PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between sosed naprotiv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and vrach ybiyca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sosed naprotiv had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

naprotiv
vs
ybiyca

200 cm
22
203 lbs
0 - 9 - 0

210 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Heavy handed

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sosed naprotiv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, vrach ybiyca!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ybiyca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
ybiyca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from naprotiv.

ybiyca closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming naprotiv to the mat! naprotiv manages to get full guard.
ybiyca trying to control but naprotiv is working from the bottom.
ybiyca passes naprotiv's left leg - he's now in half guard.
ybiyca wants to lay and pray for a moment but naprotiv keeps working.

naprotiv looking for submissions off his back.
naprotiv is trying to defend against the ground and pound but ybiyca scores with a couple of nice shots.
ybiyca is figuring out what he wants to do next.
ybiyca stops naprotiv from getting back to his feet.

ybiyca decides to return to a standing position.
sosed naprotiv is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ybiyca lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
ybiyca's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and ybiyca duly obliges.
ybiyca lands the left hand.
ybiyca lands a nice shot to the body.
ybiyca blocks a jab.
A big left from naprotiv misses.
ybiyca is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
naprotiv is breathing heavily.
ybiyca moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
ybiyca stalks naprotiv and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into naprotiv's face. naprotiv staggers backwards, shaken.
naprotiv scores with a jab to the jaw.
ybiyca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
ybiyca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

naprotiv is rocked!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
ybiyca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
ybiyca tries to break free but naprotiv pushes him back against the cage.
naprotiv keeps the fight in the clinch, despite ybiyca's efforts to push away.
naprotiv swings wildly with an uppercut but ybiyca uses good head movement to avoid it.
naprotiv misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca working hard to break the clinch.
naprotiv misses with a hook from the clinch.

ybiyca decides to pull guard.

ybiyca uses the cage to get back to his feet.
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!
naprotiv throws a jab but it's blocked by ybiyca.
naprotiv jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ybiyca lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
ybiyca with a body punch. A glancing blow.
sosed naprotiv seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ybiyca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

ybiyca shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than ybiyca was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
naprotiv tries to reverse the position but ybiyca maintains control.
naprotiv in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

ybiyca looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
ybiyca connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca lands a big elbow.
ybiyca working the ground and pound effectively.
ybiyca punishing his opponent with strikes.
ybiyca lands with some vicious ground and pound - can naprotiv hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
naprotiv is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
naprotiv is looking to improve his position but ybiyca isn't that keen on the idea.
ybiyca with good strikes from the mount here!
ybiyca lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
naprotiv is working to get back to half guard.

ybiyca with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
ybiyca lands a big elbow.
ybiyca trying to control but he's not successful this time.
ybiyca scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish naprotiv?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
naprotiv keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, ybiyca cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

ybiyca lands a two punch combo.
ybiyca lands a nice hook to naprotiv's body. naprotiv takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

ybiyca scores a takedown into full mount!
ybiyca with good strikes from the mount here!
naprotiv is trying desperately to improve position.
ybiyca sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
naprotiv is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ybiyca lands a nice shot to the head.
ybiyca with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
naprotiv really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
naprotiv is bucking up trying to escape but ybiyca cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
ybiyca is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. naprotiv can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
naprotiv can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, ybiyca cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
ybiyca scores with a couple of good head shots there.
ybiyca has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
ybiyca looking to control and managing it successfully.
naprotiv is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
naprotiv wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
ybiyca lands a big shot there that rocks naprotiv but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
ybiyca is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. naprotiv can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

ybiyca has hold of naprotiv's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and naprotiv manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
ybiyca tries to control but naprotiv wriggling away.
naprotiv takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca dominating with strikes here.
naprotiv is wriggling around trying to escape.
ybiyca connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
ybiyca in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
ybiyca looking to control but naprotiv is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
naprotiv takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
ybiyca unloading with bombs!
naprotiv gets back to half guard.
ybiyca perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
ybiyca wants to pass the guard but naprotiv is defending well.

That's four 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.
ybiyca passes to full mount!
naprotiv takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
ybiyca unloading with bombs!
ybiyca landing punches.
ybiyca postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. naprotiv looks a forlorn figure.
ybiyca trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
ybiyca working away from the top, dropping strikes.
ybiyca prevents naprotiv from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

vrach ybiyca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

ybiyca lands a jab to the head.

ybiyca drives through and clinches with naprotiv against the cage.
naprotiv swings away with an uppercut that misses.
ybiyca can't break the clinch.
ybiyca wants to break the clinch but can't.
naprotiv misses with a hook from the clinch.
naprotiv is really struggling to find his range with his punches. ybiyca's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
naprotiv throws a punch but it's blocked by ybiyca.
ybiyca is trying to break the clinch but naprotiv has him pressed against the cage.
ybiyca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
ybiyca wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from naprotiv.
ybiyca jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as naprotiv walks away with a smile on his face. ybiyca gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
naprotiv throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - naprotiv throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
naprotiv takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
naprotiv throws a jab when ybiyca was well out of range.

ybiyca decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
ybiyca working over naprotiv with some ground and pound. naprotiv looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
ybiyca trying to control the action but naprotiv is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with ybiyca in particular looking to stall.
ybiyca wants to control but naprotiv is keeping him busy.

ybiyca moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from naprotiv.

ybiyca has hold of naprotiv's arm. He's looking for a kimura. naprotiv seems comfortable defending it but ybiyca has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! naprotiv is real pain and he's forced to tap out! naprotiv is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but ybiyca couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). vrach ybiyca!