PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Russian (ranked 596 p4p, 3056 weight class) and Justin Edwards (ranked 35 p4p, 347 weight class). Edwards is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "A Country Boy Can Survive" by Hank Williams Jr.. Big Russian has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Russian
vs
Edwards

200 cm
27
265
19 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
225
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Russian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Russian has Edwards up against the cage in a clinch.
Russian swings wildly with an uppercut but Edwards uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Russian misses with some punches.
Russian misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Edwards is trying to maintain a safe position but Russian gets an underhook and turns Edwards into the cage.
Russian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Russian throws a head punch that misses.
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Russian working aggressively here.
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Russian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Russian misses with some punches.
Russian lands with a right to the head.
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Russian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Russian lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.
Russian misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Edwards.
Russian lands with a left to the head.
Russian gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Edwards.
Russian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Russian.
Edwards blocks an uppercut.
Russian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Edwards tries to throw a body punch but Russian avoids it by throwing Edwards back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.
Edwards blocking some punches.
Edwards tries to break the clinch but Russian is controlling the position.
Edwards working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Justin Edwards has been cut.
A short left from Russian.

Edwards is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Edwards has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Russian after a bit of a struggle.
Russian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Edwards is trying to pull guard but Russian turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Big Russian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Edwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Edwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Russian working aggressively here.
Russian throws a head punch that misses.
Edwards blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Russian lands with a left to the head.
Russian is pressed up against the cage. Edwards has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Russian down to the mat. Russian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Russian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Russian misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russian throws a head punch that misses.
Russian throws a punch but it's blocked by Edwards.
Russian throws a punch but it's blocked by Edwards.
Russian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
Russian swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Russian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've been informed that Edwards has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Russian throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Russian throws a punch but it's blocked by Edwards.
Russian keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edwards's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Edwards blocks an uppercut.
Russian swings wildly with an uppercut but Edwards uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russian misses with the head strike.
Edwards blocks an uppercut.
Russian throws a punch but it's blocked by Edwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Russian.
Russian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Russian misses with some punches.
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Russian avoiding damage as Edwards throws knees to the body.
Russian lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Russian on the inside.
Russian lands an uppercut.
Russian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Russian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Edwards creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Russian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Big Russian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Edwards'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.

Russian rushes Edwards and presses him up against the cage.
Edwards blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Russian misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Russian.
A short uppercut from Russian.
A nice right hand lands inside from Russian.
Russian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Russian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Edwards is still on wobbly legs! Can Russian finish him?
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
Edwards seems to have recovered his senses.
Edwards blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Edwards tries to work over Russian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Russian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Russian swings wildly with an uppercut but Edwards uses good head movement to avoid it.
Russian has a couple of punches blocked by Edwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Edwards.
Edwards blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Russian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Edwards backwards.
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!
Russian misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Russian.
Russian working aggressively here.
Russian throws a punch but it's blocked by Edwards.

Edwards decides to pull guard.

Russian avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Edwards working for a triangle but Russian defends it easily.
Russian tries to stand but Edwards is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russian postures up.
Russian wants to stand but Edwards has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Edwards is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Russian lands a left hand.
Russian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Edwards gets control of Russian's arms and successfully pulls guard. Edwards will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Edwards is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Russian defends well.

Edwards is looking for a triangle but Russian pushes his legs off easily.
Russian will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Edwards not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Russian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Edwards on the ground.

Russian got a little sloppy there for a moment and Edwards has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Russian has managed to get both his arms back between Edwards's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russian has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Edwards is proving hard to escape from.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Edwards wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Edwards is defended easily by Russian.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Russian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Russian lands a right hand.
Russian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Edwards can do to turn this around?
Russian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Big Russian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Justin Edwards's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Russian has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Russian fails to land.
Big Russian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Russian lands with a left to the head.
Russian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Edwardss head.
Russian lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Russian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Russian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Russian creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Edwards with a big uppercut! Edwards tries to clinch up but Russian pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Edwards to the mat! Edwards covers up and Russian unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Big Russian!
Big Russian retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Big Russian made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.