PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Myres (ranked 4488 p4p, 506 weight class) and Armel Floyd (ranked 4159 p4p, 487 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Myres
vs
Floyd

195 cm
28
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

190 cm
28
210 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Myres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armel Floyd!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floyd misses with a straight left.
Myres walks into a jab.
Floyd lands with a good body shot.
Floyd thuds his right hand into Myres's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Myres moves out of range of the strikes.
Myres wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Myres takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Floyd connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myres closes the distance looking to clinch
and Floyd counters with a nice uppercut.
Myres bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Myres is looking to counter the offense by Floyd and move into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myres tries to clinch up.
Floyd throws an overhand right that lands on Myres's shoulder, as Myres tries to avoid the shot.
Myres will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Floyd looks to throw the jab but Myres is out of range.
Floyd scores with a crisp jab that stopped Myres in his tracks.
Myres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Floyd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Floyd swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Myres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Floyd misses with an uppercut.
Myres throwing a counter right hand but Floyd manages to avoid it.
Floyd uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Myres.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd scores with a jab to the jaw.
Myres ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Myres tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Floyd manages to circle out of the way.
Myres wants to clinch but Floyd slips to the side
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Floyd closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Armel Floyd has been cut.

Myres clinches with his opponent.
Floyd has had enough of the clinch but Myres keeps him there for the moment.
Myres lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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!
Myres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Floyd wants to break free but Myres has control.
Myres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Myres letting Floyd take a breather here.
Floyd is working Myres over against the cage.
Floyd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Myres working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Floyd.
Floyd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Floyd blocks an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Floyd.
Myres creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Floyd stalling.
Floyd blocks an elbow strike.
Myres letting Floyd take a breather here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Floyd.
Floyd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Floyd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Myress head.
Floyd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Myress head.
Floyd blocks an uppercut.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Floyd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Myres tries to throw a body punch but Floyd avoids it by throwing Myres back against the cage.
Floyd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Floyd lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Floyd blocks an elbow strike.
Floyd lands a body punch.
Floyd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd is looking to break free of the clinch but Myres has double underhooks.
Floyd is stalling here.
Myres tries to work over Floyd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Myres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Floyd's elbow.
Floyd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Floyd is trying to break the clinch but Myres has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Floyd.
Good body shot from Myres.
Floyd pushes Myres back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Floyd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Myres struggles to land a body shot inside as Floyd controls his hands.
Floyd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Myres backwards.
Floyd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Myres backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Floyd.
Myres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Floyd.
Myres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Myres lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Floyd on the inside.
Floyd'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.
Floyd gets through Myres's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armel Floyd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Armel Floyd's cut.
That's time! Myres's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Myres has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Floyd finds it's way round the side to connect with Myres's head.
Floyd is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Myres's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Floyd connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Myres scrambles back to his feet.
A jab lands there for Floyd.
Myres throws a right hand that Floyd ducks under and follows up with a left that Floyd also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Floyd misses the target.
Armel Floyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Myres wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Floyd lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Myres wants to clinch but Floyd slips to the side
and Floyd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Floyd moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Myres wants to clinch but Floyd slips to the side
and Floyd counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Floyd keeps the fight on the outside.
Myres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Floyd as he connects with a hook.
Floyd might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myres is looking to clinch but Floyd is avoiding it.
Floyd looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Floyd misses.
Floyd thuds a left hand into Myres's body.
Floyd uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Floyd misses with a hook. Myres ducked under it nicely.
Myres tries to counter by clinching up but Floyd breaks away and moves out of range.
Floyd defending well as Myres loads up on a big left hand.
Floyd looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Floyd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Myres moves away.
Myres moves out of range of the strikes.
Floyd lands a lovely overhand right.
Floyd misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd looks to land a right hand but Myres moved out of range.
Myres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Floyd.
A punch combination from Floyd misses.
Myres tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Myres has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Floyd finds it's way round the side to connect with Myres's head.
Floyd missing with a left hand there. Myres was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Floyd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Myres avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Myres is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Floyd.
Myres avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Myres is looking to clinch but Floyd is avoiding it.
Floyd throws an overhand right that lands on Myres's shoulder, as Myres tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Myres.
Myres wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Myres avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Myres wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Floyd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Floyd throws out a loose jab but Myres uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armel Floyd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Armel Floyd's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Myres drops his hands momentarily and Floyd takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Myres moves in looking to clinch but Floyd pushes him off.
Myres moves out of range as Floyd strikes.
Floyd throws an overhand right that lands on Myres's shoulder, as Myres tries to avoid the shot.
Myres takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Myres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Floyd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Myres takes one on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Floyd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Floyd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Floyd's corner calls for a 1-2. Floyd obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Floyd on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Floyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myres.
Myres is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Floyd.
Floyd scores with a jab to the jaw.
Myres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Floyd swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Myres looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Myres is looking to clinch but Floyd is avoiding it.
Myres tries to clinch up but Floyd circles away and keeps his distance.
Floyd throws a lazy right hand but Myres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Myres tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Floyd manages to circle out of the way.
Myres moves in looking to clinch but Floyd pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd lands a slapping body shot.
Floyd wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Floyd throws a looping overhand right but Myres ducks down to avoid it.
Nice cross by Floyd.
Floyd slips a jab and a cross from Myres.
Floyd scores with a punch to the head.
Floyd throws a body shot but no joy.
Floyd looks to score with a jab to the body but Myres is just out of range.
Myres closes the distance but Floyd moves to the side
and Floyd counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd throws a lazy right hand but Myres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Myres throws a big counter combination but Floyd scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Myres tries to clinch but Floyd is having none of it.
Myres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Myres throws a right and a left that Floyd avoids nicely.
Armel Floyd is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Floyd fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Floyd misses with a hook.
Myres throws an off balance right hand
and Floyd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Floyd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd scores with a hook to the body. Myres takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Myres tries to clinch up
and Myres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Floyd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Myres tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Myres ducks under a wild hook from Floyd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Myres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Armel Floyd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Floyd has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armel Floyd!