PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Kharghai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kharghai kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rähinä Records - Seitsemän veljestä . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kharghai
vs
Legionarius

182 cm
27
200 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

185 cm
26
192 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vadim Kharghai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kharghai tries to clinch up.
Kharghai throws a body kick that misses.
Kharghai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legionarius blocks the body kick.
Kharghai catches Legionarius with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vadim Kharghai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legionarius misses with a looping left.
Legionarius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kharghai moves away.
Kharghai doesn't manage to clinch there - Legionarius circles away.
Kharghai shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Legionarius as he avoids it easily.
Kharghai looks to land a left hand but Legionarius moved out of range nicely.
Kharghai lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Kharghai fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Legionarius, pushing him back against the cage.
Kharghai wants a takedown.
A nice left hand lands by Legionarius.
Kharghai prevents a body shot from Legionarius.
Legionarius just leaning against Kharghai, taking a breather.
Legionarius lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kharghai manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Legionarius lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Legionarius 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.
Kharghai keeping moving, preventing Legionarius from controlling successfully.
Legionarius throwing strikes from guard but Kharghai blocks nicely.
Legionarius wants to control from the top but Kharghai keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Legionarius avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Legionarius wants to control from the top but Kharghai keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legionarius stands and throws Kharghai's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kharghai looking for a sweep but Legionarius has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Kharghai tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius working Kharghai over with strikes here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kharghai is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Legionarius with good strikes from the mount here!
Legionarius punching from mount but Kharghai doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Legionarius trying to control but Kharghai is having none of it.
Legionarius is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kharghai gets back to half guard.
Legionarius trying to control the action but Kharghai is working from the bottom.
Legionarius winds up and cracks Kharghai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kharghai manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kharghai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Legionarius dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kharghai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Kharghai clinches up with Legionarius and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Legionarius fails to land.
Legionarius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Legionarius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Legionarius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Legionarius tries to work over Kharghai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kharghai looking for a takedown.
Legionarius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kharghai is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Legionarius pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Legionarius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kharghai is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Legionarius is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vadim Kharghai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Legionarius lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius tries to work over Kharghai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Legionarius drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kharghai gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Legionarius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kharghai's elbow.
Kharghai has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Legionarius is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Legionarius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Legionarius goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kharghai prevents it.
Legionarius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kharghai tries for a takedown but Legionarius manages to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kharghai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Legionarius attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kharghai on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Legionarius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Legionarius moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kharghai throws a right and a left that Legionarius avoids nicely.
Kharghai throws a lazy right hand but Legionarius sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kharghai misses with a hook. Legionarius ducked under it nicely.
Legionarius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legionarius blocks a jab.
Legionarius throws a head kick but Kharghai moves out of range.
Legionarius stuffs the takedown.
Legionarius just misses with a punch to the body.
Kharghai lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kharghai lands a really nice looking cross but Legionarius seems unphased.
Jab from Legionarius.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Kharghai with that takedown attempt.
Kharghai looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Legionarius scores a takedown into full mount!
Legionarius wants to control the action but instead Kharghai gets a body lock and reverses into Legionarius's guard! Nice work!
Legionarius looking for a sweep. Not yet Legionarius, not yet.
Kharghai wants to control from the top but Legionarius keeps moving.
Legionarius working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alessio Legionarius.
Kharghai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Legionarius.
Kharghai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kharghai connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Legionarius momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kharghai, as that shot connected.
Legionarius throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kharghai's waist but Kharghai gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Legionarius off to one side.
Kharghai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kharghai throws a sloppy head kick and Legionarius moves out of range easily.
Legionarius throws a leg kick but Kharghai checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kharghai jabs at Legionarius's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Legionarius.
Kharghai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Legionarius avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Legionarius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kharghai.
Kharghai shoots in for a takedown but Legionarius shows good takedown defense.
Kharghai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kharghai throws a sloppy head kick and Legionarius moves out of range easily.
Kharghai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kharghai has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Legionarius.
Legionarius throws a solid leg kick but Kharghai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Legionarius.
Legionarius lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kharghai misses with a takedown attempt - Legionarius sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Legionarius throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kharghai stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Legionarius wants to slow Kharghai down by chopping away at his legs.
Legionarius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legionarius gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kharghai.
Vadim Kharghai is winning the standup battle so far.
Kharghai lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kharghai misses with a wild combination.
Legionarius with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Legionarius walks into a stiff left hand from Kharghai.
Legionarius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kharghai manages to avoid it.
Legionarius cracks Kharghai with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Legionarius fails with the takedown.
Kharghai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Legionarius in his tracks.
Kharghai shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Legionarius pinned against the cage. Legionarius gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vadim Kharghai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kharghai is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Legionarius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kharghai.
Legionarius tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius throws out a leg kick but Kharghai moves out of range and Legionarius only half commits.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kharghai blocks a head kick by Legionarius.

Kharghai scores a takedown into full mount!
Legionarius can't escape the position.
Kharghai lands a big elbow.
Alessio Legionarius has got the better of the ground game so far.
Legionarius really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Legionarius that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kharghai scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kharghai lands a big shot there that rocks Legionarius but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Legionarius is rocked!
Kharghai looking to control but Legionarius is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Legionarius is still in real trouble! Can Kharghai finish him?
Kharghai with good strikes from the mount here!
Kharghai prevents Legionarius from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kharghai postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Legionarius looks a forlorn figure.
Legionarius in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kharghai lands a big shot to the head and Legionarius winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Vadim Kharghai!
Vadim Kharghai thanked the fans post fight for their support.