PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vetaliy Kleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Pushnyakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pushnyakov has chosen Blur - Song 2 as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kleva
vs
Pushnyakov

185 cm
22
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vetaliy Kleva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Pushnyakov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pushnyakov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kleva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pushnyakov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Pushnyakov.
A head kick by Pushnyakov misses

and Kleva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pushnyakov's guard now.
Kleva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kleva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Pushnyakov for as long as he can get away with.
Kleva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kleva is looking to work some ground and pound but Pushnyakov has wrist control.

Kleva drops back looking for a leg! Pushnyakov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pushnyakov manages to kick Kleva off! Kleva jumps back into Pushnyakov's guard.
Kleva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kleva slips nicely into half guard.
Kleva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kleva connects with a nice short shot to Pushnyakov's temple.
Kleva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kleva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Kleva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pushnyakov is looking to escape.
Kleva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pushnyakov is trying to stand.
Pushnyakov looks gassed!
Kleva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kleva working Pushnyakov over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kleva maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Pushnyakov could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Kleva has cracked it and Pushnyakov is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Kleva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vetaliy Kleva!