PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Schrute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schrute
vs
Balboa

188 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
225 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dwight Schrute!
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, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schrute slips a jab and a cross from Balboa.
Balboa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Dwight Schrute has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa throws a left that rocks Schrute and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Balboa dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Schrute regain composure!
Schrute is looking for a sweep.
Schrute is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Balboa off and has taken his back!
Balboa holding both Schrute 's hands and preventing any damage.
Balboa is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Balboa covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Balboa has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Schrute misses with an elbow to the head.
Balboa wants to get back to his feet.

Balboa showing good submission defense here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is trying to get back to his feet but Schrute has full control of the position and if anything, Balboa has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Schrute is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Schrute gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Schrute gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Schrute apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Schrute gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Schrute is looking to clinch.
Oooh a lovely combination from Balboa sends Schrute down but not out. Balboa dives into side control looking to finish.

Schrute is rocked!
Schrute is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Balboa stands up.
Balboa feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Schrute sprawling to the canvas! Schrute rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Balboa finish him?!
Oh Schrute is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balboa tries to bum rush Schrute with a series of wild strikes but Schrute uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Schrute seems to have got his legs back now.

Balboa gets caught flat footed, as Schrute shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Balboa wants to stand but Schrute is controlling the position.
Schrute thows a big elbow that misses.
Schrute scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrute tries to free his leg and advance position but Balboa is retaining full guard.
Balboa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Schrute is controlling him.
Schrute pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balboa is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Schrute takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Balboa cracks Schrute with a good jab.
Schrute shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A combination from Balboa does no damage.
Dwight Schrute seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schrute has a takedown stuffed.
Balboa lands a with a good body shot.
Balboa scores with a one two! Schrute had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Balboa works over Schrute's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lunges at Schrute with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schrute's hand.
Balboa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schrute doesn't manage to clinch there - Balboa circles away.
A clash of legs there as Balboa blocks the low kick.
Balboa with a hook.
Balboa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Balboa throws a series of strikes that have Schrute backpedaling.

Schrute looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Balboa!
Balboa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Schrute lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Balboa really wants to buck Schrute off and get back to his feet.
Balboa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schrute. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Schrute scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Schrute throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Balboa because Schrute loaded up on that one.
Balboa is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schrute pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Schrute misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Schrute there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Balboa is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Schrute throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Balboa's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Schrute cracks Balboa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You get the feeling that Balboa really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Schrute lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balboa is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Balboa is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwight Schrute's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Schrute avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balboa throws a right and a left that Schrute avoids nicely.
Balboa misses with a few strikes there.
Schrute shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Schrute with that takedown attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Balboa.
Balboa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jab, jab by Balboa - just one landing.
Dwight Schrute is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Schrute.
Balboa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schrute looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Balboa is fending him off so far but Schrute persists. Nope, Balboa circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwight Schrute. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balboa tries to bum rush Schrute with a series of wild strikes but Schrute uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balboa scores with a three punch combo!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balboa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balboa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Schrute moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schrute throws a nice looking combination but Balboa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Danga de danga de dang - Balboa scores with a four punch combination!
Rocky Balboa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Schrute wants to clinch up but Balboa keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Schrute misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Balboa.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by Schrute.
Balboa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Balboa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Schrute shoots in but no luck this time.
A lazy left from Balboa finds it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Balboa.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Balboa moves out of range of the body kick.
Balboa scores with a jab.
Schrute is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Balboa.
Balboa misses with a few strikes there.
Schrute throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rocky Balboa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Schrute swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Balboa counter with a right hand.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Schrute avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Balboa.
Balboa misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schrute doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Balboa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balboa lands a right hook to the body.
Balboa looks to land a combination but Schrute avoids it well.
Balboa stuffs the takedown attempt from Schrute. Schrute gets slowly back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Balboa.
Schrute fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Balboa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Schrute backs up against the cage.
Schrute tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balboa tests Schrute's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Balboa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Schrute darts in and clinches Balboa up against the cage.

Schrute jumps guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa wants to stand but Schrute has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Schrute will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Balboa wants to stand and escape but instead Schrute has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Schrute lands a couple of elbows.
Balboa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Schrute is controlling him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Schrute rushes Balboa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Schrute keeps him there for the moment.

Schrute escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Balboa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Schrute circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Balboa.
Balboa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Schrute doesn't manage to clinch there - Balboa circles away.
Balboa lands with a straight right. Schrute didn't see that one coming.
Schrute changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Balboa tries to avoid it but Schrute manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Balboa to the ground. Balboa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Balboa lands a jab-cross combination.
Schrute walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Balboa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Balboa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Schrute.
Schrute throws a head kick that misses.
Balboa misses with a wild combination.
Schrute throws a left and a right that both miss
and Balboa counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balboa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Schrute misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balboa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Schrute shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Balboa counters with a series of strikes. Schrute will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Balboa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dwight Schrute's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck for Schrute with that takedown attempt.
A jab lands there for Balboa.
Schrute closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Some wild striking there from Balboa.
Schrute misses with a takedown attempt
and Balboa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Balboa lands a jab to Schrute's midsection.
Balboa lands a jab to the head.
Balboa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Schrute doesn't seem bothered though.
Schrute is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Balboa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Schrute throws a head kick that misses
and Balboa counters with a series of strikes. Schrute will be more careful next time no doubt.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Schrute avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Balboa might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
No luck for Schrute with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwight Schrute. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balboa throws a nice looking combination but Schrute bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Schrute swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Balboa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Balboa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Balboa stuffs the takedown attempt from Schrute. Schrute gets slowly back to his feet.
Balboa slips under a jab.
Balboa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schrute.

Schrute gets a clinch.
Balboa stops a takedown attempt from Schrute.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Schrute has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Schrute won't allow it.
Schrute misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schrute drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.

Balboa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balboa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Schrute closes this distance looking for a takedown but Balboa circles away.
Balboa scores with a jab. Schrute acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schrute is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Schrute rushes Balboa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Balboa breaks the clinch.
Balboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Balboa is working the combinations to good effect here.
Schrute tries for a takedown but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Balboa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Balboa tries to keep at a distance but Schrute has taken the fight into the clinch.

Schrute has clasped his hands together around Balboa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Balboa pushes Schrute away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Schrute gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Schrute is chipping away with strikes.

Schrute tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Schrute has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Schrute misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Schrute working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Balboa wants to get back to his feet but Schrute drags him back down.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Schrute clinches with his opponent.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schrute has him pressed against the cage.

Schrute is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Balboa can't fight it off and eventually Schrute manages to take the fight to the floor. Balboa looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Schrute prevents Balboa from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schrute's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Balboa is looking to stand up but Schrute isn't so interested in that idea.
Balboa has momentary wrist control but Schrute slips an elbow through the middle.
Balboa is looking to stand up but Schrute isn't so interested in that idea.
Schrute pushes down on Balboa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Balboa is trying to stand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Schrute shoots in and drives through. Balboa sprawls well.
Balboa throws a right hand that Schrute ducks under and follows up with a left that Schrute also avoids with ease.
Dwight Schrute has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rocky Balboa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Balboa misses with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Balboa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Balboa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Balboa!