlled, as Jyre sits in half guard.
Jyre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Danilov is looking for a sweep. Jyre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jyre throwing shots but Danilov is blocking nicely.

Jyre seems to be looking for submissions.

Jyre is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Danilov has managed to free his arm - good work.

Jyre seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Danilov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jyre is thwarting Danilov's attempts to control the position.
Jyre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Danilov defending well though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jyre throwing shots but Danilov is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Besy Jyre showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jyre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Besy Jyre!