DSC STRIKE 7 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Fury (ranked 6426 p4p, 700 weight class) and Daniel Booningham (ranked 25198 p4p, 819 weight class). Daniel Booningham will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Fury
vs
Booningham

195 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nigel Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Booningham!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury dodges the punch combination from Booningham.
Fury shoots in but Booningham avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fury fails to land the takedown.

Fury manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Booningham on his heels. He'll look to pass Booningham's guard now, I'm sure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Booningham wants to stand up but Fury is controlling him.
Fury content to stall in guard here.
Fury won't allow Booningham to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booningham is looking to stand back up but Fury counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Booningham.
Booningham is trying to stand back up but Fury is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Fury stands up out of the half guard.

Fury drives through and clinches with Booningham against the cage.
Fury keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Booningham's efforts to push away.
Booningham taking a breather.
Booningham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Come on Fury - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fury is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Booningham is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Booningham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Fury breaks the clinch.
Daniel Booningham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fury shoots and misses
enabling Booningham to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nigel Fury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Booningham misses the jab.
Booningham has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fury is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Fury misses with a combination
and Booningham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nigel Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fury fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fury closes the distance and clinches up with Booningham, looking for a takedown. Fury pushes Booningham against the cage but Booningham circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
Fury wants to take the fight to the mat but Booningham manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Booningham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fury fails with the takedown.
Booningham unleashes a big counter combination but Fury bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Booningham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fury with a lazy takedown attempt
and Booningham counters with a series of strikes. Fury will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fury is breathing heavily.
Booningham defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fury.
Fury's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Booningham connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fury scrambles back to his feet.
Booningham tries to bum rush Fury with a series of wild strikes but Fury uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury connects with a right hand. Booningham shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury shoots and misses
and Booningham counters with a nice uppercut.
Fury takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fury takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fury tries to clinch up
and Booningham counters with a left and a right that stings Fury.
Booningham lands the left hand.
Booningham connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Booningham dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fury tries to clinch up
and Booningham counters with a straight right hand.
Fury throws a body shot but no joy.
Booningham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nigel Fury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Booningham connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fury closes this distance looking for a takedown but Booningham circles away.
Booningham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Booningham stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fury is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Fury closes the distance and pushes Booningham back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury is trying to pull guard but Booningham has him pressed against the cage.
Booningham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fury backwards.

Fury breaks from the clinch.

Fury clinches.
Fury is trying to pull guard but Booningham has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nigel Fury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fury tries to land knees in the clinch but Booningham avoids the damage to the body.
Booningham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Booningham tries to throw a body punch but Fury avoids it by throwing Booningham back against the cage.
Booningham is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Booningham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Booningham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fury's elbow.
Booningham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fury tries to pull guard but Booningham forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Fury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fury clinches up with Booningham and pushes him back against the cage.
Fury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Booningham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Fury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fury swings widly with a right hand
and Booningham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fury misses with a takedown
and Booningham counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Booningham lands a left and a right that send Fury crashing to the mat, dazed. Booningham thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Fury is rocked!

It looks like Nigel Fury has been cut.
Booningham throws an uppercut from hell that sends Fury clean off his feet! He's out cold! Booningham stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daniel Booningham!
Daniel Booningham looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Winning is fun even if it is against this chump.'.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boris Beezlebub (ranked 7824 p4p, 617 weight class) and Brodus Crews (ranked 5876 p4p, 523 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Beezlebub
vs
Crews

182 cm
21
183 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
16
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boris Beezlebub!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brodus Crews!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Beezlebub. Beautiful body shot.

Crews has taken the fight to the clinch.

Beezlebub escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beezlebub has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Beezlebub dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Crews forces Beezlebub back against the cage and clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Beezlebub.
Crews misses with a body punch.

Beezlebub breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beezlebub lands a head kick. Crews smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Brodus Crews has been cut.
Crews doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Crews lands an impressive looking overhand right. Beezlebub doesn't seem phased though.
Crews tries to move into range but Beezlebub moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Beezlebub.
Beezlebub is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beezlebub throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Crews's head.
Beezlebub scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crews on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beezlebub connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beezlebub walks into a jab.
Beezlebub lands with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Crews.
Crews misses with a wild body shot.
Boris Beezlebub seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beezlebub lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boris Beezlebub is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crews lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Beezlebub does it's job there.
Crews takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beezlebub plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Crews tries to close the distance and clinch but Beezlebub swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crews misses with the combination.
Nice jab there from Beezlebub.
Crews misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Crews takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crews misses with a double jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crews on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Crews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beezlebub swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beezlebub lands a body shot.
Crews takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Crews scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beezlebub.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beezlebub lands with an uppercut that bounces Crews off the cage and back into range.
Beezlebub cracks the inside of Crews's front leg.
Beezlebub keeps the fight on the outside.
Crews scores with a three punch combo!
Good leg kick by Beezlebub there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beezlebub bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Crews has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beezlebub.
A combination from Crews does no damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Beezlebub misses its target.
Crews's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A lazy left from Beezlebub finds it's target.
Crews misses with a wild combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beezlebub.
Crews chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beezlebub can pounce on him.
Crews misses the shot to the body.
Jab by Beezlebub.
Beezlebub connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Crews momentarily.
Crews misses the shot to the body.
Beezlebub lands a leg kick that knocks Crews off balance momentarily.
Crews is looking to clinch.
Crews fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beezlebub moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crews. Beezlebub does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beezlebub avoids the body shot from Crews.
Beezlebub takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beezlebub lands a jab to the head.
Beezlebub jabs at Crews's body.
Crews tries to clinch up.
Crews stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beezlebub.
Beezlebub slips a straight right by Crews.
Crews throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beezlebub.
Crews needs to keep his hands up - Beezlebub had a free shot at his head there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crews looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Beezlebub connects with a leg kick. Crews looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crews takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Crews.
Sloppy strikes from Crews. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Beezlebub wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crews looks winded!
Beezlebub works the jab nicely.
Beezlebub scores with a jab. Crews acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Beezlebub - that will leave a mark!
Beezlebub scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beezlebub lunges at Crews with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crews's hand.

Crews is rocked!
Crews takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Crews is still on wobbly legs! Can Beezlebub finish him?
A nice inside leg kick there by Beezlebub. That's going to slow Crews down.
Crews seems to have recovered his senses.
Crews comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beezlebub cracks the inside of Crews's front leg.
Beezlebub with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some wild striking there from Crews.
Beezlebub uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beezlebub throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crews stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beezlebub displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crews throws out the jab.
Beezlebub chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crews lands a nice shot that snaps Beezlebub's head back.
Beezlebub lands with an uppercut that bounces Crews off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crews on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Crews finds it's way through Beezlebub's defenses.
Beezlebub connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crews's hands.
Beezlebub scores with a jab.
Beezlebub changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Beezlebub dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brodus Crews's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Beezlebub swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crews.
Crews throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beezlebub throwing a counter right hand but Crews manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beezlebub. That's going to slow Crews down.
Crews tries to clinch there but Beezlebub circles away.
Beezlebub bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crews takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Beezlebub ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beezlebub lands with a hook. Crews tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beezlebub ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crews on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crews looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beezlebub.
Boris Beezlebub is winning the standup battle so far.
Beezlebub throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beezlebub lands with a slapping head kick.
Crews throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beezlebub uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Beezlebub lands a big right hand that sends Crews crashing to the mat! Beezlebub stays standing though and waves Crews back to his feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Crews looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crews clinches with his opponent.
Crews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Beezlebub manages to break the clinch.
Beezlebub works Crews's body with a nice hook.
Beezlebub is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beezlebub lands a head shot.
Crews has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Beezlebub throws a body punch but Crews moves out of range.
Beezlebub cracks Crews with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beezlebub is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crews can do to turn this around?
Beezlebub avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crews takes a swing at Beezlebub's ribcage but misses.
Beezlebub tried to counter with a leg kick but Crews avoided it.
Crews jabs at Beezlebub's body.
Beezlebub lands a nice leg kick that just misses Crews's sensitive parts.

Crews closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crews tries to break free but Beezlebub pushes him back against the cage.
Beezlebub lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crews backwards.
Crews misses with a punch to the body.
Crews wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crews rushes Beezlebub and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crews lands a shot to the body.

Beezlebub manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Beezlebub does it's job there.
Beezlebub lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beezlebub scores with a jab to the head.
Crews scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beezlebub doesn't seem bothered though.
Crews takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beezlebub lands a head shot.
Beezlebub lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Crews falls backwards - clearly groggy! Beezlebub dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Beezlebub!
A very excited looking Boris Beezlebub rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Will Brawler V (ranked 5845 p4p, 566 weight class) and Shjon Luis (ranked 5784 p4p, 562 weight class). Shjon Luis struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Brawler V
vs
Luis

198 cm
19
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
24
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Rage Combat Clothing

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Will Brawler V!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shjon Luis!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luis throws a lazy head kick
and Brawler V counters with a two punch combo.
Brawler V misses with an uppercut

and Luis counters with a shoot takedown. Brawler V fights it but they end up in guard.
Luis is standing up over Brawler V. Brawler V looks to escape but Luis dives into side control.
Luis controlling the position from side mount.
Brawler V is pushing Luis's head away, looking to escape. Luis manages to hold on to the position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Luis has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Brawler V throws a lazy head kick

and Luis counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Brawler V!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brawler V is pushing Luis's head away, looking to escape. Luis manages to hold on to the position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brawler V, who protects the arm well.

Luis decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Brawler V misses with a combination

and Luis counters with a shoot takedown. Brawler V fights it but they end up in guard.
Brawler V is breathing heavily.
Luis seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Luis forces his way into half guard.
Luis looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Luis scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis tries to pass to full mount but Brawler V defends it.
Luis working Brawler V over with strikes.
Luis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luis content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Let's hope that Luis has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

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.
Luis passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Luis cracks Brawler V with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Luis lands a couple of good shots and Brawler V has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shjon Luis dominated that round.
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.

Luis throws the kick towards the body but Brawler V avoids it.
Brawler V throws a quick counter head kick but Luis was just out of range.
Luis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Luis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brawler V's waist but Brawler V gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Luis off to one side.
Brawler V smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brawler V leaves Luis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Luis moves out of range as Brawler V throws a body kick.
Luis blocks the body kick.
Brawler V throws a head kick that misses.
Brawler V throws a sloppy head kick and Luis moves out of range easily.
Luis wants to counter with a clinch but Brawler V pushes him away.
Brawler V plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Will Brawler V seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brawler V turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brawler V tries to bum rush Luis with a series of wild strikes but Luis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brawler V throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Luis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Luis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Luis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis throws a combination. Brawler V tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Luis wants to slow Brawler V down by chopping away at his legs.

Luis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Luis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A lull in the action here.
Brawler V taking punishment in the form of punches.
Luis works to advance to full mount. Brawler V defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Brawler V that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Luis looking to secure an arm triangle but Brawler V defends it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luis content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler V is controlling an arm, preventing Luis from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Luis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Luis controlling his opponent.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Luis.

That's four 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.
Brawler V trying desperately to get to his feet.
Luis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Luis lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shjon Luis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Luis dives in and scores a takedown into Brawler V's guard.

Luis stands up from Brawler V's guard - Luis perhaps looking for a knockout.
Brawler V tries a head kick but it misses.
Luis ducks under a wild hook from Brawler V.

Luis closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Luis controlling the action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Luis lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luis working the head and body with strikes.
Luis keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brawler V is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Luis scores with a couple of nice shots.

Luis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Brawler V sees it coming and defends easily.

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

Luis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Luis winds up and cracks Brawler V with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brawler V taking some punishment here, with Luis in his half guard.
Brawler V looks like he's trying to stand up.
Luis sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Brawler V is kicking away at Luis from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Luis grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Brawler V trying to push Luis off... Brawler V taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Shjon Luis!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Zachariah (ranked 6758 p4p, 616 weight class) and Hans Hizer (ranked 6056 p4p, 578 weight class). Sam Zachariah has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zachariah
vs
Hizer

190 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

181 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Combat Wombat (90% Laundry)
Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

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 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Zachariah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Hizer!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zachariah closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Zachariah tries to stand but can't do so whilst Hizer controls his leg.
Hizer tries to roll over but Zachariah keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zachariah working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Hizer's thigh. Hizer counters though and makes it back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Zachariah decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A cross from Zachariah lands.

It looks like Hans Hizer has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hizer swats away the attempt to clinch by Zachariah.
Hizer blocks a head kick by Zachariah.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hizer gets a takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Hizer.
Hizer controlling the pace.
Zachariah gets full guard.

Zachariah is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hizer is aware though and is defending well.
Zachariah is looking to stand up but Hizer isn't so interested in that idea.
Hizer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hizer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zachariah looking for a sweep. Not yet Zachariah, not yet.
Zachariah is trying to control the position but Hizer postures up.
Hizer slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Zachariah is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hizer showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Hizer looking to score a takedown here. Zachariah is defending well but Hizer drives through and ends up in Zachariah's guard.
Hizer works over Zachariah with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hizer passes into half guard.
Zachariah is trying to stand back up but Hizer is controlling him
Hizer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hizer connects with a nice short shot to Zachariah's temple.
Hizer content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hizer connects with a nice short shot to Zachariah's temple.
Hizer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hizer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Zachariah is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zachariah throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Zachariah is trying to maintain the position but Hizer is very close to passing his half guard.
Hizer content to control rather than advance.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Zachariah is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Russian Bears Training Center that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Zachariah is trying to stand.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hizer keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hans Hizer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hans Hizer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zachariah!

Hizer fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Zachariah to the ground. Hizer is now in Zachariah's guard.

Zachariah has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Hizer has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Hizer has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zachariah after a bit of a struggle.

Zachariah gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Zachariah trying to advance position but Hizer counters by regaining guard.
Hizer pulls Zachariah in close to prevent any damage.
Zachariah stopping the sweep attempt from Hizer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zachariah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zachariah is fighting to break Hizer's control of his arms but Hizer is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hizer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hizer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Hizer there.
Hans Hizer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hizer is nestled in close to Zachariah, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hizer controlling the action here.
Zachariah trying to hold on to Hizer's head to control him but Hizer postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hizer takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hizer lands a nice short elbow.
Hizer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Zachariah on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Zachariah is rocked!
Hizer lands a big elbow - Zachariah is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Hizer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Hizer!
Hans Hizer thanked the fans post fight for their support.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
35%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomy Di Pietro (ranked 2269 p4p, 337 weight class) and Mike Kyle (ranked 3292 p4p, 449 weight class). Kyle has chosen Barbie Girl as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Di Pietro
vs
Kyle

188 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Dr. Dogood (160 quality for $135)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomy Di Pietro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Kyle!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di Pietro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Di Pietro seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Di Pietro looks to land a body kick but Kyle moved away.
Kyle takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Di Pietro lands with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick from Kyle misses.
Di Pietro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Mike Kyle has been cut.
Kyle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Di Pietro tenderised Kyle's leg. Kyle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Di Pietro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kyle shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Di Pietro but Di Pietro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Di Pietro misses with a right hand
and Kyle counters with a one-two to the body.
Kyle takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Pietro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Di Pietro lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Pietro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kyle looks winded!
Di Pietro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kyle will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A slapping leg kick lands for Di Pietro.
Di Pietro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kyle throws a big counter head kick but Di Pietro avoids it with no problem.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Di Pietro.
Di Pietro lands a nice looking body kick.
Di Pietro lands a slapping body shot.
Kyle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Di Pietro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Di Pietro connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Pietro throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A solid body kick from Di Pietro.
Di Pietro throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Pietro moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Di Pietro lands a head kick!
Di Pietro lands with a hook. Kyle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Di Pietro fakes the leg kick and cracks Kyle in the body.
Di Pietro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Di Pietro lands a big head kick that sends Kyle tumbling to the mat! Di Pietro takes a step backwards and waves Kyle back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Kyle is rocked!
Di Pietro lands a front kick.
Kyle is still on wobbly legs! Can Di Pietro finish him?
Di Pietro scores with a kick to the midsection.
A slapping body kick lands there for Di Pietro.
Kyle seems to have recovered his senses.
Di Pietro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Di Pietro cracks the inside of Kyle's front leg.
Di Pietro goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tomy Di Pietro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Di Pietro just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Pietro lands the left hand.
Di Pietro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kyle.
Kyle moves out of range of the body kick.
Kyle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Di Pietro scores with a hook to the body. Kyle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whack! Di Pietro lands a heavy head kick that drops Kyle. The ref tackles Di Pietro to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Kyle was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Tomy Di Pietro!
Tomy Di Pietro retains his light heavyweight title!
Tomy Di Pietro decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Mike Kyle stepped up to the mic, saying 'This guy stinks? Why this guy? Have you even seen my record? No way this guy wins!!!'.