PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aatreya Mahrishi (ranked 498 p4p, 253 weight class) and Boris Krylov (ranked 74 p4p, 39 weight class). Mahrishi comes to the cage accompanied by On the Precipe of Defeat. Krylov has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Boris Krylov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Mahrishi
vs
Krylov

191 cm
27
205
12 - 4 - 0

203 cm
27
212
17 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Heavy Metal Drugs
Conviction

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aatreya Mahrishi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Krylov!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Krylov is predictable there
letting Mahrishi counter with a right hand.

It looks like Boris Krylov has been cut.
Krylov lands a nice shot that snaps Mahrishi's head back.
Krylov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mahrishi.
Krylov tried to score with a low kick but Mahrishi checks it.
Krylov has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Krylov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Krylov throws a hook to the side of Mahrishi's head but Mahrishi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krylov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mahrishi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mahrishi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A lazy left from Krylov finds it's target.
Krylov throws a right hand that Mahrishi ducks under and follows up with a left that Mahrishi also avoids with ease.
A low kick lands for Krylov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahrishi tries to land a front kick but Krylov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mahrishi misses with a few strikes there.
Krylov wants to counter with a clinch but Mahrishi pushes him away.
Mahrishi blocks a head kick by Krylov.
Krylov jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Krylov.
Krylov lands a slapping body shot.
Mahrishi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Krylov. That one must have hurt.
Mahrishi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krylov looks to land a combination. Mahrishi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Aatreya Mahrishi has been cut.
Krylov scores with the left hand. Mahrishi knows he should have avoided that one.
Krylov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Krylov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've been hearing reports that Mahrishi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mahrishi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krylov stuns Mahrishi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mahrishi misses with a body shot.
Krylov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mahrishi. That did some damage!
Mahrishi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krylov.
As Krylov looks to move away, Mahrishi throws a big counter combo but Krylov just gets out of the way.
Krylov connects with a right hand. Mahrishi shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krylov scores with a spinning back kick!
Mahrishi lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahrishi. Krylov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krylov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Krylov digs a good body shot into Mahrishi's ribs.
Mahrishi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Krylov misses with a body shot
and Mahrishi counters with a stiff right hand.
Krylov throws a hook but Mahrishi avoids it easily.
Mahrishi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Krylov to score with a decent uppercut.
Mahrishi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Krylov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Krylov lands a jab to the nose.
Krylov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mahrishi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Krylov misses with a left hand
and Mahrishi counters with a nice body shot.
Mahrishi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krylov.
Mahrishi throws a jab when Krylov was well out of range.
Krylov throws an off balance right hand
enabling Mahrishi to counter with a crisp jab.
Boris Krylov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mahrishi gets tackled into the cage by Krylov. Krylov maintains the clinch.
Krylov swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahrishi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahrishi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Krylov lands with a right to the head.
Krylov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mahrishi tries to work over Krylov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahrishi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahrishi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mahrishi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahrishi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krylov's elbow.
Krylov throws a head punch that misses.
Krylov tries a body shot but Mahrishi blocks it.
Mahrishi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krylov blocks a body shot from Mahrishi.

Krylov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krylov dips to his left and cracks Mahrishi with an uppercut!
Mahrishi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Krylov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krylov cracks Mahrishi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krylov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krylov throws out a powerful jab.
Krylov misses with a shot to the body
and Mahrishi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Krylov tries a head kick but it misses.
Krylov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahrishi throws a big counter combination but Krylov scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mahrishi is looking to clinch but Krylov is avoiding it.
Krylov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahrishi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Krylov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krylov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Krylov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mahrishi misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Krylov dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Krylov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mahrishi.
Krylov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mahrishi at a distance.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Krylov - that will leave a mark!
A big right from Mahrishi misses.
Krylov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Krylov throws a nice looking combination but Mahrishi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mahrishi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Krylov.
Mahrishi ducks under a wild hook from Krylov.
Mahrishi looks to land a left hand but Krylov moved out of range nicely.
Krylov just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Krylov.
Mahrishi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Krylov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krylov looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Krylov.
Mahrishi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Good shot there by Krylov.
Krylov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mahrishi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krylov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Krylov throws a leg kick that misses.
Mahrishi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mahrishi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krylov throws a hook but Mahrishi blocks it.
Krylov connects with a right hand. Mahrishi shakes it off.
Donk. Krylov catches Mahrishi right on the button with a cross.
Mahrishi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krylov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mahrishi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Krylov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Krylov throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahrishi moves out of range as Krylov throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Krylov connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Mahrishi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Krylov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Krylov misses with a body shot.
Mahrishi is looking to counter punch.
Krylov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krylov tests Mahrishi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krylov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krylov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krylov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mahrishi eats them both and turns towards Krylov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Krylov connects with a jab.
Krylov misses with an uppercut. Mahrishi saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Krylov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi throws a head kick that Krylov semi-blocks.
Krylov misses with a lunging right hand
and Mahrishi counters with a stiff right hand.
Krylov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Krylov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mahrishi wants to clinch.
Krylov cracks Mahrishi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Krylov misses with a two punch combination.
Krylov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Krylov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mahrishi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Mahrishi.
Krylov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krylov connects with the punch.
Krylov throws a hook to the side of Mahrishi's head but Mahrishi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krylov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Krylov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krylov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Krylov scores with a hook.
Krylov lands with a straight right. Mahrishi didn't see that one coming.
Mahrishi avoids the body shot from Krylov.
Mahrishi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Krylov.
Krylov tries a head kick but it misses.
Mahrishi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krylov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Krylov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Krylov pushes Mahrishi up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krylov misses with a punch to the body.
Krylov blocks a body shot from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krylov backwards.
Krylov misses with some punches.
Krylov misses with some punches.
Krylov swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahrishi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Krylov fails to land.
Mahrishi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahrishi tries to work over Krylov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Krylov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahrishi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krylov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mahrishi looks to land a left hand but Krylov moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mahrishi moves into range and clinches up with Krylov.
Krylov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahrishi lands a hook that snaps the head of Krylov backwards.

Krylov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krylov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Krylov catches Mahrishi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A shot to the liver by Krylov. Beautiful body shot.
Krylov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mahrishi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Krylov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krylov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mahrishi backs up against the cage.
A jab from Krylov misses.
Mahrishi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahrishi lands with a nice combination. Krylov backs away looking to recover.
Krylov connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi tries a head kick but it misses.
Decent striking displayed by Krylov there.
Krylov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mahrishi's sensitive parts.
Mahrishi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Krylov there.
Krylov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Krylov throws a jab when Mahrishi was well out of range.
Mahrishi tries to clinch but Krylov moves out of range.
Mahrishi swings for the body but Krylov moves out of range.
Mahrishi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mahrishi misses with a head kick.
Mahrishi misses with a few strikes there.
Boris Krylov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krylov looks to land a combination but Mahrishi avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krylov keeps the fight on the outside.
Mahrishi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krylov throws out the jab.
Krylov looks to land a left hand but Mahrishi moved out of range nicely.
Krylov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahrishi was well out of range. Poor timing from Krylov.
Mahrishi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Krylov misses with a hook. Mahrishi ducked under it nicely.
Mahrishi throws a quick counter head kick but Krylov was just out of range.
Mahrishi looks to throw the jab but Krylov is out of range.
Krylov misses with a hook
and Mahrishi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Krylov wants to land a leg kick but Mahrishi is out of range.
Mahrishi needs to keep his hands up - Krylov had a free shot at his head there.
Mahrishi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mahrishi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mahrishi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Krylov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mahrishi's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krylov tests Mahrishi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krylov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Mahrishi forces Krylov back against the cage and clinches.
Mahrishi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krylov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krylov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krylov blocks an uppercut.
Krylov throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahrishi.
Krylov throws a head punch that misses.
Aatreya Mahrishi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mahrishi can't find room to land a body shot as Krylov controls the action.
Mahrishi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahrishi lands an uppercut.

That has opened up Boris Krylov's cut even more.
A short uppercut from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lands a body shot.
Krylov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lands a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boris Krylov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Krylov 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boris Krylov!
Boris Krylov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.