PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Orr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriev Maxim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dolphin feat Stella - Eyes. Grigoriev Maxim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Orr
vs
Maxim

164 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bradley Orr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grigoriev Maxim!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Orr.
Maxim with a poor takedown
and Orr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grigoriev Maxim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maxim shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Orr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Orr lands a glancing blow to the side of Maxim's head.
Maxim takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maxim takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Orr scores with the left hand. Maxim knows he should have avoided that one.
Orr throws a right hand that Maxim ducks under and follows up with a left that Maxim also avoids with ease.
Orr slaps away a takedown attempt from Maxim, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bradley Orr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Grigoriev Maxim.
Maxim is trying hard to land a takedown here. Orr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch lands to the side of Maxim 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot by Orr.
Maxim shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Orr defends it nicely.
Orr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Maxim shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Orr pinned against the cage. Orr gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Maxim misses with a takedown attempt - Orr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orr stuffs the takedown attempt from Maxim. Maxim gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Maxim doesn't seem bothered though.
Maxim takes one to the side of the head.
Orr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Maxim.
Maxim looks gassed!
A jab from Orr does it's job there.
Orr stalks Maxim and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maxim's face. Maxim staggers backwards, shaken.
Orr cracks Maxim with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Orr lands a nice shot to the body.
Orr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maxim's head backwards.
Orr could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Orr lands a head shot.
Maxim doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Orr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Orr's corner calls for a 1-2. Orr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Maxim walks into a stiff left hand from Orr.

Maxim bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
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!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Orr takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Orr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maxim on the ground.
Orr pushes Maxim away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Maxim gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Maxim.
Maxim lands an elbow.
Orr is looking for a sweep.
Maxim in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Orr tries to escape but Maxim is in control.
Maxim throws a strike aimed at the side of Orr's head but Orr avoids it well.
Maxim in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Maxim working the ground and pound but Orr is defending the strikes.
Orr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Maxim.
Maxim is working Orr over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxim cracks Orr with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Orr taking punishment in the form of punches.
Maxim in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Maxim scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Orr to see if he's OK.
Maxim working the ground and pound.
Maxim has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Maxim lands a nice shot to the head.
Maxim lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maxim raining down shots from the mount!
Maxim landing strikes from the mount and Orr is in trouble!
Orr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Orr tries to get out of the position.
Maxim punching from mount but Orr doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Maxim punishing his opponent with strikes.
Maxim working Orr over with strikes here.
Maxim landing strikes from the mount.
Maxim working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maxim dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Orr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grigoriev Maxim dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Maxim throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Orr tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Maxim is in Orr's guard.
Maxim with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maxim advances position into side control!
Maxim in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Maxim lands a nice forearm strike.
An elbow from Maxim crashes against the mat.
Orr might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Maxim advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maxim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maxim landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Maxim connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maxim lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxim dominating with strikes here.
Maxim landing strikes, looking to finish!
Maxim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Orr hang on?
Maxim is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Maxim working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Orr is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Maxim.
Maxim lands with some strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maxim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maxim fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Orr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maxim working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxim lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Maxim dominating with strikes here.
Maxim lands a nice shot to the head.
Maxim lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Maxim lands a big elbow.
Maxim scoring with strikes but Orr is staying in there.
Maxim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Orr hang on?
Maxim landing shots from mount.
Maxim pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxim cracks Orr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maxim landing strikes from the mount.
Maxim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maxim is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Orr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Orr taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maxim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maxim postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Orr looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orr is in a horrible position here. Maxim smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Maxim lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxim is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Maxim unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Orr wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Maxim celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grigoriev Maxim!