PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Coral Sea (ranked 1362 p4p, 1027 weight class) and Braynas Hlervu (ranked 180 p4p, 137 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Braynas Hlervu was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sea
vs
Hlervu

168 cm
40
158
25 - 13 - 1

168 cm
32
158
13 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Coral Sea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Braynas Hlervu!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hlervu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hlervu throws a head kick but Sea moves out of range.
Sea seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A punch lands to the side of Hlervu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheers as Hlervu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sea doesn't seem phased though.
Sea throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hlervu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hlervu connects with a solid leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Sea has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Sea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sea throws a right hand that Hlervu ducks under and follows up with a left that Hlervu also avoids with ease.
A combination from Sea does no damage.
A little jabbing left from Hlervu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Coral Sea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sea misses with a low kick.
Hlervu lands a nice looking body shot.
Sea throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sea misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sea.
Sea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Sea.
Sea throws a sloppy head kick and Hlervu moves out of range easily.
Hlervu lands with a hook. Sea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sea misses with a few strikes there.
Hlervu flicks out a counter leg kick but Sea steps away.
Hlervu with a nice calf kick.
Sea scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sea gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hlervu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hlervu is looking for the big counter here.
Sea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hlervu digs a good hook to Sea's body.
Sea throws a right hand that Hlervu ducks under and follows up with a left that Hlervu also avoids with ease.
Hlervu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sea takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sea misses with an uppercut. Hlervu saw that one coming.
Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sea throws a right and a left that Hlervu avoids nicely.
Sea is breathing heavily.
Sea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hlervu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sea walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sea on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hlervu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A nice leg kick from Hlervu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hlervu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sea's sensitive parts.
Sea takes one to the chin there.
Hlervu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sea throws a series of punches but Hlervu avoids them all with ease.
Hlervu ducks under a wild hook from Sea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu misses with a head kick.
Sea is looking for a counter combo.
Hlervu scores with a nice strike.
Hlervu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sea had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Sea looks to land a combination. Hlervu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hlervu connects with a right hand. Sea shakes it off.
Sea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hlervu.
Hlervu connects with a jab.
A left lands for Hlervu.
Hlervu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hlervu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sea has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A left and a right from Hlervu both land. Nice combination.
Sea throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hlervu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hlervu throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hlervu sizes up Sea with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hlervu misses with a looping right.
Hlervu connects with a body shot.
Hlervu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sea moves away.
Hlervu throws a sloppy head kick and Sea moves out of range easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hlervu. Sea shrugs it off though.
Sea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hlervu dodges the punch combination from Sea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu lands with a nice body punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hlervu scores with a jab to the body.
Hlervu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sea looks to score with a jab to the body but Hlervu is just out of range.
Sea pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hlervu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sea drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hlervu.
Sea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hlervu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab, jab by Hlervu - just one landing.
Sea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hlervu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hlervu misses with a body kick.
Hlervu connects with a crisp jab.
Hlervu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sea on the side of the head.
Sea tries to bum rush Hlervu with a series of wild strikes but Hlervu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sea misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hlervu punishes Sea's body with a nice straight punch.
Sea takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hlervu lands with a shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hlervu!
Sea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hlervu circles away quickly and effectively.
Hlervu feints a counter leg kick.
Sea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Sea 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hlervu connects with a body shot that sends Sea's belly button to the back.
Hlervu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sea's head.
Hlervu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sea takes a step back to recover.
Sea looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Donk. Hlervu catches Sea right on the button with a cross.
Hlervu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Hlervu finds it's way through Sea's defenses.
Hlervu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sea.
Sea is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sea takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sea ducks right into an uppercut from Hlervu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Braynas Hlervu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Sea drives through and clinches with Hlervu against the cage.
Hlervu lands with a right to the head.
Sea gets underhooks to prevent Hlervu's takedown attempt.

Hlervu breaks from the clinch.
Hlervu works Sea's body with a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hlervu checks a leg kick.
Sea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sea takes one to the chin there.
Hlervu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sea's sensitive parts.
Hlervu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hlervu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sea takes a step back to recover.
Hlervu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hlervu connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hlervu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braynas Hlervu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sea throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hlervu.
Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hlervu only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hlervu thuds his right hand into Sea's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hlervu lunges at Sea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sea's hand.
Hlervu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sea swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hlervu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sea stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hlervu.
Hlervu connects with a looping right hand.
Sea takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hlervu slips a straight right by Sea.
Sea moves in looking to clinch but Hlervu pushes him off.
Sea lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A low kick lands for Hlervu.
Sea throws a leg kick
and Hlervu counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hlervu scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hlervu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hlervu slips a jab and a cross from Sea.
Hlervu scores with a jab to the head.
A head kick misses from Sea.
Sea takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A good leg kick by Hlervu.
Sea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hlervu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hlervu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hlervu throws a nice looking combination but Sea bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sea tries to clinch up.
Sea closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hlervu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab by Hlervu.
Hlervu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sea throws a series of punches but Hlervu avoids them all with ease.
Hlervu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hlervu thows a body kick. Sea tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Hlervu has closed the distance and engaged Sea in a clinch.
Sea is trying to break the clinch but Hlervu is controlling him.
Hlervu works on Sea's body with a couple of short punches.
Hlervu scores with a shoulder strike.
Sea is trying to break free.
Hlervu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sea is trying to break the clinch but Hlervu is controlling him.
Hlervu struggles to land a body shot inside as Sea controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sea blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Sea is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hlervu is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sea to the mat. Sea regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Sea wants to stand and escape but Hlervu is having none of it.

Hlervu gets to his feet. Sea looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hlervu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sea throws a nice looking combination but Hlervu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hlervu connects with a solid leg kick.

Sea gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hlervu presses Sea against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hlervu stalls.
Sea working hard to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hlervu.

Sea pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hlervu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sea is looking to clinch but Hlervu is avoiding it.
Sea will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu with a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hlervu.
Hlervu catches Sea with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hlervu scores with a head kick. Sea tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hlervu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hlervu cracks a nice hook into Sea's ribs.
Hlervu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sea goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Sea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Sea does no damage.
Hlervu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hlervu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sea takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hlervu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hlervu lands with a good body shot.
Hlervu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hlervu lands with a good body shot.
Hlervu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Braynas Hlervu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Hlervu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Sea. Those never looked like landing.
Hlervu feints a counter leg kick.
Sea drops his hands momentarily and Hlervu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hlervu lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A shot to the liver by Hlervu. Beautiful body shot.
Hlervu cracks Sea with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hlervu connects with a nice looking jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hlervu.
Sea falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hlervu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crunch! Hlervu slams his shin into Sea's torso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hlervu tries a head kick but it misses.
Hlervu throws a body shot but no joy.
Hlervu scores with a sloppy right hand. Sea should have avoided that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sea fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hlervu checks a leg kick nicely.
Sea tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hlervu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hlervu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hlervu jabs at Sea's body.
A low kick lands for Hlervu.
Hlervu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hlervu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sea wants to clinch up but Hlervu keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Hlervu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sea throws a head kick that misses.
Hlervu lands with a cross.
Sea throws a combination that misses
and Hlervu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hlervu lands a glancing blow to the side of Sea's head.
Both fighters circling a little - Hlervu finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hlervu slips a jab and a cross from Sea.
Hlervu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hlervu lands with a straight right. Sea didn't see that one coming.
Good leg kick by Hlervu.
Hlervu scores with a hook to the body. Sea takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hlervu scores with a body shot.
Sea wants to clinch up but Hlervu keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu scoring well with a low kick there.
Sea is looking to clinch.
Sea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hlervu.
A head kick by Sea misses
and Hlervu counters with a nice body kick.
Hlervu lands a jab to the nose.
Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hlervu appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sea tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hlervu with a nice calf kick.
Sea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Good leg kick by Hlervu.
A left lands for Hlervu.
Hlervu with the inside leg kick.
Sea walks into a straight right hand from Hlervu.
Hlervu lands a head shot.
Sea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hlervu circles away quickly and effectively.
Hlervu lands a nice looking body shot.
Hlervu throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hlervu. Sea does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hlervu lands a glancing blow to the side of Sea's head.
Sea chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hlervu can pounce on him.
Hlervu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sea.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hlervu. That's going to slow Sea down.
Hlervu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Coral Sea is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hlervu swings for the body but Sea moves out of range.
Hlervu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sea tries to bum rush Hlervu with a series of wild strikes but Hlervu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hlervu circles away quickly and effectively.
Sea looks to land a combination but Hlervu avoids it well.
Sea misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hlervu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sea's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Hlervu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sea on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hlervu.
Hlervu throws a nice head kick!
A good leg kick by Hlervu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Hlervu counters with a stiff right hand.
Hlervu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sea on the side of the head.
Hlervu stuns Sea with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hlervu feints and then cracks Sea's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sea down.
Sea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sea misses with a two punch combination.
Hlervu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Braynas Hlervu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sea throws a series of punches but Hlervu moves out of range.
Hlervu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hlervu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Coral Sea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sea throws a head kick that misses.
Hlervu lands a nice shot to the body.
Hlervu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No joy there for Sea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hlervu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hlervu is looking to slow Sea down with leg kicks.
Hlervu cracks Sea with a right hand to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Braynas Hlervu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hlervu 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braynas Hlervu!
In his post fight interview, Braynas Hlervu started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.