PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Valeryevich (ranked 4719 p4p, 24555 weight class) and Liam Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Robinson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Valeryevich
vs
Robinson

180 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
205
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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, Bogdan Valeryevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valeryevich swinging wildly here.
Valeryevich stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Valeryevich wants it to stay on the feet.
Robinson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Robinson tries to clinch but Valeryevich moves out of range.
Valeryevich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Valeryevich lands a nice shot that snaps Robinson's head back.
Valeryevich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Robinson with a poor takedown
and Valeryevich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bogdan Valeryevich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Robinson.
Valeryevich lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Robinson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Valeryevich defends well and Robinson ends up having to push Valeryevich into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Valeryevich shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Robinson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valeryevich controls from within his opponent's guard.
Valeryevich landing some decent shots from guard.
Valeryevich content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valeryevich wants to pass the guard but Robinson is keeping the position.
Valeryevich landing with the ground and pound.
Valeryevich throwing strikes from guard but Robinson blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Valeryevich with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valeryevich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Valeryevich is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Valeryevich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Robinson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Valeryevich controls the pace.
Robinson wants to stand up but Valeryevich is controlling him.
Robinson has his hands on Valeryevich's head, controlling the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Valeryevich is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Robinson with that takedown attempt.

Valeryevich shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Valeryevich was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Valeryevich moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Robinson is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Valeryevich working the head and body with strikes.
Valeryevich is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Valeryevich scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Valeryevich content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Valeryevich's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice strikes from Valeryevich there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Valeryevich dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valeryevich appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Valeryevich lands with an uppercut that bounces Robinson off the cage and back into range.
Valeryevich scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Robinson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Valeryevich is fending him off so far but Robinson persists. Nope, Valeryevich circles away and we're back to standing.
Valeryevich lands a glancing blow to the side of Robinson's head.

Robinson dives in and scores a takedown into Valeryevich's guard.

Valeryevich has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Robinson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Valeryevich.
Valeryevich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Valeryevich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Valeryevich is pressed up against the cage. Robinson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Valeryevich down to the mat. Valeryevich avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Valeryevich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robinson can do to turn this around?
Valeryevich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
Valeryevich lands a really nice looking cross but Robinson seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Valeryevich bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Robinson wants to control but Valeryevich postures up.
Robinson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Valeryevich connects with a decent elbow.
Valeryevich grinds an elbow into Robinson's temple.
A lull in the action here.
Valeryevich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Robinson some visible discomfort.
Valeryevich is working Robinson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Valeryevich working the ground and pound from side control.
Bogdan Valeryevich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Valeryevich scoring with punches from side control.
Robinson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Valeryevich lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valeryevich working the ground and pound.
Robinson is trying to control Valeryevich's posture but Valeryevich avoids it.
Valeryevich scoring with punches and elbows.
Valeryevich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Robinson some visible discomfort.
Robinson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Valeryevich taking a breather here.
Robinson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Robinson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Valeryevich easily slips into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is trying to escape the mount.
Valeryevich with shots to the head and body - Robinson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Valeryevich lands a big shot there that rocks Robinson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Valeryevich postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Robinson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Valeryevich and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bogdan Valeryevich!