PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mairbek Krylov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Coleman
vs
Krylov

180 cm
29
220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
209 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Perkele!

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Black Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mairbek Krylov!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman shoots in but no luck this time.
Krylov misses the jab.
Krylov scores with a nice head shot.
Coleman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krylov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Coleman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Krylov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Coleman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Coleman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Krylov is looking for a sweep. Coleman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Coleman trying to control the action but Krylov is working from the bottom.
Coleman is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Coleman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Coleman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Krylov's head.
Coleman thows a huge punch but Krylov dodges it nicely.
Coleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Krylov 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.
Coleman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Coleman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Coleman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Coleman lands a nice short elbow.
Krylov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Coleman is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Coleman slips a nice elbow through Krylov's hands, connecting with Krylov's forehead.
Coleman working over Krylov with some ground and pound. Krylov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coleman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Krylov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Coleman stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krylov is looking to get back to full guard here but Coleman has managed to pass to side control instead.
Coleman passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Krylov!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coleman looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Krylov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coleman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Coleman looking to finish Krylov with some ground and pound. This is bad for Krylov!
Krylov is wriggling around trying to escape.
Krylov is squirming around, avoiding Coleman's attempts to control the action.
Krylov avoids a series of strikes thrown by Coleman.
Coleman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Krylov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Coleman avoids the attempt from Krylov to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman lands a heavy elbow.
Coleman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Coleman punching from mount but Krylov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Krylov taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Coleman lands a big shot there that rocks Krylov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Coleman working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coleman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Black Coleman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from Krylov misses the target.
Coleman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krylov.
Coleman fails with a takedown attempt.
Krylov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Krylov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Coleman blocks a jab.
It looked like Coleman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Krylov scores with a decent looking hook.
Krylov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Krylov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Coleman 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Black Coleman has been cut.
Krylov looks to land a right hand but Coleman moved out of range.
Krylov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krylov just misses with a punch to the body.

Coleman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Krylov to the mat! Krylov manages to get full guard.
Coleman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coleman postures up in Krylov's guard and throws a big left but Krylov blocks it.
Coleman controlling from the top position.
Coleman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Krylov is pulling down on Coleman's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krylov keeping moving, preventing Coleman from controlling successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Krylov has momentary wrist control but Coleman slips an elbow through the middle.
Coleman trying to control but Krylov is working from the bottom.
Coleman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Krylov's head.
Krylov is trying to control the position but Coleman postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coleman working some strikes from top position.
Coleman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coleman throws a big right hand that misses.
Coleman throwing strikes from guard but Krylov blocks nicely.
Krylov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Black Coleman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Coleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Krylov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Coleman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Krylov to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman darts in looking for a takedown but Krylov gets double underhooks and turns Coleman into the cage.
Krylov stuffs the takedown attempt from Coleman. Coleman gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Black Coleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Krylov as he avoids it easily.
Krylov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Coleman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Coleman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Coleman shoots in and gets a takedown into Krylov's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coleman trying to control the position from guard on top but Krylov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krylov wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Coleman sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mairbek Krylov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Black Coleman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Coleman closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Krylov quickly recovers to half guard.
Krylov is not content to let Coleman control the position.
Krylov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coleman.
Krylov trying to control from the bottom.
Coleman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman wants to take a breather but Krylov is having none of it.
Coleman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Coleman wants to control but Krylov is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coleman is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Krylov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Coleman wants to take a breather but Krylov is having none of it.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Coleman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Krylov staying out of range there.
Coleman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Krylov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krylov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown but Krylov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Krylov as he connects with a hook.
Black Coleman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coleman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krylov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A shot to the body from Krylov misses
enabling Coleman to counter with a crisp jab.
Coleman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krylov 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.

Coleman is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krylov lands a body shot.
Krylov lands with an uppercut that bounces Coleman off the cage and back into range.
Oh Coleman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coleman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Krylov lands a brutal uppercut that launches Coleman off his feet! Coleman tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mairbek Krylov!
Mairbek Krylov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.