PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Lecic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasiliy Arkhipov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasiliy Arkhipov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lecic
vs
Arkhipov

188 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
217 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Behold The Beast

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 Helsinki, Marko Lecic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vasiliy Arkhipov!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lecic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Lecic has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Arkhipov as the two fighters clinch.
Lecic is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Arkhipov effectively controlling the action here.
A nice left hand lands by Lecic.
Lecic lands with a right to the head.
Lecic digs a right hand into Arkhipov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Arkhipov's gas tank.
Lecic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lecic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lecic digs a right hand underneath Arkhipov's ribcage. Arkhipov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lecic.
Lecic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Arkhipov looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lecic content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Arkhipov misses with some punches.
Lecic scores with a shoulder strike.
Lecic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lecic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lecic is working for takedown but Arkhipov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lecic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Lecic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arkhipov prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arkhipov is defending well for now.
Lecic scores with a hook to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lecic.
Lecic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lecic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Lecic as the two fighters clinch.
Lecic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lecic can't get the takedown.
Lecic prevents a body shot from Arkhipov.
Lecic stalling the fight.

Lecic has picked Arkhipov up - he's going for a ride! Lecic dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Arkhipov is not content to let Lecic control the position.
Lecic content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lecic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic lands strikes from half guard.
Lecic winds up and cracks Arkhipov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Arkhipov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lecic is working away from the top position though.
Lecic lands strikes from half guard.
Lecic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lecic perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lecic works his way into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lecic lands some shots froms side control.
Lecic working the ground and pound.
Lecic cracks Arkhipov with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arkhipov struggling a bit here.
Arkhipov is not content to let Lecic control the position.
Lecic 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.
Lecic content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Arkhipov is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lecic connects with a decent elbow.
Lecic landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lecic cracks Arkhipov with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A lull in the action here.
Arkhipov can't do much from the bottom here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Arkhipov can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecic working the head and body with strikes.
Lecic landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lecic lands some shots froms side control.
Lecic is looking to take a break and control but Arkhipov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arkhipov on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lecic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Lecic dominated that 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.

Arkhipov misses with a wild body shot.
Arkhipov keeps the fight on the outside.
Lecic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lecic tries to clinch
and Arkhipov counters with a nice uppercut.

Lecic shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Arkhipov trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Arkhipov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Marko Lecic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lecic with a couple of short strikes.
Lecic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Arkhipov can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Arkhipov is breathing heavily.
Lecic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Arkhipov looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lecic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arkhipov is in a horrible position here. Lecic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lecic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Arkhipov looks a forlorn figure.
Lecic landing strikes from the mount and Arkhipov is in trouble!
Arkhipov taking shots to the head.

Arkhipov is rocked!
Lecic is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Arkhipov is still in real trouble! Can Lecic finish him?
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!
Lecic landing shots from mount.
Lecic scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lecic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lecic working Arkhipov over with strikes here.
Lecic with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic lands a big elbow.
Lecic landing strikes from the mount and Arkhipov is in trouble!
Lecic looking to finish Arkhipov with some ground and pound. This is bad for Arkhipov!
Lecic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lecic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lecic tries to control but Arkhipov wriggling away.
Lecic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lecic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arkhipov can do to turn this around?
Arkhipov is bucking up trying to escape but Lecic cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Arkhipov seems to have recovered his senses.
Lecic landing strikes from the mount.
Lecic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Arkhipov is squirming around, avoiding Lecic's attempts to control the action.
Lecic with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecic unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Arkhipov wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Lecic celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Lecic!