PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conde Koma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteban Procurator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Koma
vs
Procurator

175 cm
18
181 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Conde Koma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esteban Procurator!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koma darts in trying to clinch

and Procurator counters with a shoot takedown. Koma fights it but they end up in guard.
Procurator is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
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.
Koma wants to stand up but Procurator is controlling him.
Procurator controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Koma wants to stand up but Procurator is controlling him.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Esteban Procurator hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Koma darts in trying to clinch

and Procurator counters with a takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koma is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Koma's coaches at OLIMP GYM have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Koma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Koma pushes Procurator away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Procurator gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Koma takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Koma is letting Procurator control him for a moment.
Check out the look on Procurator's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The referee asks Procurator politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Procurator prefers to stall for the moment though.
Koma is trying to buck Procurator off.
Procurator taking a breather here.
Procurator looks up at the clock and then as Koma takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Procurator smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Procurator slows the pace down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koma is pushing Procurator's head away, looking to escape. Procurator manages to hold on to the position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Procurator misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Procurator tries to score with some ground and pound. Koma controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Koma seems a little lost for a moment, as Procurator dominates the positioning.
Koma is trying to buck Procurator off.
Procurator happy to just control the position for now.
Koma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Koma wants to get back to his feet but Procurator drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Procurator controls the position.
Procurator connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Koma some visible discomfort.
Koma is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Procurator asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Procurator lands a nice forearm strike.
Koma is pushing Procurator's head away, looking to escape. Procurator manages to hold on to the position though.
Procurator lands some shots froms side control.
Koma wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Procurator tries to score with some ground and pound. Koma controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Procurator is putting a hurting on Koma here, landing some big shots from side control.
Procurator is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koma pushes Procurator away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Procurator gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Procurator controlling the position from side mount.
Koma bucks up and tries to throw Procurator off but instead Procurator has got his back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Procurator controlling the positon.
Procurator lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Koma.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esteban Procurator 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.

Koma throws a right hand that Procurator ducks under and follows up with a left that Procurator also avoids with ease.
Koma tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Procurator counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Koma's guard now.
Procurator missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Koma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Koma is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Procurator dives into side control.
Procurator fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Koma is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Procurator in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Koma is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Procurator is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Procurator tries to advance to mount but Koma denies him.
Procurator lands some shots froms side control.
Koma prevents Procurator from moving into mount.
Koma tries to escape but Procurator is in control.
Koma managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Procurator.
Procurator slows the pace down.
Koma managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Procurator.
Koma wants to get back to his feet but Procurator is dominant here and he's now got Koma's back!
Koma is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koma trying to get back to his feet but Procurator is in full control for now.
Procurator softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Procurator slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Koma looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Koma is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Procurator.
Koma wants to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Procurator has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Koma.
Procurator controlling from the back.
Procurator loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Koma hold on?
Procurator is landing with strikes. Koma can't take much more of this.
Koma looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Procurator connects with a big shot to the side of Koma's head.
Procurator scores with punches to the body.
Koma is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Procurator.
Koma wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good control from Procurator.
Koma has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Procurator lands a shot to the body.
Procurator has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Koma controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Procurator is looking for the choke from the back position but Koma is controlling his hands well.
Koma looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Koma takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Procurator cracks Koma with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Koma from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

Koma is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Procurator slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Oh Koma is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Procurator lands shots to the head and Koma turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Esteban Procurator!
Esteban Procurator decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.