PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Argo Gulskii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dr Dre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dre has chosen The Next Episode as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Gulskii
vs
Dre

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Argo Gulskii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dr Dre!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gulskii tries for a takedown but Dre sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gulskii lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Dre sprawling to the canvas. Gulskii follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Dre hang on?

It looks like Dr Dre has been cut.
Dre wants to get back to full guard.
Dre missing with punches from the bottom.
Gulskii drops an elbow to the side of Dre's head.
Gulskii is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dre on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dre can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dre makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dre doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dre keeping moving, preventing Gulskii from controlling successfully.

Gulskii drops back looking for a leg! Dre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dre manages to kick Gulskii off! Gulskii jumps back into Dre's guard.
Dre looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gulskii puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dre throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Gulskii prevents Dre from improving his position.
Dre flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gulskii looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dre with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dre is pressing down on Gulskii's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gulskii looking to sit in guard and control but Dre gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gulskii has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dre tries to free his leg and advance position but Gulskii is retaining full guard.
Dre looks gassed!
Gulskii manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dre manages to get himself to full guard.
Gulskii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dre throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gulskii lands a couple of digs.
Gulskii wanted to stand there but Dre had control of the position.
Gulskii passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dre gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dre is trying to get back to full guard.
Dre won't allow Gulskii to pass to mount.
Dre has hold of Gulskii's hands but Gulskii slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gulskii prevents Dre from improving his position.
Gulskii passes to side control.
Gulskii in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dre is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gulskii's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dre manages to get to full guard.
Dre will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dre tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gulskii's guard.
Dre must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gulskii has momentary wrist control but Dre slips an elbow through the middle.

Gulskii is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gulskii preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gulskii is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Gulskii changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gulskii shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Argo Gulskii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dre misses with a double jab.

Dre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Dre's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gulskii sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dre lands with a punch from half guard.

Gulskii looking for submissions off his back.
Gulskii wants to get back to his feet.
Dre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gulskii's head.
Gulskii works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gulskii lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dre!
Dre wants to control but Gulskii is having none of it.
Dre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dre is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Dre swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dre sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gulskii with a poor takedown

and Dre counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gulskii will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dre chips away with some ground and pound.
Dre scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dre cracks Gulskii with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dre's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dre scoring with some ground and pound.
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!
Gulskii utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gulskii preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gulskii has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Dre off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Gulskii feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Gulskii thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gulskii trying to control but Dre is working from the bottom.
Dre wants to improve his position but instead Gulskii has moved into half guard.

Gulskii is looking for a kimura but Dre is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gulskii to get the leverage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gulskii is looking for a kimura here.
Dre tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Dre is looking to get back to full guard here but Gulskii has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dre regains half guard.
Dre moves into full guard.
Dre is trying to keep Gulskii in close.
Dre wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gulskii postures up in Dre's guard and throws a big left but Dre blocks it.
Dre with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Gulskii can't handle though.
Dre throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Dre manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii is trying to escape the mount.
Gulskii regains half guard.
Gulskii regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dre postures up in Gulskii's guard and throws a big left but Gulskii blocks it.

Gulskii is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gulskii is looking to stand up but Dre isn't so interested in that idea.
Dre chips away with some ground and pound.
Dre stopping the sweep attempt from Gulskii.

Gulskii scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dre lands a big elbow.
Dre misses with a head shot.
Dre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gulskii looks a forlorn figure.

Gulskii is rocked!

It looks like Argo Gulskii has been cut.
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!
Dre looking to finish with strikes here!
Oh Gulskii is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dre misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dr Dre has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dre throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Gulskii because Dre loaded up on that one.
Dre misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dre looking to finish with strikes here!
Gulskii holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dre throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Gulskii because Dre loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Dre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dre looking to ground and pound but Gulskii is blocking nicely.
Dre throws some wild stikes that Gulskii manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Dre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gulskii holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gulskii holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dre throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dre unloads with some shots from mount but Gulskii bucks and avoids them well.
Gulskii seems to have got his legs back now.
Gulskii is trying desperately to improve position.
Dre with the ground and pound from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dre prevents Gulskii from getting the reversal.
Gulskii slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gulskii on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dr Dre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dre shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gulskii as he jumps to the side.
Dre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Gulskii to counter with a crisp jab.
Gulskii stuffs the takedown.
Dre throws a right hand that Gulskii ducks under and follows up with a left that Gulskii also avoids with ease.
Dre tries to clinch but Gulskii moves out of range.
Gulskii ducks under a wild hook from Dre.
Dre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Argo Gulskii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dr Dre.
Gulskii ducks under a wild hook from Dre.
Dre misses with a double jab.
Dre swinging wilding here.
Dre misses the shot to the body.
Dre shoots in and drives through. Gulskii sprawls well.
Dre throws an overhand right that lands on Gulskii's shoulder, as Gulskii tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dre fails with the takedown.
Gulskii stuffs the takedown attempt from Dre. Dre gets slowly back to his feet.
Dre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dre wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulskii keeps the fight on the outside.
Gulskii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dre.
Dre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dre misses with a hook.
No joy there for Dre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dre shoots in and drives through. Gulskii sprawls well.
Dre is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dre misses with a hook.
Dr Dre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gulskii shoots in for a takedown but Dre shows good takedown defense.
Gulskii looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dre is fending him off so far but Gulskii persists. Nope, Dre circles away and we're back to standing.
Gulskii shoots in but no luck this time.
Gulskii on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gulskii fails with a takedown attempt.
Argo Gulskii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dre lands with a nice body punch.

Dre shoots in and bounces Gulskii off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gulskii looking for a sweep. Not yet Gulskii, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dre lands a couple of elbows.
Dre connects with a couple of short punches.
Dre looking to pass the guard.
Gulskii lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dre!
Gulskii tries to control but Dre wriggling away.
Gulskii prevents Dre from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Gulskii.
Gulskii raining down shots from the mount!
Dre swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gulskii blocks Dre's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Dre is trying desperately to improve position.
Dre regains half guard.
Dre gets full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gulskii's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gulskii slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gulskii scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gulskii with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Gulskii gets to his feet. Dre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Gulskii gets a clinch.
Gulskii is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dre pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gulskii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dre is keeping busy.
Dre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gulskii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gulskii has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dre regains guard immediately.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gulskii stopping the sweep attempt from Dre.
Dre strikes from his own guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dre is on top in guard.
Dre stands and throws Gulskii's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gulskii gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gulskii takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dre with a couple of short strikes.
Gulskii is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gulskii slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gulskii keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gulskii wants to get back to his feet.
Dre is looking to advance position but Gulskii won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Argo Gulskii.
I think Gulskii has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Argo Gulskii!