PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coheed Cambria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Panetovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coheed Cambria looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cambria
vs
Panetovich

200 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
24
270 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Coheed Cambria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kirill Panetovich!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cambria with a lazy takedown attempt

and Panetovich decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cambria's guard.
Cambria looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Panetovich passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Panetovich landing strikes.
Panetovich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Panetovich taking a breather here.
Cambria wants to get back to his feet but Panetovich drags him back down.
Panetovich lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cambria down.
Cambria prevents Panetovich from moving into mount.
Panetovich wants to control but Cambria is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panetovich misses with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panetovich grinds an elbow into Cambria's temple.
Panetovich is looking to take a break and control but Cambria is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Panetovich is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Panetovich is putting a hurting on Cambria here, landing some big shots from side control.
Panetovich happy to just control the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich advances to full mount.
Panetovich controlling the pace for now.
Panetovich trying to control but Cambria is having none of it.
Panetovich controlling from the full mount.
Panetovich is landing with some decent strikes but Cambria is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich controlling from the full mount.
Panetovich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cambria is looking to escape.
Panetovich lands a nice shot to the head.
Panetovich landing punches.
Panetovich working the ground and pound effectively.

Panetovich is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cambria has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Panetovich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Panetovich landing strikes, looking to finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cambria takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Panetovich controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Panetovich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirill Panetovich dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Panetovich dives in and grabs Cambria's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cambria pushes down on Panetovich's head and hops out.
Coheed Cambria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cambria tries to clinch up.

Panetovich throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cambria was covering up waiting for the punch and Panetovich finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Panetovich works over Cambria with some ground and pound from guard.
Cambria keeping moving, preventing Panetovich from controlling successfully.
Panetovich stands up over Cambria, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Panetovich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Panetovich trying to control the position from guard on top but Cambria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cambria knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Panetovich on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Panetovich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cambria's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panetovich trying to control but Cambria is working from the bottom.
Panetovich slips nicely into half guard.
Panetovich moves nicely into side control.
Panetovich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Panetovich wants to control but Cambria is keeping him busy.
Panetovich remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Cambria takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich is working Cambria over with some ground and pound from side control.
A lull in the action here as Panetovich stalls from top position.
Panetovich lands some shots froms side control.
Cambria is working to avoid the ground and pound but Panetovich connects with a decent elbow.
Panetovich lands a few punches from side control.
Panetovich wants to control but Cambria is keeping him busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cambria is working to avoid the ground and pound but Panetovich connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cambria gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Panetovich landing shots from mount.
Panetovich wants to control the pace but Cambria is squirming around nicely.
A nice elbow there by Panetovich.
Panetovich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cambria is looking to escape.
Panetovich looking to finish Cambria with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cambria!
Panetovich wants to control the pace but Cambria is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Panetovich.
Panetovich trying to control but Cambria is having none of it.
Cambria is looking to get to half guard.
BOOM! Panetovich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Panetovich lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Panetovich raining down shots from the mount!
Panetovich looking to finish Cambria with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cambria!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirill Panetovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Panetovich closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cambria circles away.
Panetovich shoots for a takedown but Cambria saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Panetovich fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cambria to the ground. Panetovich is now in Cambria's guard.
Panetovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Panetovich sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Panetovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Panetovich working some strikes from top position.
Panetovich slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Panetovich in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panetovich landing strikes.

Panetovich tries for a kimura but Cambria is defending well.
Cambria is trying to escape the position but Panetovich is controlling the position.
Panetovich scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cambria to see if he's OK.
Cambria takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Panetovich works to advance to full mount. Cambria defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Panetovich looking to control but Cambria is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Panetovich lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich wants to control the pace but Cambria is squirming around nicely.
Panetovich controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee warns Cambria that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Panetovich with the ground and pound from mount.
Panetovich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Panetovich controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Panetovich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich controlling his opponent.
Cambria taking shots to the head.
Panetovich working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Panetovich looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kirill Panetovich has got the better of the ground game so far.
Panetovich tries to control but Cambria wriggling away.
Panetovich content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panetovich looking to control but Cambria is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Panetovich controlling the position easily from mount.
Panetovich scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cambria?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Panetovich fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Coheed Cambria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kirill Panetovich is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Panetovich looking to control but Cambria is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kirill Panetovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Panetovich 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 24:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kirill Panetovich!