PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between sergei gukov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shatei Yoshida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sergei gukov has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

gukov
vs
Yoshida

187 cm
22
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

150 cm
19
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Crashforce Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sergei gukov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shatei Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yoshida closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming gukov to the mat! gukov manages to get full guard.
Yoshida stands up over gukov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yoshida is in close to gukov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yoshida lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yoshida working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of gukov's head.
Yoshida chips away with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yoshida with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yoshida controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
gukov keeping moving, preventing Yoshida from controlling successfully.
Yoshida is pushing down on gukov's leg trying to pass to half guard. gukov is fighting to maintain full guard but Yoshida has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Still in half guard, Yoshida seems content to control.
gukov has hold of Yoshida's hands but Yoshida slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
gukov is trying to stand back up but Yoshida is controlling him
Yoshida content to control rather than advance.
Yoshida lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
gukov taking some punishment here, with Yoshida in his half guard.
Yoshida lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
gukov has hold of Yoshida's hands but Yoshida slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
gukov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yoshida scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yoshida scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yoshida has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
gukov is trying to get back to full guard.
gukov is looking to control Yoshida's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can gukov avoid being mounted?
Yoshida with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Yoshida looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks gukov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoshida slips a nice elbow through gukov's hands, connecting with gukov's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yoshida 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.
gukov is breathing heavily.
Still in half guard, Yoshida seems content to control.
gukov has hold of Yoshida's hands but Yoshida slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yoshida is controlling the pace.
Yoshida scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Yoshida is figuring out what he wants to do next.
gukov wants to control but Yoshida is keeping busy.
Yoshida takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Yoshida in particular looking to stall.
Yoshida lands strikes from half guard.
gukov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yoshida scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yoshida winds up and cracks gukov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Yoshida lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida scoring with strikes to the body and head.

gukov is rocked!
Yoshida takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Yoshida looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yoshida lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Yoshida seems to be working for a kimura but gukov defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
gukov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Yoshida scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yoshida lands strikes from half guard.
Yoshida takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
gukov has hold of Yoshida's hands but Yoshida slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
gukov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yoshida passes to full mount!
The referee warns gukov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh gukov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yoshida postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks gukov out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Yoshida goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shatei Yoshida!