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). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

naprotiv
vs
ybiyca

200 cm
22
203 lbs
0 - 10 - 0

210 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 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 - 10 - 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, vrach ybiyca!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ybiyca ducks under a wild hook from naprotiv.
A big right from naprotiv misses.
Nice straight punches there by ybiyca. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of ybiyca.
ybiyca lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
ybiyca wants to land a leg kick but naprotiv is out of range.
ybiyca bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A combination from ybiyca does no damage.
ybiyca cracks naprotiv with a good jab.
Nice cross by ybiyca.
naprotiv throws a jab when ybiyca was well out of range.
naprotiv misses with a straight right.
naprotiv throws a big shot that misses.
ybiyca tries to land a front kick but naprotiv steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
naprotiv looks to land a left hand but ybiyca moved out of range nicely.
ybiyca fails to land with a series of punches.
ybiyca lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A big right from naprotiv misses.
A lazy left from ybiyca finds it's target.
ybiyca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from naprotiv.
naprotiv throws a shot from downtown. ybiyca moves away and avoids it.
ybiyca ducks under a wild hook from naprotiv.
ybiyca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

ybiyca darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
ybiyca takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
naprotiv is looking for a sweep. ybiyca is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ybiyca scoring with strikes to the body and head.
ybiyca controlling the pace.

ybiyca is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so naprotiv is just riding it out for now. ybiyca eventually gives up the hold.
ybiyca looks gassed!
ybiyca slips a nice elbow through naprotiv's hands, connecting with naprotiv's forehead.

naprotiv is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but ybiyca pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
naprotiv tries to kick ybiyca off in order to stand up. ybiyca Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
ybiyca working the body and head with strikes.
naprotiv looks to move to half guard but instead ybiyca has passed into mount! Damn!
ybiyca landing strikes from the mount.
ybiyca working naprotiv over with strikes here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
naprotiv is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
ybiyca has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
ybiyca working the ground and pound effectively.
ybiyca unloading with bombs!
naprotiv trying desperately to get to his feet.

ybiyca looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca raining down shots from the mount!
ybiyca connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
ybiyca trying to control but naprotiv is having none of it.
ybiyca pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
ybiyca is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
ybiyca lands a big elbow.
ybiyca sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
naprotiv is bucking up trying to escape but ybiyca cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

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 working the ground and pound effectively.
ybiyca scoring with strikes but naprotiv is staying in there.
naprotiv wants to try and get back to his feet.
ybiyca putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
ybiyca can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as naprotiv is looking to escape.
ybiyca landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

vrach ybiyca dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

ybiyca scores with a jab to the jaw.
ybiyca scores with a sloppy right hand. naprotiv should have avoided that one.
naprotiv misses with a hook.
ybiyca jabs naprotiv right on the nose. naprotiv blinks but takes it well.

ybiyca clinches up against the cage.
ybiyca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

ybiyca tightens his grip and picks naprotiv up, before dumping him to the ground. naprotiv manages to land in guard.

naprotiv escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. ybiyca gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
ybiyca landing some decent shots from guard.
ybiyca postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

naprotiv throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! ybiyca escapes and throws naprotiv's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

ybiyca stands up and beckons naprotiv to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ybiyca cracks naprotiv with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from naprotiv.
A swing and a miss from naprotiv.
ybiyca throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck naprotiv on the side of the head.
ybiyca slips a straight right by naprotiv.
A right-left combo lands from ybiyca.
ybiyca lands a jab-cross combination.
sosed naprotiv seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ybiyca thuds his right hand into naprotiv's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
ybiyca lands with a hook. naprotiv tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
ybiyca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
ybiyca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

ybiyca decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

naprotiv looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

ybiyca stands up out of the half guard.
sosed naprotiv is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
naprotiv loads up on a big right hand but ybiyca slips the punch.
ybiyca lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
ybiyca misses with a jab, cross combination.
naprotiv catches ybiyca with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
naprotiv is really struggling to find his range with his punches. ybiyca's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
ybiyca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
vrach ybiyca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
ybiyca ducks under a wild hook from naprotiv.
naprotiv is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

ybiyca scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

naprotiv looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
ybiyca has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca scores with a couple of good head shots there.
ybiyca fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
ybiyca lands with some strikes.
naprotiv is looking to get to half guard.
ybiyca lands a big shot there that rocks naprotiv but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
ybiyca with the ground and pound from mount.
The referee warns naprotiv that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
ybiyca tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
ybiyca looking to control but naprotiv is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
naprotiv taking shots to the head.
ybiyca looking to finish naprotiv with some ground and pound. This is bad for naprotiv!
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!
naprotiv is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The referee warns naprotiv that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by ybiyca.
ybiyca controlling the position easily from mount.
ybiyca lands a big elbow.
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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Jab, jab by ybiyca - just one landing.

naprotiv gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows ybiyca to score an easy takedown into full guard.
naprotiv can't keep his opponent in guard - ybiyca advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
ybiyca tries to pass to full mount but naprotiv defends it.
naprotiv avoiding damage under a succession of punches from ybiyca.
naprotiv is trying to stand up here but ybiyca is controlling him well.
ybiyca is trying to control the action in half guard but naprotiv is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

ybiyca stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
naprotiv drops his hands momentarily and ybiyca takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
naprotiv dodges the punch combination from ybiyca.
naprotiv moves out of range of the body kick.
naprotiv gets cracked there but stands up to it.
ybiyca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
naprotiv clobbers ybiyca with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
ybiyca has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A clash of legs there as naprotiv blocks the low kick.
naprotiv throws a hook to the side of ybiyca's head but ybiyca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
naprotiv throws out a loose jab but ybiyca uses good head movement to avoid it.
ybiyca lands a jab-cross combination.
ybiyca throws a chopping leg kick but naprotiv manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
naprotiv connects with a right hand. ybiyca shakes it off.
ybiyca with a jab.
naprotiv takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

ybiyca drives through and clinches with naprotiv against the cage.
naprotiv keeps control of ybiyca as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
naprotiv misses with the head strike.
naprotiv fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
naprotiv misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
ybiyca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
ybiyca can't break the clinch.
naprotiv blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
naprotiv misses with some punches.

ybiyca pulls guard.
naprotiv has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
ybiyca manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
ybiyca lands with some strikes.
ybiyca lands with some vicious ground and pound - can naprotiv hang on?
ybiyca trying to control but naprotiv is having none of it.
naprotiv is desperately trying to improve his position but ybiyca has a good base and remains in mount.
ybiyca scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish naprotiv?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ybiyca landing punches.
vrach ybiyca has got the better of the ground game so far.
ybiyca lands with some strikes.
naprotiv is looking to get to half guard.
ybiyca with the ground and pound from mount.
naprotiv working to try and regain 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!
ybiyca looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
ybiyca looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
naprotiv is trying desperately to improve position.
ybiyca postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. naprotiv looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
ybiyca has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of naprotiv's face.
ybiyca lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

ybiyca looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
naprotiv is desperately trying to improve his position but ybiyca has a good base and remains in mount.
ybiyca trying to control but naprotiv is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
vrach ybiyca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well ybiyca has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... vrach ybiyca!