PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Shlemenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Doralez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shlemenko comes to the cage accompanied by Young Jeezy feat. Busta Rhymes - love it. Doralez has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Shlemenko
vs
Doralez

180 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Shlemenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Don Doralez!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Shlemenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doralez throws a low kick but Shlemenko avoids it.
Doralez stalks Shlemenko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shlemenko's face. Shlemenko staggers backwards, shaken.
Doralez misses with a wild combination.
Doralez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shlemenko.
Doralez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shlemenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doralez looks to land a combination but Shlemenko avoids it well.
Doralez misses with the combination.
Shlemenko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Doralez is fending him off so far but Shlemenko persists. Nope, Doralez circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shlemenko tries to clinch up.
Shlemenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doralez.
Doralez looks gassed!
Shlemenko slips a jab and a cross from Doralez.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shlemenko lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Don Doralez has been cut.
Doralez tries to stall but Shlemenko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Doralez tries to break the clinch but Shlemenko is controlling the position.
Shlemenko with a knee to the head.
Shlemenko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shlemenko looking to throw knees to the head but Doralez is blocking nicely.
Shlemenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shlemenko throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shlemenko manages to break the clinch.
Doralez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shlemenko tries to clinch but Doralez moves out of range.
Doralez swats away the attempt to clinch by Shlemenko.
Doralez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Shlemenko instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Shlemenko.
Doralez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Shlemenko has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Doralez uses from the top position.

Shlemenko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Doralez defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shlemenko is looking for a triangle but Doralez pushes his legs off easily.
Doralez wanted to stand there but Shlemenko had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shlemenko will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Doralez is sitting in close to Shlemenko's body. Shlemenko has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Doralez is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Doralez is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Shlemenko.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alex Shlemenko!