PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Galustyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chance Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Galustyan
vs
Silver

173 cm
26
205 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

191 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Sparta Fightware

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Galustyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chance Silver!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver throws the left hand but Galustyan avoids the punch easily.

Silver scores with a takedown into Galustyan's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Galustyan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Silver throws a big right hand that misses.
Silver throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Galustyan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silver prevents Galustyan from getting back to his feet.
Galustyan trying to control the position here.
Galustyan is looking to stand up but Silver isn't so interested in that idea.
Galustyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silver stops Galustyan from standing up.
Galustyan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Galustyan tries to get out of the position.
Galustyan keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully.
Silver working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Galustyan kicks Silver off and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver with a lazy takedown attempt

and Galustyan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Galustyan stopping the sweep attempt from Silver.
Silver keeps trying to improve his position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silver is on top in guard.
Galustyan has Silver pulled in close to control his posture.

Galustyan pushes Silver off and scrambles back to his feet.
Galustyan throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silver.
Silver goes for a double leg but Galustyan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Galustyan continues to drive forward.
Michael Galustyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Silver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver goes for a takedown attempt but Galustyan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Galustyan slips under a jab.
Galustyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.

Silver shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Galustyan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Galustyan is trying to buck Silver off.
Silver misses with the ground and pound.
Galustyan dodges the ground and pound from Silver.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Galustyan tries to buck Silver off but Silver is having none of it.
Galustyan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Galustyan can't do much from the bottom here.
Silver prevents Galustyan from escaping the position.
Galustyan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silver's best efforts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silver scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Galustyan is not content to let Silver control the position.
Silver throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silver lands a nice short elbow.
Galustyan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silver in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silver scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silver scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Galustyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Galustyan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silver won't allow Galustyan to get back to his feet.
Silver stopping the sweep attempt from Galustyan.
Galustyan wants to get back to his feet but Silver is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver throwing strikes but missing.
Galustyan wants to stand but Silver is controlling the position.
Silver postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silver prevents Galustyan from getting back to his feet.
Silver being controlled here momentarily.
Silver throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Galustyan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silver is controlling him.
Galustyan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Michael Galustyan.
Galustyan stuffs the takedown attempt from Silver. Silver gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Silver dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silver throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Galustyan's waist but Galustyan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silver off to one side.
Galustyan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silver.

Silver rushes Galustyan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silver tries to score a body lock takedown but Galustyan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silver is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Galustyan is defending well.
Michael Galustyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Silver.
Silver prevents a takedown attempt there.
Galustyan wants a takedown but no success here.

Galustyan has Silver pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Galustyan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Silver tumbling to the mat - Galustyan dives into Silver's guard.
Chance Silver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Galustyan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silver is trying to control the position but Galustyan postures up.
Galustyan pushes down on Silver's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Galustyan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galustyan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Galustyan is nestled in close to Silver, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silver wants to improve his position but Galustyan is controlling well.
Ground and pound from Galustyan.
Silver flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Galustyan lands with a punch from half guard.
Silver missing with punches from the bottom.
Galustyan trying to pass the guard but Silver defending well.
Silver wants to improve his position but Galustyan is controlling well.
Galustyan passes into side control, despite Silver's attempt to control the position.

Galustyan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Galustyan is looking to take a break and control but Silver is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver is looking for a sweep.
Galustyan is putting a hurting on Silver here, landing some big shots from side control.
Galustyan working the head and body with strikes.
Galustyan working the body and head with strikes.

Silver is rocked!
Silver tries to improve position but can't.
Silver is still in real trouble! Can Galustyan finish him?
Galustyan is looking to take a break and control but Silver is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Galustyan working the body and head with strikes.
Galustyan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Silver is looking for a sweep.
Silver is still trying to improve position.
Silver sneaks back into half guard.
Galustyan prevents Silver from improving his position.
Silver seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Galustyan there.
Silver felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Galustyan lands a big elbow - Silver is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Galustyan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Galustyan!