PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Korniferous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Korniferous
vs
Gaines

225 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Shawn Korniferous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Owen Gaines!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korniferous misses with a looping right.
Korniferous really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gaines fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gaines showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Korniferous.
Korniferous thows a body shot but no joy.

Gaines is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Korniferous's half guard.

Gaines decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Gaines dives in and grabs Korniferous's left leg, looking for a takedown. Korniferous pushes down on Gaines's head and hops out.
Korniferous digs a good body shot into Gaines's ribs.
Gaines fails to land the takedown.
Korniferous moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Korniferous ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaines moves away.

Gaines moves into range and clinches up with Korniferous.
Korniferous on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Korniferous wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gaines has him pressed against the cage.
Korniferous can't break the clinch.
Gaines keeps control of Korniferous as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gaines lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Shawn Korniferous has been cut.
Gaines putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Korniferous in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gaines tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Korniferous avoids it.
Korniferous wants to break free but Gaines has control.
Gaines with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gaines prevents Korniferous from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gaines just misses with a elbow thrown towards Korniferous's brow.
Gaines gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Korniferous with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaines prevents Korniferous from breaking the clinch.
Gaines keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Korniferous's efforts to push away.
Korniferous avoids the elbow strike from Gaines, against the cage.
Gaines prevents Korniferous from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korniferous using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaines has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gaines is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Korniferous is defending well.
Shawn Korniferous has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owen Gaines.
Korniferous using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Korniferous misses with a knee to the head.
Gaines prevents Korniferous from breaking the clinch.
Gaines using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Korniferous has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
Korniferous is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Korniferous on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Korniferous blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gaines missing with knees to the body.
Gaines tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Korniferous is trying to break free.
Gaines tries to land knees in the clinch but Korniferous avoids the damage to the body.
Korniferous wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaines won't allow it.
Gaines trying to land knees to the body.
Korniferous is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korniferous blocks an elbow strike from Gaines.
Korniferous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Korniferous misses with a knee to the head.
Gaines tries to land a knee to the head but Korniferous blocks with his arms.
Gaines misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Korniferous.
Korniferous looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gaines utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Korniferous misses with a knee strike.
Korniferous tries to circle away but Gaines has him pinned against the cage.
Korniferous avoiding damage as Gaines throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gaines.
Korniferous using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gaines has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Korniferous managing to block the knees to the body from Gaines.

Gaines has Korniferous pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gaines pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Korniferous tumbling to the mat - Gaines dives into Korniferous's guard.

Gaines stands up from Korniferous's guard - Gaines perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Korniferous will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Korniferous takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Gaines gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Korniferous wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaines won't allow it.
Gaines with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gaines throws an elbow but misses.
Gaines missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Gaines dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Korniferous's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gaines shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Korniferous swinging wildly here.
Korniferous lands with a hook. Gaines tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gaines misses the shot to the body.
Gaines fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaines tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gaines tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Korniferous manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Korniferous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gaines moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shawn Korniferous is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gaines looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Korniferous!

Gaines stands up.
Korniferous throws a nice looking combination but Gaines bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korniferous swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Gaines darts in and clinches Korniferous up against the cage.
Gaines throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Korniferous blocks it with crossed arms.
Korniferous blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Gaines gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Korniferous throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Korniferous misses with a series of wild punches.
Korniferous throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gaines gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Korniferous is trying to break the clinch but Gaines is controlling him.
Gaines connects with a nasty looking knee right to Korniferous's face.
Owen Gaines seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gaines is trying to drag Korniferous to the mat but Korniferous just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
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!
Korniferous looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Korniferous with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaines changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Korniferous fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Korniferous misses with a series of wild punches.
Shawn Korniferous is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gaines slips a jab and a cross from Korniferous.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korniferous throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaines tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Korniferous looks to land a combination but Gaines avoids it well.

Gaines moves into the clinch.
Gaines tries a knee to the head but Korniferous blocks it.
Gaines throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Korniferous blocks it with crossed arms.
Gaines looking to throw knees to the head but Korniferous is blocking nicely.
Gaines is breathing heavily.
Korniferous is trying to break the clinch but Gaines has him pressed against the cage.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Korniferous wants to break free but Gaines has control.
Gaines tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Korniferous avoids it.
Korniferous blocks an elbow strike.
Gaines lands a good knee to the midsection. Korniferous won't want to take too many of those.
Gaines takes a knee right on the jaw!
Korniferous misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines lands a damaging elbow.
Gaines trying to land knees to the body.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch but Gaines keeps him there for the moment.

Gaines gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gaines stands up and waves to Korniferous to follow him.
A shot to the liver by Korniferous. Beautiful body shot.
Korniferous misses with a double jab.
A combination from Korniferous does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gaines throws a head kick but Korniferous moves out of range.
Gaines pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Korniferous throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gaines.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Gaines showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shawn Korniferous's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Korniferous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gaines moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've been informed that Gaines has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Gaines moves into the clinch.
Korniferous wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gaines using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Korniferous has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Korniferous lands a knee to the head.
Korniferous is trying to break the clinch but Gaines has him pressed against the cage.
Gaines lands a nice elbow.
Gaines creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Korniferous wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaines won't allow it.
Gaines scores a nice knee to the body.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch but Gaines keeps him there for the moment.
Korniferous managing to block the knees to the body from Gaines.
Gaines throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gaines missing with knees to the body.
Korniferous wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Korniferous with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korniferous is looking to break free of the clinch but Gaines has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gaines throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gaines just misses with a elbow thrown towards Korniferous's brow.
Gaines tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaines is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Korniferous is defending well for now.
Korniferous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Korniferous is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gaines is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Korniferous is defending well.
Korniferous wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaines won't allow it.
Korniferous wants to break free but Gaines has control.
Gaines missing with knees to the body.
Gaines misses with an elbow over the top.
Gaines tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Korniferous is trying to break the clinch but Gaines has him pressed against the cage.
Gaines is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Korniferous is defending well for now.
Gaines misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korniferous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch but Gaines keeps him there for the moment.
Korniferous is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Korniferous tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Korniferous avoiding damage as Gaines throws knees to the body.
Gaines has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Korniferous is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gaines tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Korniferous tries a knee to the head but Gaines blocks it.
Gaines is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Korniferous is defending well for now.
Korniferous with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaines keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Korniferous's efforts to push away.
Gaines lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Korniferous wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaines won't allow it.
Gaines with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korniferous takes an elbow to the temple.
Korniferous wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gaines with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaines misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Korniferous.
Gaines with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Korniferous wants to break the clinch but can't.
Korniferous has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Korniferous looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Korniferous tries to break free but Gaines pushes him back against the cage.
Korniferous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gaines creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Korniferous misses with a knee strike.
Gaines keeps control of Korniferous as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gaines missing with knees to the body.
Gaines utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gaines lands an elbow inside that Korniferous shrugs off.
Owen Gaines is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korniferous tries to break the clinch but Gaines is controlling the position.
Korniferous wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gaines has him pressed against the cage.
Korniferous prevents a takedown attempt there.
Shawn Korniferous has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owen Gaines.
Korniferous throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gaines prevents Korniferous from breaking the clinch.
Korniferous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Korniferous takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gaines throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Korniferous is trying to break free.
Gaines keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Korniferous's efforts to push away.
Shawn Korniferous has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gaines keeps control of Korniferous as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shawn Korniferous.
I think Gaines has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Owen Gaines!