PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Bradford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Harlamov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harlamov has chosen Elka - Gorod Obmana as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Bradford
vs
Harlamov

182 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Bradford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Harlamov!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harlamov lands a slapping body shot.
Yuri Harlamov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harlamov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bradford.
Harlamov misses with a two punch combination.
Harlamov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harlamov lands a right hook to the body.
Harlamov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bradford as he avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Harlamov.
Bradford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harlamov looks to land a combination but Bradford avoids it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harlamov, as that shot connected.
Harlamov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bradford circles away.
Bradford is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harlamov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harlamov stuffs the takedown attempt from Bradford. Bradford gets slowly back to his feet.
Harlamov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A combination from Bradford does no damage.
Bradford takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harlamov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Harlamov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bradford rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Bradford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bradford tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bradford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harlamov jabs at Bradford's body.
Harlamov throws a combination. Bradford tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harlamov shoots in for a double leg but Bradford sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
David Bradford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Harlamov.
Bradford takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sloppy strikes from Bradford. Those never looked like landing.

Bradford tries to keep at a distance but Harlamov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harlamov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harlamov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bradford is trying to break the clinch but Harlamov has him pressed against the cage.
Harlamov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bradford backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Harlamov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harlamov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bradford looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harlamov tries to circle away but Bradford has him pinned against the cage.
Bradford can't break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bradford prevents Harlamov from breaking the clinch.
Bradford wants to get back to striking at distance but Harlamov won't allow it.
Harlamov wants to break free but Bradford has control.

Harlamov manages to break the clinch.
Bradford doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bradford.
Bradford shoots in looking for a takedown. Harlamov tries to sprawl out of it but Bradford keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harlamov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harlamov thows a body shot but no joy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harlamov.
Harlamov looks to land a combination but Bradford avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harlamov misses with a wild body shot.
Harlamov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harlamov lands with a shot to the body.
Bradford is looking to clinch.
Bradford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bradford throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harlamov.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harlamov!
Nice shot by Harlamov.

Harlamov moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Harlamov.
Bradford wants to break free but Harlamov has control.
Bradford tries to circle away but Harlamov has him pinned against the cage.
Harlamov has had enough of the clinch but Bradford keeps him there for the moment.
Harlamov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradford has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harlamov's efforts to push away.
Bradford has had enough of the clinch but Harlamov keeps him there for the moment.
Harlamov has Bradford pressed against the cage, preventing Bradford from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bradford is trying to break the clinch but Harlamov is controlling him.
Harlamov is trying to break free.

Harlamov breaks the clinch.

Harlamov closes the distance and pushes Bradford back into the cage.
Harlamov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bradford backwards.
Harlamov has Bradford pressed against the cage, preventing Bradford from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harlamov tries to circle away but Bradford has him pinned against the cage.
Harlamov working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harlamov lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradford backwards.
Bradford wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harlamov misses with a hook to the ribs.

Harlamov breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Harlamov 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.

Harlamov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bradford eats them both and turns towards Harlamov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Bradford is rocked!
Harlamov lands with a big right hook that stumbles Bradford - he's out on his feet here! Harlamov follows up with another monster hook that separates Bradford from consciousness! Bradford falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Harlamov stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yuri Harlamov!