PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andre Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitris Pilikidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Stevenson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Stevenson
vs
Pilikidis

179 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

170 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andre Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimitris Pilikidis!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pilikidis.

Pilikidis pushes Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
Pilikidis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the head but Pilikidis blocks with his arms.

Pilikidis gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Stevenson is looking to improve his position.
Stevenson keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Pilikidis is looking to advance position but Stevenson won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pilikidis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevenson keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pilikidis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pilikidis's back!
Pilikidis is trying to stand back up.
Pilikidis trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
I would not like to be Pilikidis right now.
Stevenson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Stevenson not allowing Pilikidis to control his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pilikidis is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Stevenson is staying active.
Pilikidis covering up well and avoiding damage.
Pilikidis trying to control but not successfully.
Stevenson thows a strike but Pilikidis uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by Pilikidis as he ends up in Stevenson 's guard!
Pilikidis postures up.
Stevenson keeping moving, preventing Pilikidis from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson looking for a sweep. Not yet Stevenson, not yet.
Pilikidis trying to control but Stevenson is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Stevenson has his foot on Pilikidis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pilikidis works his way back into a safe position though.
Pilikidis stands and throws Stevenson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Pilikidis trying to control the position but Stevenson is working away.
Stevenson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pilikidis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Pilikidis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pilikidis sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Stevenson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pilikidis is looking to take a break and control but Stevenson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stevenson struggling a bit here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Pilikidis.

Pilikidis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Stevenson was covering up waiting for the punch and Pilikidis finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Stevenson kicks Pilikidis off and gets to his feet.
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 Andre Stevenson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Stevenson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pilikidis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Stevenson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

Stevenson has Pilikidis up against the cage in a clinch.

Pilikidis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Pilikidis drives through and clinches with Stevenson against the cage.
Pilikidis trying to stall but Stevenson improves his position.
Pilikidis blocks an elbow strike.

Pilikidis drags the fight down to the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stevenson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pilikidis is trying to control the position but Stevenson postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stevenson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stevenson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stevenson throwing strikes but missing.
Stevenson 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.
Stevenson lands a couple of elbows.
Pilikidis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stevenson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pilikidis looking to control.
Stevenson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Stevenson with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Stevenson throws a big right hand that misses.
Stevenson cracks Pilikidis with a solid left hand.
Pilikidis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stevenson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Stevenson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stevenson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stevenson preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pilikidis is breathing heavily.

Pilikidis closes the distance and pushes Stevenson back into the cage.
Pilikidis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stevenson up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pilikidis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pilikidis moves forwards but Stevenson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Stevenson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pilikidis can pounce on him.

Pilikidis closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Stevenson quickly recovers to half guard.

Stevenson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Pilikidis drives through with a takedown into guard.

Stevenson has his feet on Pilikidis's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Stevenson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pilikidis to the ground. Stevenson is now in Pilikidis's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Stevenson works over Pilikidis with some ground and pound from guard.
Pilikidis wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevenson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stevenson landing with the ground and pound.

Stevenson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Stevenson dominated that second round.
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!

Stevenson has closed the distance and engaged Pilikidis in a clinch.

Pilikidis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pilikidis manages to end up in side control.

Stevenson sneaks out the side door and pushes Pilikidis away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

Pilikidis closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Stevenson sneaks out the side door and pushes Pilikidis away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pilikidis takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pilikidis throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevenson.
Pilikidis is looking to break free of the clinch but Stevenson has double underhooks.
Pilikidis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Pilikidis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pilikidis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevenson misses with a combination

and Pilikidis counters with a shoot takedown. Stevenson fights it but they end up in guard.

Stevenson is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Pilikidis presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pilikidis.
Stevenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Pilikidis.

Stevenson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson cracks Pilikidis with an open hand slap.
Stevenson lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pilikidis misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pilikidis swinging wildly here.
Dimitris Pilikidis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pilikidis falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Stevenson to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Stevenson.

Pilikidis clinches with his opponent.

Stevenson breaks from the clinch.
Andre Stevenson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stevenson misses with the combination.
Pilikidis wants to counter the offense by Stevenson and move into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pilikidis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Pilikidis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stevenson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Stevenson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Stevenson lands a jab to the nose.
Stevenson misses with a two punch combination.
Pilikidis misses with a combination
and Stevenson counters with a series of strikes. Pilikidis will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevenson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Stevenson. Those never looked like landing.

Pilikidis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Stevenson wriggles free and stands up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pilikidis tries to stall but Stevenson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stevenson lands an elbow just above Pilikidis 's eye.
Dimitris Pilikidis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andre Stevenson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Stevenson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Stevenson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stevenson, 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Stevenson!