PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paco Nykanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Karpinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nykanen comes to the cage accompanied by Jeff Mills - The Bells. Piotr Karpinov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nykanen
vs
Karpinov

170 cm
23
164 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
161 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Fight For Real MMA Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paco Nykanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piotr Karpinov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nykanen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Karpinov to the mat! Karpinov manages to get full guard.

Karpinov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nykanen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nykanen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Karpinov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nykanen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nykanen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nykanen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Karpinov's head.

Karpinov working for a triangle but Nykanen defends it easily.
Nykanen landing with the ground and pound.
Nykanen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nykanen preventing the sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Karpinov will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karpinov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nykanen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nykanen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nykanen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nykanen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nykanen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nykanen cracks Karpinov with a solid left hand.
Karpinov looking for a sweep. Not yet Karpinov, not yet.

Nykanen drops back looking for a leg! Karpinov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Karpinov manages to kick Nykanen off! Nykanen jumps back into Karpinov's guard.

Karpinov had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Nykanen is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Karpinov Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Nykanen's back instead.

Karpinov working for a choke but Nykanen is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen breaks Karpinov's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Nykanen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Karpinov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nykanen lands a couple of elbows.
Nykanen is in close to Karpinov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nykanen distracts Karpinov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nykanen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Karpinov's head.
Nykanen postures up and lands a big shot to Karpinov's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpinov is trying to stick to Nykanen's back but Nykanen is turning into Karpinov. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Karpinov's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Nykanen.
Nykanen cracks Karpinov with a solid left hand.
Nykanen working some strikes from top position.
Nykanen landing with the ground and pound.
Nykanen lands a couple of digs.
Nykanen connects with a couple of short punches.
Nykanen 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.
Nykanen pushing down on Karpinov's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nykanen connects with a nice short shot to Karpinov's temple.
Nykanen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Karpinov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Karpinov taking some punishment here, with Nykanen in his half guard.
Karpinov taking some punishment here, with Nykanen in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Nykanen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Karpinov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Karpinov wants to get back to full guard.
Nykanen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Karpinov wants to get back to full guard.

Karpinov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nykanen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nykanen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nykanen lands with a punch from half guard.

Karpinov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nykanen pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paco Nykanen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight stays on the outside here - Karpinov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nykanen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Piotr Karpinov has been cut.
Karpinov wants to clinch up but Nykanen keeps it at a distance.
Karpinov takes one to the side of the head.
Nykanen throws a shot from downtown. Karpinov moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karpinov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karpinov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karpinov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karpinov tries to close the distance and clinch but Nykanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karpinov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nykanen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karpinov is looking to clinch but Nykanen is avoiding it.
Nykanen loads up on a big right hand but Karpinov slips the punch.

Karpinov rushes Nykanen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nykanen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Nykanen.
Nykanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karpinov or not.
Nykanen stalls.
Karpinov is breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karpinov throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Nykanen.
Nykanen misses with an elbow strike.
Nykanen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short body shot lands from Nykanen as the two fighters clinch.
Nykanen works on Karpinov's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nykanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nykanen lands a hook that snaps the head of Karpinov backwards.
Nykanen digs a right hand into Karpinov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karpinov's gas tank.
Karpinov managing to block the knees to the body from Nykanen.
Nykanen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Nykanen has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Karpinov is trying to keep an underhook but Nykanen manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nykanen slips a nice elbow through Karpinov's hands, connecting with Karpinov's forehead.
Nykanen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nykanen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nykanen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nykanen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nykanen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karpinov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karpinov wants to improve his position but Nykanen is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nykanen controlling the action here.
Nykanen wants to take a breather but Karpinov is having none of it.

Nykanen is looking for a kimura here.

Nykanen wants to work for an arm triangle but Karpinov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Karpinov has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Nykanen. Oh but Karpinov has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Nykanen goes limp - he's gone! Karpinov jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Piotr Karpinov!