PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Schelokov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schelokov comes to the cage accompanied by Sirens . Toney has chosen Korn - Twisted Transistor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schelokov
vs
Toney

175 cm
27
185 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

185 cm
28
181 lbs
13 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Schelokov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Angel Toney!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schelokov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Schelokov misses the shot to the body.
Toney goes for a double leg but Schelokov avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Schelokov continues to drive forward.
We've been informed that Toney has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Toney needs to keep his hands up - Schelokov had a free shot at his head there.
Toney gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schelokov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Toney is rocked!
Schelokov misses with a left hand

and Toney counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Toney.
Toney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Toney drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Schelokov dives on top into guard.
Toney looking for a sweep. Not yet Toney, not yet.
Schelokov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toney is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Schelokov throwing strikes from guard but Toney blocks nicely.
Schelokov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Toney's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Toney looking for a guillotine here but Schelokov defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schelokov wants to control from the top but Toney keeps moving.
Schelokov stopping the sweep attempt from Toney.
Toney is still trying to improve position.
Schelokov stays in close to Toney's body and controls the position.
Schelokov lands a couple of digs.
Schelokov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Toney wants to sweep here but Schelokov controlling him for the moment.
Toney is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Schelokov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toney is looking to work some ground and pound but Schelokov has wrist control.
Toney passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Schelokov parries the strikes from Toney easily there. Toney is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Schelokov to escape.
Toney working away.

Toney tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
You can see the frustration on Schelokov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Toney.

Toney tries for a kimura but Schelokov is defending well.

Toney is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Schelokov has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schelokov is looking to regain half guard here but Toney keeps moving and retains side control.
Schelokov is trying to get back to his feet.
Toney misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Toney goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Schelokov has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Toney but great work by Schelokov.
Toney is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Schelokov in side control lands a decent elbow.
Toney regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Toney manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Toney is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schelokov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Toney is looking for a triangle but Schelokov pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schelokov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Toney is still in real trouble! Can Schelokov finish him?
Toney has momentary wrist control but Schelokov slips an elbow through the middle.
Toney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Toney seems to have recovered his senses.
Toney is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Schelokov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Schelokov connects with a couple of short punches.
Toney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Toney bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schelokov's guard.

Toney is working Schelokov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schelokov is trying to keep Toney in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Angel Toney will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Toney looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Schelokov is fending him off so far but Toney persists. Nope, Schelokov circles away and we're back to standing.
Toney defending well as Schelokov loads up on a big left hand.
Jab from Schelokov.
Schelokov goes for a small jab and connects. Now Schelokov goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Toney stumbles back but Schelokov runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Toney to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Toney will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alexander Schelokov!
Alexander Schelokov retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Alexander Schelokov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.