PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Osokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and slipo sliper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). slipo sliper is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Osokin
vs
sliper

211 cm
21
254 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
250 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Osokin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, slipo sliper!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by sliper.
The ground and pound from sliper seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Osokin regains half guard, as sliper was trying to land strikes.
Osokin gets full guard.
Osokin wants to get back to his feet but sliper is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Osokin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
sliper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Osokin is trying to control the position but sliper postures up.
sliper is looking to work some ground and pound but Osokin has wrist control.
Osokin trying to keep a closed guard but sliper is proving a slippery customer.
Osokin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Osokin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. sliper manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
sliper keeping moving, preventing Osokin from controlling successfully.
Osokin landing with the ground and pound.
Osokin tries to stand but sliper is controlling from the bottom.
sliper controls Osokin momentarily but Osokin frees himself.

sliper escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Osokin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
sliper keeping moving, preventing Osokin from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Osokin stands up and waves to sliper to follow him.

Osokin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Osokin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Osokin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
sliper postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Osokin is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of sliper, into his guard.
Osokin wants to pass the guard but sliper is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osokin wants to control from the top but sliper keeps moving.

sliper has an active guard here but Osokin has managed to pass into half guard.
sliper looks gassed!
Osokin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Osokin.
Osokin is trying to control the action in half guard but sliper is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Osokin stands up and beckons sliper to join him on the feet.
sliper misses with a takedown

and Osokin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Osokin stays in close to sliper's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osokin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Osokin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
sliper keeping full guard, as Osokin tries to pass.
Osokin passes sliper's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Osokin slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Osokin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Osokin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
sliper stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from sliper.
sliper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Osokin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Osokin wants to clinch
and sliper counters with a three punch combo that has Osokin backing up. Osokin nods at sliper to acknowledge the strikes.
Osokin tries to clinch but sliper is having none of it.
sliper lands with a nice combination. Osokin backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Alexey Osokin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Osokin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but sliper paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Osokin 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.
sliper keeping moving, preventing Osokin from controlling successfully.
Osokin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Osokin trying to control the position from guard on top but sliper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
sliper is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osokin advances position into side control!
Osokin trying to control the position but sliper is working away.
sliper gets back to half guard.
Osokin is taking a breather. sliper says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
sliper is refusing to be controlled, as Osokin sits in half guard.
sliper moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sliper looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Osokin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Osokin content to control rather than advance.
Osokin wants to take a breather but sliper is having none of it.
Osokin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Osokin passes to full mount!
sliper can't escape the position.
Osokin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as sliper is looking to escape.
Osokin punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osokin scoring with strikes but sliper is staying in there.
sliper is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Osokin working the ground and pound effectively.
Osokin controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Osokin.
Osokin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Alexey Osokin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Good leg kick by Osokin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Osokin is defended easily by sliper.

Osokin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches sliper napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Osokin controls the position from side control.
sliper is looking for a sweep.
Osokin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Osokin lands a few punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Osokin just content to control the position.
Osokin wants to control but sliper is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexey Osokin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexey Osokin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Osokin darts in trying to clinch

and sliper counters with a takedown into side control.
Osokin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Osokin can't do much from the bottom here.
sliper working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
sliper throwing shots but missing, from side control.
sliper wants to lay and pray for a moment but Osokin keeps working.
sliper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Osokin wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osokin can't do much from the bottom here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

sliper shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Osokin's guard.
sliper wants to stand and escape but instead Osokin has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
sliper throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Osokin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Osokin works over sliper with some ground and pound from guard.
Osokin trying to control but sliper is working from the bottom.

Osokin stands and steps away. sliper gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sliper misses with a combination

and Osokin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Osokin.
Osokin wants to get up but he can't break sliper's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Osokin won't allow sliper to sweep him here.

Osokin gets to his feet - sliper follows without any prompting.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Osokin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Osokin is trying to work for a kimura but sliper is defending well.
Osokin is trying to control the action in half guard but sliper is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

sliper has one foot on Osokin's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osokin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Osokin misses with a takedown attempt - sliper sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Osokin with a poor takedown
and sliper counters with a series of strikes. Osokin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Osokin throws a head kick but sliper moves out of range.
sliper throws a combination that misses

and Osokin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in sliper's guard.
sliper keeping moving, preventing Osokin from controlling successfully.
sliper being controlled here, momentarily.
sliper trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sliper is striking from the bottom but Osokin uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
sliper trying to control from the bottom.
Osokin prevents sliper from improving his position.
Osokin wants to control but sliper is keeping him busy.
Osokin is controlling the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
sliper wants to control but Osokin is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexey Osokin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Osokin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexey Osokin!