PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Sykov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvo Laar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laar has chosen some random 90's estonia dance song i found on youtube as his entrance music. Laar has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sykov
vs
Laar

213 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

PWNAGE™ (WOT)

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Sykov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arvo Laar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Laar does no damage.
Laar looks gassed!
Laar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sykov circles away quickly and effectively.
Laar slaps away a takedown attempt from Sykov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Laar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laar stuffs the takedown.
Sykov takes a swing at Laar's ribcage but misses.
Laar misses with a jab, cross combination.

Sykov clinches up against the cage.

Sykov jumps guard and drags Laar to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Laar is fighting to break Sykov's control of his arms but Sykov is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sykov lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Laar!
Sykov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sykov looking for a guillotine from mount but Laar is having none of it.
Sykov with a couple of short strikes.
Laar working to try and regain half guard.
Sykov controlling the pace for now.
Sykov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sykov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sykov working the ground and pound effectively.
Sykov landing strikes from the mount.
Sykov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Laar tries to hold on but Sykov pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laar is looking to improve his position but Sykov isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sykov content just to control the position here.
Sykov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sykov unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sykov content just to control the position here.
Laar is trying to escape the mount.
Sykov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Sykov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Laar enables Sykov to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Laar manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sykov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Laar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sykov controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Laar should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Sykov decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Sykov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laar is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Laar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Laar trying to control the position but instead, Sykov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laar into the cage.
Laar takes a knee to the side of the body.

Sykov gets control of Laar's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sykov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sykov trying to control the position here.
Sykov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Sykov pushes Laar off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sykov moves into the clinch.

Sykov pulls guard effortlessly.
Sykov is looking to stand up but Laar isn't so interested in that idea.
Sykov throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laar stops Sykov from standing up.
Sykov looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Laar trying to control but Sykov is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Laar tries to stand but Sykov is controlling from the bottom.
Sykov is pulling down on Laar's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Arvo Laar was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sykov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Laar swivels and escapes.
No luck for Sykov with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Sykov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sykov catches Laar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sykov tries to clinch there but Laar circles away.
Vladimir Sykov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Laar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Laar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sykov pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Sykov looking to score a takedown here. Laar is defending well but Sykov drives through and ends up in Laar's guard.
Laar wants to stand and escape but Sykov is having none of it.
Sykov stopping the sweep attempt from Laar.
Sykov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laar can do to turn this around?
Laar is looking to stand up but Sykov isn't so interested in that idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sykov is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Sykov dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Laar falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sykov counters by moving into the clinch.

Sykov ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sykov no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Laar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sykov swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Sykov pushes Laar off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Laar displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sykov.
Sykov misses with a wild body shot.
Sykov lands a nice shot that snaps Laar's head back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sykov looks for a takedown but Laar sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sykov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Sykov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Laar is looking to escape.
Sykov trying to control from half guard but Laar is working away.
Vladimir Sykov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Laar manages to get to full guard.
Laar wants to stand up but Sykov is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sykov wants to control from the top but Laar keeps moving.
Laar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sykov throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykov scoring with some ground and pound.
Sykov tries to free his leg and advance position but Laar is retaining full guard.
Sykov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sykov stands and throws Laar's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sykov controlling the position from side mount.

Sykov decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Laar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykov throws a body kick that misses.
Laar throws a right hand that Sykov ducks under and follows up with a left that Sykov also avoids with ease.

Sykov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Laar, pushing him back against the cage.
Sykov tries to pull guard but Laar holds him up against the cage and eventually Sykov drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Sykov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sykov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sykov tries to clinch but Laar moves out of range.
Laar throws a right and a left that Sykov avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sykov shoots in looking for a takedown but Laar manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sykov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Laar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Laar wants it to stay on the feet.
Arvo Laar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vladimir Sykov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laar misses with a few strikes there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Sykov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sykov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Sykov!