PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimas Boykiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salim Al Muri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boykiy comes to the cage accompanied by Перемен. The key to victory for Dimas Boykiy has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Boykiy
vs
Al Muri

190 cm
27
220 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

188 cm
24
219 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimas Boykiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Salim Al Muri!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Muri clobbers Boykiy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Al Muri throws a hook but Boykiy blocks it.
Al Muri throws an overhand right that lands on Boykiy's shoulder, as Boykiy tries to avoid the shot.
Al Muri lands with a right hand.
Al Muri avoids the head kick by Boykiy.
A punch combination from Al Muri misses.
A head kick from Boykiy lands but Al Muri takes it in his stride.
The fighters circling - Al Muri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al Muri closes the distance and clinches up with Boykiy, looking for a takedown. Al Muri pushes Boykiy against the cage but Boykiy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boykiy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Al Muri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boykiy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Al Muri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Al Muri feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!

Al Muri is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Boykiy has escaped the position, nice work there.
My spies in Johny Fighting Temple inform me that Al Muri has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Boykiy is trying to improve his position.
Boykiy is not content to let Al Muri control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Muri working the head with strikes.
Al Muri grinds an elbow into Boykiy's temple.
Boykiy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Al Muri's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Al Muri is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Boykiy defends it well.
Al Muri working the head and body with strikes.

Al Muri is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Boykiy defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Al Muri is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Boykiy manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri trying to control the position from guard on top but Boykiy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Muri has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Muri landing with the ground and pound.

Boykiy working for a triangle but Al Muri defends it easily.
Al Muri postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boykiy keeping moving, preventing Al Muri from controlling successfully.

Boykiy is looking for a triangle but Al Muri pushes his legs off easily.
Al Muri working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri scoring with some ground and pound.

Al Muri avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Al Muri with a nice head shot there.
Al Muri cracks Boykiy with a solid left hand.

Boykiy looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Al Muri has picked Boykiy up and slammed him! Boykiy can't keep hold of the triangle and Al Muri manages to pass to side control!
Al Muri working the ground and pound.
Boykiy sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Al Muri winds up and cracks Boykiy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Boykiy is not content to let Al Muri control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Muri looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boykiy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Boykiy looking for submissions off his back.
Boykiy taking some punishment here, with Al Muri in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Boykiy looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Al Muri stalling.

Boykiy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Al Muri performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boykiy has hold of Al Muri's hands but Al Muri slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salim Al Muri dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Boykiy - that will leave a mark!
Boykiy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boykiy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Muri tries a head kick but it misses.
Boykiy slips under a jab from Al Muri.
Al Muri scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Dimas Boykiy has been cut.
Boykiy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boykiy tries to work over Al Muri's front leg with a kick but Al Muri checks it.
Boykiy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boykiy throws a wild body kick that Al Muri sees coming a mile off.
Al Muri thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boykiy just misses with a punch to the body.
Boykiy defending well as Al Muri loads up on a big left hand.
Al Muri blocks a head kick by Boykiy.
Al Muri avoids the head kick by Boykiy.
Al Muri shoots in for a double leg but Boykiy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Boykiy misses
and Al Muri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boykiy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Al Muri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Muri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boykiy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Al Muri.

Al Muri looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Boykiy!
Al Muri working the ground and pound.
Al Muri lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Boykiy down.
Boykiy sneaks back into half guard.
Al Muri lands strikes from half guard.
Al Muri takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Al Muri looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Al Muri is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boykiy wants to get back to full guard.
Al Muri working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Al Muri tries to pass the half guard into mount. Boykiy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Boykiy taking some punishment here, with Al Muri in his half guard.
Boykiy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Al Muri scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Al Muri lands a nice short elbow.
Al Muri winds up and cracks Boykiy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Al Muri is looking to stall here but Boykiy recovers full guard.
Boykiy looking for a sweep. Not yet Boykiy, not yet.
Al Muri sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boykiy keeping moving, preventing Al Muri from controlling successfully.

Boykiy has his foot on Al Muri's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Al Muri works his way back into a safe position though.

Boykiy has his foot on Al Muri's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Al Muri works his way back into a safe position though.
Al Muri cracks Boykiy with a solid left hand.
Al Muri lands a couple of digs.

Boykiy is looking for a triangle but Al Muri pushes his legs off easily.
Al Muri postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Salim Al Muri has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boykiy has momentary wrist control but Al Muri slips an elbow through the middle.
Al Muri passes easily into side control. Nice work.
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!
Al Muri scores with a couple of short elbows.
Boykiy is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boykiy gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Al Muri is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Al Muri scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boykiy tries to roll over but Al Muri keeps him under control.
Al Muri working over Boykiy with some ground and pound. Boykiy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Boykiy is rocked!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Al Muri connects with a nice short shot to Boykiy's temple.
Oh Boykiy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Al Muri passes the guard and advances to mount!
Boykiy seems to have got his legs back now.
Al Muri scoring with strikes but Boykiy is staying in there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boykiy can't escape the position.
Al Muri cracks Boykiy with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salim Al Muri!