PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Karpinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Ruska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Karpinov
vs
Ruska

179 cm
22
161 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
166 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piotr Karpinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Ruska!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpinov tries to clinch but Ruska moves out of range.
Karpinov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruska scores with the left hand. Karpinov knows he should have avoided that one.
Ruska lands the left hand.
Ruska lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Karpinov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karpinov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ruska takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ruska throws a looping overhand right but Karpinov ducks down to avoid it.

Ruska clinches up with Karpinov and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ruska.
Ruska gets underhooks to prevent Karpinov's takedown attempt.
Ruska blocks the elbow strike.
Karpinov takes a shot to the head.
Karpinov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Ruska scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ruska controlling the action here for a moment.
Ruska works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Ruska.
Karpinov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ruska pushes Karpinov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Karpinov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Karpinov trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Ruska.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruska avoids the elbow strike from Karpinov, against the cage.
Ruska makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ruska utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Karpinov is breathing heavily.
Ruska dodges an elbow strike from Karpinov.
Ruska lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruska creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Karpinov takes a shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Ruska.
Ruska lands a body punch.

Ruska gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ruska performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruska trying to control the action but Karpinov is working from the bottom.
Karpinov wants to improve his position but Ruska is controlling well.
Ruska is trying to control. Karpinov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ruska 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruska is trying to control the action in half guard but Karpinov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ruska is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Ruska decides to stand and escape the position.
Karpinov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ruska counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karpinov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ruska counters with a straight right hand.
Karpinov wants to clinch

and Ruska decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Karpinov's guard.

Ruska stands and steps away. Karpinov gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ruska connects with a solid leg kick.
Karpinov misses with a straight right.
Piotr Karpinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ruska rushes Karpinov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Ruska.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruska.
A knee to the head by Ruska.
A body shot lands from Ruska.
Ruska throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karpinovs head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpinov throws an elbow but it misses.
Ruska scores with a shot to the side of Karpinov's head.

Karpinov breaks the clinch.
Ruska throws a body kick that misses.
Ruska circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ruska counters with a left to the body.
A good leg kick by Ruska.

Ruska drives through and clinches with Karpinov against the cage.
Karpinov pushes off an throws an elbow but Ruska leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Ruska.
Ruska pressing his opponent against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruska creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ruska scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karpinov takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Piotr Karpinov has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karpinov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ruska's brow.
Ruska lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ruska scores with a shoulder strike.
Karpinov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruska.
Karpinov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruska is defending well for now.
Ruska avoids a wild elbow strike from Karpinov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpinov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Karpinov tries to land a knee to the head but Ruska blocks with his arms.
Ruska with a knee to the head.
Ruska works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ruska lands a nice shot to the body.
Ruska pushes Karpinov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Karpinov takes a shot to the head.
Ruska lands with a right to the head.
Ruska lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ruska lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruska.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ruska.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruska lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Karpinov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Karpinov is rocked!
Ruska lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Karpinov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruska.
Ruska scores with a shot to the side of Karpinov's head.
Ruska slowing the pace effectively.
A short right from Ruska on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ruska.
Karpinov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Ruska.
Ruska lands a big knee! That's hurt Karpinov! Oh, he's all over the place! Ruska lands another knee that sends Karpinov to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Ruska!