PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Tokill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grape Kool Aid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tokill
vs
Kool Aid

185 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Tokill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grape Kool Aid!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Tokill misses.

Kool Aid closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kool Aid works his way into full mount!
Kool Aid lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tokill tries to hold on but Kool Aid pushes him away.
Kool Aid lands a heavy elbow.
Tokill blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kool Aid landing strikes from the mount and Tokill is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kool Aid with good strikes from the mount here!
Kool Aid thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Kool Aid is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tokill has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tokill!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kool Aid is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tokill is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tokill with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tokill wants to pass the guard but Kool Aid is keeping the position.
Kool Aid tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tokill passes Kool Aid's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
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.

Tokill is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kool Aid is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokill stalling away here and it's allowed Kool Aid to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Tokill won't allow Kool Aid to sweep him here.
Kool Aid working a defensive guard here.

Kool Aid working for a triangle but Tokill defends it easily.
Tokill throwing strikes from guard but Kool Aid blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokill in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kool Aid preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tokill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kool Aid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tokill throws a big elbow that misses.
Tokill throwing strikes from guard but Kool Aid blocks nicely.
Tokill 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.
Tokill with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Kool Aid throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kool Aid is trying to control the position but Tokill postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kool Aid is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tokill postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tokill distracts Kool Aid with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tokill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kool Aid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tokill throwing strikes but missing.
Kool Aid utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tokill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kool Aid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kool Aid working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tokill.
Tokill wants to control from the top but Kool Aid keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Grape Kool Aid will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kool Aid moves out of range as Tokill throws a body kick.
Kool Aid shoots for a takedown but Tokill saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Kool Aid gets a takedown into half guard.
Kool Aid wants to pass to mount but Tokill is defending the position.
Kool Aid throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tokill trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kool Aid is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tokill defends it well.
Tokill regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tokill looking to control.
Tokill utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tokill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kool Aid manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tokill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kool Aid is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kool Aid is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokill won't allow Kool Aid to sweep him here.
Kool Aid not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tokill throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tokill throws a big right hand that misses.
Tokill trying to control but Kool Aid is working from the bottom.

Tokill decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kool Aid, up you get!
Kool Aid is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tokill lands a nice shot to the body.
Tokill pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kool Aid back to the ropes. Tokill follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Grape Kool Aid has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kool Aid closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
An elbow from Kool Aid crashes against the mat.
Tokill can't do much from the bottom here.
Kool Aid creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tokill sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Kool Aid throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tokill tries to buck Kool Aid off but Kool Aid is having none of it.

Kool Aid is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tokill knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kool Aid tries to advance position but instead Tokill slips a leg back in to half guard.
Tokill tries to get to full guard but Kool Aid has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tokill holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ivan Tokill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Grape Kool Aid's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kool Aid shoots in but no luck this time.

Kool Aid closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tokill quickly recovers to half guard.
Tokill keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tokill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kool Aid.
Tokill is refusing to be controlled, as Kool Aid sits in half guard.
Kool Aid lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tokill controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kool Aid trying to control from Tokill's half guard. Tokill has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Kool Aid postures up in Tokill's guard and throws a big left but Tokill blocks it.
Tokill not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tokill looking for a sweep. Not yet Tokill, not yet.
Tokill looking to control.
Tokill keeping moving, preventing Kool Aid from controlling successfully.
Tokill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tokill is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tokill keeping moving, preventing Kool Aid from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice sprawl there from Tokill as Kool Aid shoots in.
Tokill shoots and misses

and Kool Aid counters with a shoot takedown. Tokill fights it but they end up in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kool Aid throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tokill works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kool Aid trying to control but Tokill is working from the bottom.
Kool Aid loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kool Aid wants to control from the top but Tokill keeps moving.
Tokill controlling the position.
Kool Aid trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kool Aid stopping the sweep attempt from Tokill.
Kool Aid working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Kool Aid avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kool Aid scoring with some ground and pound.
Kool Aid sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tokill's guard.
Tokill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kool Aid.
Kool Aid sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tokill defending well though.
Kool Aid seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tokill does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tokill is trying to stand up here but Kool Aid is controlling him well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kool Aid takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kool Aid thows a huge punch but Tokill dodges it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grape Kool Aid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kool Aid has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Grape Kool Aid!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Grape Kool Aid!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Grape Kool Aid!

Grape Kool Aid wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Grape Kool Aid thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.