PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Binsar Siregar (ranked 3355 p4p, 2476 weight class) and Logan Justis (ranked 382 p4p, 299 weight class). Binsar Siregar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Siregar
vs
Justis

172 cm
28
170
5 - 11 - 0

189 cm
47
183
44 - 26 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Binsar Siregar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 26 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Justis!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Siregar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justis shoots for a takedown but Siregar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Justis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Siregar looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Justis working away.
Siregar is not content to let Justis control the position.
Siregar wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siregar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Justis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Siregar manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis is positioning himself well to prevent Siregar advancing to mount.
Justis is trying to control but can't.
Justis taking some punishment here, with Siregar in his half guard.
Justis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Justis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Justis is looking for a sweep. Siregar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Siregar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Siregar 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.
Justis tries to roll over but Siregar keeps him under control.
Siregar working over Justis with some ground and pound. Justis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Justis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Siregar is trying to control. Justis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siregar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Siregar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Siregar prevents Justis from improving his position.
Justis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Siregar is working away from the top position though.
Siregar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Siregar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Siregar lands a nice short elbow.
Siregar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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. Siregar connects with a nice short shot to Justis's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siregar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siregar content to control rather than advance.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Siregar lands a nice short elbow.
Justis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Justis tries to get to full guard but Siregar has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Siregar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Justis has managed to free his arm - good work.
Siregar lands strikes from half guard.
Siregar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Justis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Siregar not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Siregar is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Siregar working over Justis with some ground and pound. Justis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Justis taking some punishment here, with Siregar in his half guard.
Siregar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Justis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Justis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Siregar is working away from the top position though.
We've been hearing that Siregar has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
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. Siregar connects with a nice short shot to Justis's temple.
Siregar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Justis's head.
Siregar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Siregar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Binsar Siregar 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.

A solid leg kick lands there for Siregar.

Siregar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Justis trying to control here.
Siregar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Siregar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Justis trying to control from the bottom.
Siregar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Justis keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justis is looking to escape.
Siregar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Justis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis gets full guard.
Siregar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Siregar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Justis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Siregar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Siregar postures up in Justis's guard and throws a big left but Justis blocks it.

Siregar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Justis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Siregar has managed to get both his arms back between Justis's legs - danger averted.
Siregar with a nice head shot there.
Siregar trying to control but Justis is working from the bottom.
Justis is trying to control the position but Siregar postures up.
Justis wants to sweep here but Siregar controlling him for the moment.
Siregar trying to control but Justis is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Siregar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Siregar works over Justis with some ground and pound from guard.
Siregar trying to control the position from guard on top but Justis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Siregar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Justis can do to turn this around?
Siregar chips away with some ground and pound.
Justis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Siregar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Justis is looking to sweep but instead, Siregar has passed into half guard.

Justis is defending against the submission attempts here by Siregar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justis trying to hold on to Siregar's head to control him but Siregar postures up.
Siregar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Siregar lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Siregar lands a nice short elbow.
Siregar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Justis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Siregar lands a nice short elbow.
Siregar not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Siregar distracts Justis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Siregar stopping the sweep attempt from Justis.
Siregar controlling from the top position.
Siregar trying to control but Justis is working from the bottom.
Siregar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Binsar Siregar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Justis keeping moving, preventing Siregar from controlling successfully.
Siregar distracts Justis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Binsar Siregar dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Siregar. No joy for Justis on that attempt.

Justis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Siregar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Siregar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Justis's guard.

Siregar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Siregar working the head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siregar scores with punches from side control.
Justis takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Justis taking a bit of punishment here - Siregar scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Siregar slows the pace down.
Justis is trying to get back to half guard.
Justis has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Justis stops Siregar from passing to mount.

Siregar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Siregar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Siregar working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justis seems a little lost for a moment, as Siregar dominates the positioning.

Siregar tries for a kimura but Justis is defending well.
Justis taking punishment in the form of punches.
Siregar scoring with punches from side control.

Siregar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Justis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Justis tries to improve position but can't.
Siregar working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siregar lands a decent elbow from side control.
Siregar working away.
Justis is working to avoid the ground and pound but Siregar connects with a decent elbow.

Siregar thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Siregar trying to control the position but Justis is working away.
Logan Justis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siregar working the head with strikes.
Justis is letting Siregar control him for a moment.
Siregar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justis is looking to reverse the position.
Siregar is working Justis over with some ground and pound from side control.
Justis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Siregar has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Siregar avoids the attempt from Justis to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Siregar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Siregar is landing with some decent strikes but Justis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Binsar Siregar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justis punching to the body and holding on for dear life.

And that's the end of the fight!
Binsar Siregar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Siregar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Binsar Siregar!
During a confident post fight interview, Binsar Siregar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Logan Justis stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well shit'.