PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Halmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seth Halmann has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Volkov
vs
Halmann

176 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Volkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Seth Halmann!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkov stalks Halmann and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Halmann's face. Halmann staggers backwards, shaken.
Volkov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Halmann's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Volkov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Halmann scrambles back to his feet.
Volkov with a nice cross.
Volkov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Halmann is rocked!
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!
Volkov stuns Halmann with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Volkov misses the shot to the body.
Halmann takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Volkov seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Volkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halmann moves away.
Volkov misses with a wild combination.
Halmann avoids the body shot from Volkov.
Volkov with a nice cross.
Halmann ducks right into an uppercut from Volkov.
Volkov is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Volkov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Volkov misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Volkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Volkov looks to score with a jab to the body but Halmann is just out of range.
Roman Volkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Volkov lands a two punch combo.
Volkov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Volkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Halmann circles away quickly and effectively.
Volkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halmann moves away.
Volkov misses with a few strikes there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Halmann has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Volkov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Halmann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Volkov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Volkov looks to land a right hand but Halmann moved out of range.
Volkov throws a jab when Halmann was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Volkov. Halmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
Volkov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Volkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Volkov misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Volkov misses.
Volkov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halmann.
Halmann displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Volkov throws out the jab.
Volkov misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov misses with a body shot.
Volkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Volkov looks to land a combination but Halmann avoids it well.
Volkov swinging wildly here.
Volkov throws a body punch but Halmann moves out of range.
Volkov throws a right hand that Halmann ducks under and follows up with a left that Halmann also avoids with ease.
Volkov throws a hook to the side of Halmann's head but Halmann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Volkov throws out a loose jab but Halmann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halmann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Volkov.
Halmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Volkov.
Halmann moves out of range as Volkov strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halmann was well out of range. Poor timing from Volkov.
Volkov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Volkov throws an overhand right that lands on Halmann's shoulder, as Halmann tries to avoid the shot.
Volkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halmann.
Volkov is looking to wear down Halmann with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Volkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halmann was well out of range. Poor timing from Volkov.
Halmann staying out of range there.
A combination from Volkov does no damage.
Volkov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halmann.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Volkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halmann manages to avoid it.
Halmann ducks under a wild hook from Volkov.
Halmann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Volkov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Volkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Volkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halmann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Volkov.
Volkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halmann manages to avoid it.
Volkov takes a swing at Halmann's ribcage but misses.
Volkov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Halmann might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Volkov has got the better of the exchanges.
Halmann ducks under a wild hook from Volkov.
Volkov takes a swing at Halmann's ribcage but misses.
Halmann moves away from the strike by Volkov.
Volkov misses with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Volkov throws a series of punches but Halmann moves out of range.
Volkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halmann manages to avoid it.
Halmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Volkov.
Halmann should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halmann moves away.
Halmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Volkov.
Volkov throws an overhand right that lands on Halmann's shoulder, as Halmann tries to avoid the shot.
Halmann keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Volkov.
Halmann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Halmann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Volkov.
Volkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Volkov takes a swing at Halmann's ribcage but misses.
Volkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Halmann ducks under a wild hook from Volkov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov misses the shot to the body.
Volkov throws a jab but it's blocked by Halmann.
Volkov tries to bum rush Halmann with a series of wild strikes but Halmann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Volkov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Halmann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Volkov.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Halmann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Volkov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Halmann slips a jab from Volkov.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Halmann.
Volkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Volkov misses.
Volkov misses with the combination.
Volkov throws a body punch but Halmann moves out of range.
Volkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Volkov throws a series of punches but Halmann avoids them all with ease.
Roman Volkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Volkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Halmann avoids the body shot from Volkov.
Halmann slips a straight right by Volkov.
Volkov misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halmann displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Volkov throws out the jab.
Volkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Halmann.
Sloppy strikes from Volkov. Those never looked like landing.
Halmann slips a jab and a cross from Volkov.
Roman Volkov is winning the standup battle so far.
Volkov misses the jab.
Volkov misses with a straight left.
Volkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Volkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Volkov connects with a jab.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Volkov misses with a wild body shot.
Volkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Volkov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Volkov misses with a wild body shot.
Volkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Halmann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Halmann takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Halmann blocks a jab.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Volkov misses the shot to the body.
Volkov throws a right and a left that Halmann avoids nicely.
Volkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Volkov throws the left hand but Halmann avoids the punch easily.
Volkov looks to land a combination but Halmann avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Volkov. Halmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
Volkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Halmann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Volkov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Volkov misses with a wild body shot.
Volkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Volkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Volkov takes a swing at Halmann's ribcage but misses.
Volkov takes a swing at Halmann's ribcage but misses.
Volkov throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Volkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Volkov misses the shot to the body.
Halmann avoids the body shot from Volkov.
Volkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Halmann steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Volkov.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Volkov thows a body shot but no joy.
Volkov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halmann.
No joy there for Volkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Halmann avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Volkov throws a series of strikes that have Halmann backpedaling.
Volkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halmann moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Volkov swings for the body but Halmann moves out of range.
A big right from Volkov misses.
Volkov looks to land a left hand but Halmann moved out of range nicely.
Halmann displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Volkov throws out the jab.
Volkov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Halmann.
Volkov swings for the body but Halmann moves out of range.
Volkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Volkov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Halmann blocks a jab.
Halmann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov misses with a hook. Halmann ducked under it nicely.
Halmann moves away from the strike by Volkov.
Volkov misses with a wild combination.
Volkov misses with a straight right.
Volkov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Halmann uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Volkov.
Halmann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Volkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Volkov misses with a body shot.
Volkov just misses with a punch to the body.
Seth Halmann has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roman Volkov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Volkov misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Volkov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Volkov 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:24
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:24
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Volkov!
An out of breath Roman Volkov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.