PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Lochner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and eudictov Bol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lochner
vs
Bol

175 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Stephan Lochner !
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, eudictov Bol!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lochner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bol is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Lochner gets a takedown into half guard.

Lochner is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Bol has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lochner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Lochner is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bol defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bol looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lochner tries to pass to full mount but Bol defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lochner is looking for a kimura here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lochner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bol tries to clinch up but Lochner circles away and keeps his distance.
Lochner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bol tries to avoid it but Lochner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bol to the ground. Bol escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Lochner . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lochner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lochner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bol is looking to clinch but Lochner is avoiding it.
Lochner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bol tries to avoid it but Lochner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bol to the ground. Bol escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bol tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lochner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lochner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lochner fails to land the takedown.
Lochner is breathing heavily.

Lochner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bol is trying to stand back up but Lochner is controlling him

Bol is defending against the submission attempts here by Lochner .
Bol wants to get back to his feet.

Lochner is trying to work for a kimura but Bol is defending well.
Lochner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Lochner looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bol won't allow Lochner to pass to mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lochner is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephan Lochner dominated that round.
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.

Lochner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lochner shoots in but no luck this time.
Lochner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Lochner . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lochner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bol circles away.
Bol tries to clinch but Lochner is having none of it.
Lochner fails with a takedown attempt.
Lochner closes the distance and clinches up with Bol, looking for a takedown. Lochner pushes Bol against the cage but Bol circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lochner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lochner fails to land the takedown.
Lochner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lochner shoots for a double leg takedown but Bol sprawls well. He's pushed Lochner 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bol lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lochner will feel that in the morning.
Bol is looking to clinch but Lochner is avoiding it.
Lochner closes the distance and clinches up with Bol, looking for a takedown. Lochner pushes Bol against the cage but Bol circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bol misses with a head kick.
Bol misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bol throws a sloppy head kick and Lochner moves out of range easily.
Bol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stephan Lochner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bol throws a right hand that Lochner ducks under and follows up with a left that Lochner also avoids with ease.
Lochner looks for a takedown but Bol sprawls well.
Bol throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bol tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lochner swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Bol closes the distance and clinches.
Lochner has Bol pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bol manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lochner blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bol unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lochner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lochner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lochner is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lochner fails to pull guard.
Lochner blocks the elbow strike.
Lochner blocks an elbow strike from Bol.
Bol with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bol tries a knee to the head but Lochner blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lochner tries to pull guard but Bol won't allow it.
Bol looking to throw knees to the head but Lochner is blocking nicely.
Bol lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bol stops a takedown attempt from Lochner .
Lochner can't get the takedown.
Bol with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lochner looking for a takedown.
Lochner is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bol tries to land a knee to the head but Lochner blocks with his arms.
Bol misses with a knee to the head.
Bol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lochner blocks it with crossed arms.
Lochner avoiding damage as Bol throws knees to the body.
Lochner avoiding damage as Bol throws knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

eudictov Bol showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

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

Lochner is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bol defends it well.
Bol is trying to stand.

Lochner looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Lochner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lochner wants to pass the guard but Bol is defending well.
Bol is trying to stand.

Lochner is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Lochner trying to work for an americana but Bol has managed to regain full guard.

That's two 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.

Bol scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lochner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lochner swats away the attempt to clinch by Bol.
Lochner shoots in looking for a takedown. Bol tries to sprawl out of it but Lochner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bol manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lochner fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Lochner . That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bol throws a head kick but Lochner moves out of range.
No luck for Lochner with that takedown attempt.
Lochner shoots in but Bol avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bol stuffs the takedown.
Bol fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lochner .
Bol throws a nice head kick!
Lochner misses with a takedown attempt - Bol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lochner shoots in but no luck this time.
Bol wants to clinch up but Lochner keeps it at a distance.
Bol moves in looking to clinch but Lochner pushes him off.
Bol tries to clinch but Lochner moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lochner misses with a takedown attempt - Bol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Lochner scores a takedown into full mount!
Bol is trying to stand up.

Lochner swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bol is now in Lochner 's guard. A big mistake from Lochner there, giving up the dominant position!
Bol trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lochner 's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
eudictov Bol comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bol 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... eudictov Bol!