PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Boris Yurinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hofniel Apollyon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yurinov comes into the arena with DJ Vadim - The Terrorist blaring out of the sound system. Apollyon has chosen On My Own-Alone as his entrance music. Hofniel Apollyon acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Yurinov
vs
Apollyon

188 cm
26
189 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

191 cm
28
193 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

El Zoido's Feeble Fightwear *** ROUPA DOS BROTHER*

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Yurinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hofniel Apollyon!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yurinov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Apollyon's hands.
Yurinov throws a chopping leg kick but Apollyon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yurinov cracks Apollyon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Apollyon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Yurinov gets tackled into the ropes by Apollyon. Apollyon maintains the clinch.
Yurinov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Apollyon scores with a shoulder strike.
Yurinov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Apollyon's elbow.
Yurinov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Apollyon scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Apollyon on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apollyon pushes Yurinov back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yurinov.
Yurinov lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Apollyon fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Apollyon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yurinov's brow.
Yurinov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Apollyon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Apollyon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yurinov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Apollyon blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yurinov.
A head punch on the inside from Apollyon fails to land.
Yurinov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Apollyon pulls his leg out and moves away.
Apollyon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yurinov throws a body punch but Apollyon moves out of range.
Yurinov tries to score with a low kick but Apollyon moves his leg out of the way.
Yurinov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Apollyon.
Yurinov checks a leg kick.
Apollyon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yurinov connects with a right hand. Apollyon shakes it off.
Yurinov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yurinov throws a jab when Apollyon was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov scores with a leg kick.
Boris Yurinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yurinov throws a right hand that misses
and Apollyon counters with a nice body kick.
Yurinov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yurinov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Apollyon counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yurinov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yurinov throws a leg kick that misses.
Yurinov blocks a low kick nicely.
Yurinov throws a big shot that misses.

Yurinov closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Apollyon quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Yurinov trying to control the action but Apollyon is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon taking some punishment here, with Yurinov in his half guard.
Apollyon is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yurinov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yurinov's back!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Apollyon is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yurinov tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Apollyon is looking to stand but Apollyon has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Yurinov is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hofniel Apollyon will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yurinov misses with a low kick.
Yurinov wants to land a leg kick but Apollyon is out of range.
Apollyon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yurinov moves away.
Apollyon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yurinov lands a glancing blow to the side of Apollyon's head.
Yurinov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yurinov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Apollyon is able to avoid easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yurinov checks a leg kick.
Yurinov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Apollyon's calf.
Boris Yurinov is winning the standup battle so far.
Yurinov misses with a low kick.
Yurinov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yurinov throws a wild body kick that Apollyon sees coming a mile off.
Apollyon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Yurinov. Beautiful body shot.
A good leg kick by Yurinov.
Yurinov misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Yurinov blocks the leg kick.
Apollyon throws a leg kick but Yurinov checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yurinov.
Yurinov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Apollyon throws out the jab.
Yurinov blocks the body kick.
Yurinov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Apollyon checks a leg kick.
Apollyon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yurinov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Apollyon checks it well.
Apollyon works the jab nicely.
Yurinov lands a leg kick that knocks Apollyon off balance momentarily.
Apollyon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yurinov doesn't seem bothered though.
Good shot there by Yurinov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Apollyon as he checks the leg kick.
Yurinov misses with a looping left.
Apollyon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yurinov can pounce on him.
Yurinov throws a leg kick but Apollyon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yurinov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Apollyon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yurinov checks it well.
Yurinov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Apollyon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Apollyon.
Apollyon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Apollyon throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Yurinov clinches up against the ropes.
Yurinov scores with a shot to the side of Apollyon's head.
Apollyon misses with a short punch on the inside.

Yurinov manages to break the clinch.
Apollyon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Apollyon missing with a left hand there. Yurinov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Apollyon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yurinov - that will leave a mark!
Yurinov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yurinov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Apollyon. That did some damage!

Yurinov has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Apollyon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yurinov's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apollyon working aggressively here.
Yurinov misses with a body punch.
Yurinov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yurinov lands a shot to the body.
Yurinov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Apollyon or not.
Apollyon is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Yurinov breaks from the clinch.
Yurinov throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yurinov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Apollyon is out of range.
Yurinov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Apollyon momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Yurinov misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yurinov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Apollyon tries to avoid it but Yurinov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Apollyon to the ground. Apollyon escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yurinov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Apollyon.
That kick from Yurinov tenderised Apollyon's leg. Apollyon is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Yurinov dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Apollyon connects with a high kick.

It looks like Boris Yurinov has been cut.
Yurinov misses with a straight right.
Yurinov doesn't manage to clinch there - Apollyon circles away.
Apollyon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yurinov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yurinov connects with a solid leg kick.
Yurinov lands a nice looking body shot.
Apollyon misses with an uppercut.

Apollyon gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yurinov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Apollyon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurinov tries to free his leg and advance position but Apollyon is retaining full guard.
Yurinov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yurinov preventing the sweep.
Yurinov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yurinov works over Apollyon with some ground and pound from guard.
Yurinov throwing strikes but missing.
Yurinov pushes down on Apollyon's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon is trying to get back to full guard.

Yurinov seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Apollyon has recovered full guard.
Apollyon keeping moving, preventing Yurinov from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yurinov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov wants to control from the top but Apollyon keeps moving.
Yurinov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Apollyon manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Apollyon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Boris Yurinov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollyon tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Yurinov wants to control but Apollyon is having none of it.
Apollyon content just to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Apollyon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yurinov is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Boris Yurinov.
Well Yurinov 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Boris Yurinov!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Boris Yurinov!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Boris Yurinov!

Boris Yurinov wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Boris Yurinov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.