PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Motts (ranked 378 p4p, 703 weight class) and Dimitri Svyatogor (ranked 10 p4p, 16 weight class). Gregory Motts could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dimitri Svyatogor's chin.

Motts
vs
Svyatogor

190 cm
36
250
20 - 11 - 0

209 cm
26
261
16 - 8 - 0

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Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregory Motts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimitri Svyatogor!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Motts misses with an uppercut. Svyatogor saw that one coming.
Motts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Svyatogor throws a body punch but Motts moves out of range.
Svyatogor's coach down at ubergym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Svyatogor's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Motts defending well as Svyatogor loads up on a big left hand.
Motts misses with a straight left.
Svyatogor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Svyatogor misses the shot to the body.
Motts takes one on the button.
Svyatogor misses with a straight left.
Svyatogor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Motts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Svyatogor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Motts.
Despite the aggression on Svyatogor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Svyatogor misses with an uppercut. Motts saw that one coming.
A jab from Motts misses.
Motts throws a lazy uppercut
and Motts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Motts looks to throw the jab but Svyatogor is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Svyatogor! But no joy.
Svyatogor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Motts.
Jab, jab by Svyatogor - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Motts throws an overhand right that lands on Svyatogor's shoulder, as Svyatogor tries to avoid the shot.
Svyatogor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Motts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svyatogor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Motts.
Motts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Svyatogor throws the left hand but Motts avoids the punch easily.
Motts is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Svyatogor stuns Motts with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Svyatogor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Motts in his tracks.
A big right from Motts misses.
Motts slips a jab from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Motts moves away from the strike by Svyatogor.
Motts missing with a left hand there. Svyatogor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Motts misses with a hook.
Motts misses with an uppercut. Svyatogor saw that one coming.
Svyatogor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Motts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svyatogor throws out the jab.
Motts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Svyatogor.
Motts lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svyatogor throws a hook to the side of Motts's head but Motts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Svyatogor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Motts doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice shot lands for Svyatogor.
Svyatogor is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Motts misses with a hook. Svyatogor ducked under it nicely.
Svyatogor let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Motts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Svyatogor throws out a counter right but Motts avoids it with no problem.
Svyatogor tests Motts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Motts misses.
Motts slips under a jab.
Motts blocks a jab.
Svyatogor lands with a good body shot.
Motts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor tests Motts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Motts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Svyatogor misses with a hook. Motts ducked under it nicely.
Svyatogor moves out of range of the strikes.
Svyatogor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Motts.
Svyatogor throws out a loose jab but Motts uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor misses with an uppercut.
Svyatogor throws a looping overhand right but Motts ducks down to avoid it.
Motts looks to throw the jab but Svyatogor is out of range.
Svyatogor lands a slapping body shot.
Motts lands a jab to the nose.
Motts throws a hook but Svyatogor blocks it.
Svyatogor slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Svyatogor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Motts misses with a hook. Svyatogor ducked under it nicely.
Motts connects with a jab.
Svyatogor lands a head shot.
A big left from Motts misses.
Svyatogor is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Motts had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Motts misses with an uppercut.
Svyatogor throws out a counter right but Motts avoids it with no problem.
Svyatogor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gregory Motts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Motts tries to close the distance and clinch but Svyatogor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Svyatogor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Svyatogor. That snapped Motts's head back.
Svyatogor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Motts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Motts slips a straight right by Svyatogor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Motts throws out a loose jab but Svyatogor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Svyatogor takes a swing at Motts's ribcage but misses.
Motts takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Motts misses with a body shot.
Svyatogor looks to throw the jab but Motts is out of range.
Svyatogor misses with a looping right.
Motts throwing a counter right hand but Svyatogor manages to avoid it.
Motts misses with a looping left.
Motts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Svyatogor blocks a jab.
Motts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svyatogor slips a jab from Motts.
Svyatogor throws a counter combo.
Svyatogor looks to land a left hand but Motts moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Motts on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Motts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Motts manages to avoid it.
Svyatogor misses with a straight right.
Svyatogor throws a body punch but Motts moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dimitri Svyatogor dominated that round.
That's time! Motts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Motts throws a jab but it's blocked by Svyatogor.
Svyatogor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Motts throws out the jab.
Svyatogor appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Svyatogor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Motts throws a jab but it's blocked by Svyatogor.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Svyatogor! But no joy.
Motts throws a big shot that misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Motts might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Svyatogor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Motts looks to land a left hand but Svyatogor moved out of range nicely.
Svyatogor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Motts.
Svyatogor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Svyatogor with a jab.
Svyatogor moves away from the strike by Motts.
Svyatogor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Motts throws a shot from downtown. Svyatogor moves away and avoids it.
Motts lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Motts throws a hook but Svyatogor blocks it.
Svyatogor misses with a hook.
Motts looks to land a left hand but Svyatogor moved out of range nicely.
Svyatogor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Svyatogor throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svyatogor takes one on the button.
Motts misses with an uppercut. Svyatogor saw that one coming.
Svyatogor tries to clinch up but Motts circles away and keeps his distance.
Motts throwing a counter right hand but Svyatogor manages to avoid it.
Motts throws a looping overhand right but Svyatogor ducks down to avoid it.
Jab from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor throws an off balance right hand
and Motts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Motts swings widly with a right hand
and Motts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Motts misses with an uppercut. Svyatogor saw that one coming.
Motts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Svyatogor.
A slow jab from Motts misses its intended target.
Svyatogor slips under a jab from Motts.
Svyatogor ducks under a wild hook from Motts.
Motts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svyatogor throws out the jab.
Dimitri Svyatogor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Svyatogor slips a straight right by Motts.
Svyatogor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Motts misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor cracks Motts with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Motts walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Motts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Motts misses the target.
Motts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Motts swings for the body but Svyatogor moves out of range.
Svyatogor slips under a jab from Motts.
Svyatogor ducks under a wild hook from Motts.
Svyatogor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Motts.
Motts looks to land a left hand but Svyatogor moved out of range nicely.
Motts is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Svyatogor's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Motts throws a jab when Svyatogor was well out of range.
Svyatogor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Svyatogor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Motts manages to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Motts tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Motts throws a looping overhand right but Svyatogor ducks down to avoid it.
Svyatogor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Svyatogor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Motts throws out the jab.
Motts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Motts.
A swing and a miss from Svyatogor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Svyatogor slips a jab from Motts.
Motts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svyatogor.
Svyatogor throws a jab but it's blocked by Motts.
Svyatogor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A lazy left from Motts finds it's target.
Motts misses with an uppercut. Svyatogor saw that one coming.
Svyatogor misses with a hook.
Svyatogor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Motts.
Svyatogor lands with a nice body punch.
Motts throws out a loose jab but Svyatogor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Svyatogor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Svyatogor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Motts lands with a good body shot.
Motts misses the jab.
Motts scores with a nice head shot.
Motts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Svyatogor sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svyatogor wants to slow Motts down by chopping away at his legs.
Motts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Motts misses with a left hand
and Svyatogor counters with a straight right hand.
Motts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a straight right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Motts.
A jab from Motts misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Motts has a couple of punches blocked by Svyatogor.
Svyatogor lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Gregory Motts has been cut.
Motts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Svyatogor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Svyatogor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Motts looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Svyatogor tries to throw a body punch but Motts avoids it by throwing Svyatogor back against the cage.
Motts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Svyatogor prevents a body shot from Motts.
Svyatogor working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gregory Motts will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gregory Motts's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Motts misses with a straight right.
Svyatogor throws out a counter right but Motts avoids it with no problem.
Svyatogor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Motts.
Svyatogor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Motts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svyatogor misses with an uppercut. Motts saw that one coming.
Motts throws a poor cross that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a nice body shot.
Svyatogor throws a body shot but no joy.
Svyatogor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Motts throws out the jab.
Svyatogor misses with a looping right.
Svyatogor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Motts's hands.
Motts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Svyatogor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Svyatogor misses with a straight left.
It looked like Motts wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Motts throws a hook but Svyatogor avoids it easily.
Svyatogor misses with a hook. Motts ducked under it nicely.
Motts scores with a nice strike.
Svyatogor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Motts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Motts misses with an uppercut. Svyatogor saw that one coming.
Svyatogor ducks under a wild hook from Motts.
Motts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svyatogor.
Svyatogor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Motts has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Motts there as he acknowledges the shot.
Motts misses with a hook. Svyatogor ducked under it nicely.
Svyatogor blocks a jab.
It seemed like Svyatogor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Motts ducks right into an uppercut from Svyatogor.
Motts on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Motts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Svyatogor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Motts misses with a right hand
letting Svyatogor counter with a right hand.
Motts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Svyatogor looks to land a right hand but Motts moved out of range.
Svyatogor works the jab nicely.
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!
Svyatogor lands a body shot.
Motts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Svyatogor moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Motts lands with a cross.
Motts slips under a jab.
Motts misses with a straight left.
Motts throws a big shot that misses.
Svyatogor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Motts throws a hook but Svyatogor blocks it.
Motts throws a hook but Svyatogor blocks it.
Motts lands an overhand right.
Svyatogor lands with an uppercut that bounces Motts off the cage and back into range.
Motts throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Svyatogor to counter with a crisp jab.
Svyatogor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Svyatogor throws a poor cross that misses
and Motts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Svyatogor blocks a jab.
Svyatogor blocks a jab.
Motts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a stiff right hand.
Motts misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor throws a sloppy head kick and Motts moves out of range easily.
Svyatogor misses with a right hand
and Motts counters with a stiff right hand.
Motts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Svyatogor.
Motts misses with a hook.
Motts just misses with a punch to the body.
Svyatogor misses with a straight left.
Svyatogor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Motts throws a hook to the side of Svyatogor's head but Svyatogor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Svyatogor throws a jab when Motts was well out of range.
Svyatogor throws a hook but Motts blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Motts misses the target.
Motts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Svyatogor.
Motts misses with a left hand
letting Svyatogor counter with a right hand.
Motts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Svyatogor does it's job there.
Svyatogor moves away from the strike by Motts.
Svyatogor misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Motts moves out of range as Svyatogor strikes.
Svyatogor looks to land a right hand but Motts moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Motts misses with a straight left.
Svyatogor missing with a left hand there. Motts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Motts throws a lazy right hand but Svyatogor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Motts misses with a hook to the body
and Motts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Svyatogor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Svyatogor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Motts.
Motts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Motts misses.
Motts dodges the punch combination from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Motts.
Motts smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Motts throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dimitri Svyatogor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Svyatogor 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dimitri Svyatogor!
After the big win, Dimitri Svyatogor made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.