PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Arelious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Empanada De Pino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Empanada De Pino will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Arelious
vs
De Pino

212 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

GTi - MTG - New Stock !!

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maximus Arelious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Empanada De Pino!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Pino fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Arelious is out of range.
De Pino throws a push kick but Arelious slaps the foot to one side.
Arelious will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arelious stuffs the takedown.
Arelious scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Pino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arelious.
De Pino throws a series of punches but Arelious moves out of range.
De Pino shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Arelious defends it nicely.
Arelious misses with a double jab.
Arelious scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Pino looks gassed!
De Pino throws a nice inside leg kick.
Arelious scores with a jab to the head.
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!
Arelious lands a head shot.
Arelious lands with a right hand.
Arelious lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Pino at a distance.
A shot to de liver by Arelious. Beautiful body shot.
Arelious scores with a nice strike.
Arelious connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arelious tries to bum rush De Pino with a series of wild strikes but De Pino uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arelious lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arelious.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Arelious cracks De Pino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Arelious scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arelious looks to land a combination. De Pino sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Arelious drops De Pino with a beautiful combination! De Pino stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Arelious is looking for the KO!

De Pino is rocked!
Arelious thuds a left hand into De Pino's body.
De Pino takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Arelious scores with a sloppy right hand. De Pino should have avoided that one.
Arelious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arelious throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Pino.
Arelious is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arelious.
De Pino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arelious lands with a right hand.
Arelious throws a combination. De Pino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Arelious's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Arelious duly obliges.
De Pino walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arelious bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Pino's head.
Arelious fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Arelious dips to his left and cracks De Pino with an uppercut!
Arelious stalks De Pino and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Pino's face. De Pino staggers backwards, shaken.
Arelious dodges the punch combination from De Pino.
Arelious digs a good hook to De Pino's body.
De Pino takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Pino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arelious moves away.
De Pino wants to slow Arelious down by chopping away at his legs.
De Pino throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Arelious.
A punch combination from Arelious misses.
De Pino has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Pino misses with a series of wild punches.
Arelious throws a series of punches but De Pino moves out of range.
Arelious misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Pino is looking to score with low kicks.

De Pino scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
De Pino lands strikes from half guard.
Arelious is trying to stand up here but De Pino is controlling him well.
De Pino missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Pino performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Arelious knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for De Pino on the ground.
Arelious is trying to stand up here but De Pino is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arelious trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Arelious might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
De Pino thows a huge punch but Arelious dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Arelious. No joy for De Pino on that attempt.
Maximus Arelious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Empanada De Pino.
De Pino swinging wildly here.
De Pino tries to clinch up but Arelious circles away and keeps his distance.
De Pino tries to clinch up.
Arelious misses with the combination.
De Pino tries to clinch up but Arelious circles away and keeps his distance.
Arelious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arelious keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arelious dodges the punch combination from De Pino.
De Pino throws a head kick that misses.
De Pino takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Arelious dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A combination from Arelious does no damage.
An inside leg kick from De Pino misses.
Arelious defending well as De Pino loads up on a big left hand.
De Pino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Pino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Pino there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Pino tries to move into range but Arelious moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maximus Arelious is winning the standup battle so far.
De Pino shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arelious sprawls well. Arelious wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. De Pino gets slowly back to his feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Arelious scores with a four punch combination!
Arelious moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Arelious throws a series of punches but De Pino moves out of range.
De Pino swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Arelious counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arelious throws a shot to the body.
De Pino pivots, looking for a leg kick but Arelious is out of range and De Pino settles back down.
Arelious is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Pino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arelious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Pino takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Pino lands a head kick!
Arelious scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Pino doesn't seem bothered though.
De Pino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arelious lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
De Pino throws a push kick but Arelious slaps the foot to one side.
Arelious defends well against a solid takedown attempt from De Pino.
Arelious jabs at De Pino's body.
Arelious misses with a double jab.
De Pino just misses with a punch to the body.
De Pino walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arelious moves out of range of the body kick.
Maximus Arelious is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Pino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Maximus Arelious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Empanada De Pino.
Arelious lands a nice shot that snaps De Pino's head back.
Arelious shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Pino sprawls well. De Pino wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Arelious gets slowly back to his feet.
Arelious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Pino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Arelious moves out of range of the body kick.
De Pino misses with a hook. Arelious ducked under it nicely.

De Pino moves into the clinch.
De Pino lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

De Pino breaks from the clinch.
De Pino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arelious lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Arelious.
De Pino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arelious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - De Pino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Pino misses with a body kick.
De Pino misses with a series of wild punches.
Arelious is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Pino can do to turn this around?
De Pino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Pino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De Pino misses with a hook to the body
and Arelious counters with a straight right hand.
De Pino is looking to clinch but Arelious is avoiding it.
Arelious moves out of range as De Pino strikes.
Arelious moves out of range of the leg kick from De Pino.
Arelious throws a series of punches but De Pino moves out of range.
De Pino needs to keep his hands up - Arelious had a free shot at his head there.
Arelious throws a looping overhand right but De Pino ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De Pino lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arelious takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Arelious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Pino circles away quickly and effectively.
Arelious swings for the body but De Pino moves out of range.
De Pino misses with the combination.
De Pino has a takedown stuffed.
Arelious lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Arelious.
De Pino throws a leg kick but Arelious sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Arelious scores with a decent looking hook.
De Pino is looking to land body kicks.
De Pino tries a low kick but Arelious avoids it.
Arelious lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
De Pino wants to clinch.
De Pino takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Arelious dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

De Pino throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Arelious's head.
Arelious scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arelious stuns De Pino with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Pino thows a body shot but no joy.
Arelious scores with a three punch combo!
Danga de danga de dang - Arelious scores with a four punch combination!
De Pino misses with a looping left.
Arelious works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Arelious lands with an overhand left.
De Pino wants to land a leg kick but Arelious is out of range.
Arelious throws a shot to the body.
De Pino tries a head kick but it misses.

Arelious tries to keep at a distance but De Pino has taken the fight into the clinch.
De Pino prevents Arelious from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arelious is trying to break free.
De Pino stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Arelious's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Pino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arelious is defending well for now.

De Pino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arelious blocks a head kick by De Pino.
Arelious shoots in looking for a takedown. De Pino tries to sprawl out of it but Arelious keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Pino manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arelious checks a leg kick.
De Pino throws a sloppy head kick and Arelious moves out of range easily.
Arelious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Pino turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Arelious lands a jab to the head.
A solid body kick from De Pino.
De Pino throws a push kick but Arelious slaps the foot to one side.
Arelious blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Arelious punishes De Pino's body with a nice straight punch.
De Pino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Pino tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

De Pino closes the distance and clinches.

De Pino breaks the clinch.
Arelious checks a low kick from De Pino.
De Pino misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Pino throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arelious lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Pino backs up against the cage.
De Pino looks to land a combination but Arelious avoids it well.
Arelious misses with a double jab.
De Pino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Arelious swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Pino throws a leg kick but Arelious checks it.
Danga de danga de dang - Arelious scores with a four punch combination!
De Pino wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arelious throws a series of punches but De Pino avoids them all with ease.
De Pino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arelious leaves De Pino with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Arelious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arelious dips to his left and cracks De Pino with an uppercut!
De Pino misses with a hook. Arelious ducked under it nicely.
Arelious throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Arelious takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
De Pino throws a nice head kick!
Left hook, right uppercut from Arelious.
Arelious goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

De Pino takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Pino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arelious ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Arelious throws a series of strikes that have De Pino backpedaling.
De Pino tried to score with a low kick but Arelious checks it.
De Pino tries to land a front kick but Arelious steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
De Pino tries to clinch up but Arelious circles away and keeps his distance.
De Pino is looking to score with low kicks.
Arelious connects with a jab.
De Pino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arelious scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Arelious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Pino circles away quickly and effectively.

De Pino pushes Arelious up against the cage in a clinch.
De Pino has Arelious pressed against the cage, preventing Arelious from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Pino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Empanada De Pino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Arelious blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maximus Arelious showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Arelious, 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 30:26
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximus Arelious!