PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bedros Adruni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikheil Bakradze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bedros Adruni has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Adruni
vs
Bakradze

195 cm
25
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

208 cm
19
276 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bedros Adruni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikheil Bakradze!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adruni tries to bum rush Bakradze with a series of wild strikes but Bakradze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adruni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bakradze counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Bakradze.
Bakradze throws a quick inside leg kick.
Adruni shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bakradze as he avoids it easily.
Adruni throws a series of punches but Bakradze avoids them all with ease.
Adruni shoots in looking for a takedown but Bakradze manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Adruni's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Adruni misses with a body shot.
Adruni tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bakradze sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Adruni somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bedros Adruni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adruni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Adruni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bakradze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bakradze. That's going to slow Adruni down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bakradze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakradze goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Adruni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bakradze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adruni lands a lovely overhand right.
Adruni moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Adruni throws a leg kick
and Bakradze counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adruni's knee momentarily.
Adruni misses with a right hand
letting Bakradze counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bakradze connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Adruni misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Adruni misses.
Bakradze lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adruni's sensitive parts.
Bakradze throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bakradze scores with a hook to the body. Adruni takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adruni takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bakradze gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Bakradze rushes Adruni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Adruni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adruni working hard to break the clinch.
Bakradze taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Adruni can't break the clinch.
Adruni is trying to break the clinch but Bakradze has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Adruni is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bakradze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adruni's defenses.

It looks like Bedros Adruni has been cut.
Bakradze stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakradze scores with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Bakradze to work.
Adruni is trying to break free.
Adruni is looking to break free of the clinch but Bakradze has double underhooks.
Bakradze has Adruni pressed against the cage, preventing Adruni from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Adruni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Bakradze.
Bakradze pressing his opponent against the cage.
Adruni is trying to break the clinch but Bakradze is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakradze is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Adruni tries to break free but Bakradze pushes him back against the cage.
Adruni is trying to push Bakradze away but Bakradze has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bakradze has Adruni pushed against the cage.
Adruni is trying to break the clinch but Bakradze is controlling him.
Adruni lands a body shot.
Adruni is looking to break free of the clinch but Bakradze has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Adruni wants to break free but Bakradze has control.
Adruni takes an elbow to the temple.
Bakradze lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bedros Adruni will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bedros Adruni's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Adruni misses with a wild combination.
Bakradze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Adruni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakradze lands with a nice body kick.

Bakradze forces Adruni back against the cage and clinches.
Adruni working hard to break the clinch.
Adruni is trying to push Bakradze away but Bakradze has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bakradze just leaning against Adruni, taking a breather.
Bakradze digs a right hand into Adruni's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adruni's gas tank.
Adruni is trying to break the clinch but Bakradze is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Adruni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bakradze crunches a lovely knee into Adruni's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Bakradze - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Adruni is trying to break the clinch but Bakradze has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Bakradze.
Bakradze content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bakradze misses with a body punch.
Bakradze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bakradze stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Adruni's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adruni tries to circle away but Bakradze has him pinned against the cage.
Bakradze lands a good knee to the midsection. Adruni won't want to take too many of those.
Adruni tries to circle away but Bakradze has him pinned against the cage.
Bakradze slows down the pace here.
Bakradze swings wildly with an uppercut but Adruni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bakradze stalling.
Adruni swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakradze stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mikheil Bakradze.
Adruni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bakradze was well out of range. Poor timing from Adruni.
Bakradze scores with a head kick.
Bakradze thumps Adruni with a low kick.
Adruni tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bakradze swivels and escapes.
Adruni looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Adruni lands a jab.
A clash of legs there as Bakradze blocks the low kick.
Bedros Adruni is winning the standup battle so far.
Bakradze looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adruni moves to clinch but Bakradze breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bakradze lands a nice looking body kick.
Adruni tries to clinch but Bakradze moves out of range.
Bakradze cracks Adruni with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adruni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bakradze.
Adruni misses with a combination
and Bakradze counters with a nice body kick.
Bakradze dodges the punch combination from Adruni.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bakradze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Adruni wants to clinch but Bakradze slips to the side
and Bakradze counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikheil Bakradze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bedros Adruni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bakradze lands with a thumping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bakradze.
Bakradze stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Adruni fails to land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from Adruni both land. Nice combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bakradze.
Bakradze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adruni moves away.
Adruni tries to clinch there but Bakradze circles away.
Bakradze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Adruni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bakradze.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adruni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bakradze.
Adruni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bakradze circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adruni throws a right hand that Bakradze ducks under and follows up with a left that Bakradze also avoids with ease.
Adruni lands with a straight right. Bakradze didn't see that one coming.
Adruni misses with a kick to the body.
Adruni throws a series of punches but Bakradze moves out of range.
Mikheil Bakradze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adruni. Bakradze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bakradze tries to clinch up.
Adruni throws a series of punches but Bakradze avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bakradze thows a body kick. Adruni tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Adruni misses with a shot to the body
and Bakradze counters with a head kick.
Adruni misses with a looping right.
Bakradze lets loose with a powerful body kick. Adruni will feel that in the morning.
Bakradze stuffs the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adruni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid body kick from Bakradze.
Adruni just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakradze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bakradze buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adruni shoots in and drives through. Bakradze sprawls well.
Bakradze keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bakradze is looking to slow Adruni down with leg kicks.
Bakradze avoids the body shot from Adruni.
Bakradze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adruni stalks Bakradze and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bakradze's face. Bakradze staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakradze chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bakradze lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bakradze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Adruni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bedros Adruni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Bakradze there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bakradze, right into the meat.
Adruni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Adruni looks to land a right hand but Bakradze moved out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bakradze.
Good exchange - Bakradze coming out on top.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bakradze - that will leave a mark!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adruni gets tackled into the cage by Bakradze. Bakradze maintains the clinch.
Adruni letting Bakradze take a breather here.
Bakradze presses Adruni against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bakradze struggles to land a body shot inside as Adruni controls his hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bakradze lands an elbow that stopped Adruni in his tracks for a moment.
Adruni is trying to force a seperation but Bakradze has the dominant position.
Adruni is trying to push Bakradze away but Bakradze has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adruni being controlled against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mikheil Bakradze.
Well Bakradze has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikheil Bakradze!