PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sinbad Sailor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Volya Nikolaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sailor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sailing on the Seven Seas. Nikolaev has chosen Fever as his entrance music. Sinbad Sailor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sailor
vs
Nikolaev

178 cm
29
170 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

170 cm
29
165 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Bullet Proof System
GREEN!160

Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sinbad Sailor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Volya Nikolaev!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolaev throws a looping overhand right but Sailor ducks down to avoid it.
Nikolaev looks to score with a jab to the body but Sailor is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Nikolaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nikolaev misses with an uppercut.
Sailor scores with a punch to the head.
Nikolaev misses with an uppercut.
Nikolaev throws a good cross that connects.
Nikolaev looks to land a right hand but Sailor moved out of range.
Nikolaev takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sailor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nikolaevs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Sailor rushes Nikolaev and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nikolaev is trying to drag Sailor to the mat but Sailor just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nikolaev tries to circle away but Sailor has him pinned against the cage.
Sailor is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sailor jumps guard.
Sailor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nikolaev.
Sailor looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nikolaev puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sailor trying to control but Nikolaev postures up.
Sailor wants to improve his position but Nikolaev is controlling well.
Nikolaev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nikolaev prevents Sailor from improving his position.
Sailor trying to hold on to Nikolaev's head to control him but Nikolaev postures up.
Sailor gets full guard.
Sailor looking to control.
Nikolaev sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Sailor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nikolaev is aware though and is defending well.

Sailor is looking for a triangle but Nikolaev pushes his legs off easily.
Sailor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nikolaev.
Sailor 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.
Nikolaev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nikolaev trying to control but Sailor is working from the bottom.
Nikolaev lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sailor looking to control.
Nikolaev wants to control from the top but Sailor keeps moving.
Sailor wants to sweep but no luck.
Sailor is trying to keep Nikolaev in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sailor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nikolaev postures up.
Nikolaev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Sailor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nikolaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Sailor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nikolaev keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sailor's head.
Nikolaev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sailor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sailor looking for a sweep. Not yet Sailor, not yet.
Sailor lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Nikolaev managing to control the position.
Nikolaev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sailor is one step ahead there.
Sailor throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor postures up.
Sailor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sailor works over Nikolaev with some ground and pound from guard.

Nikolaev looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nikolaev holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sailor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nikolaev wants to sweep here but Sailor controlling him for the moment.

Sailor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sailor chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sinbad Sailor will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nikolaev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sailor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nikolaev as he jumps to the side.
Sailor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nikolaev throws out a loose jab but Sailor uses good head movement to avoid it.

Sailor gets a clinch.
Nikolaev is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nikolaev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Nikolaev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nikolaev moves out of range as Sailor strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sailor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sailor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Sailor drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nikolaev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sailor wants to control from the top but Nikolaev keeps moving.
Nikolaev trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolaev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sailor is one step ahead there.
Sailor throws a big elbow that misses.
Sailor looking to pass the guard.
Sinbad Sailor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sailor throwing strikes but missing.
Sailor trying to control but Nikolaev is working from the bottom.
Sailor passes Nikolaev's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nikolaev on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nikolaev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nikolaev trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sailor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Nikolaev has his foot on Sailor's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sailor works his way back into a safe position though.
Sailor throws a big elbow that misses.
Sailor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sailor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sailor slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sailor wants to control from the top but Nikolaev keeps moving.
Sailor postures up in Nikolaev's guard and throws a big left but Nikolaev blocks it.
Sailor stopping the sweep attempt from Nikolaev.
Sailor throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Nikolaev looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sailor preventing the sweep.

Sailor avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sailor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nikolaev keeping moving, preventing Sailor from controlling successfully.
Sailor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nikolaev can do to turn this around?

Nikolaev is looking for a triangle but Sailor pushes his legs off easily.
Sailor scoring with some ground and pound.
Nikolaev keeping moving, preventing Sailor from controlling successfully.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sailor wants to control from the top but Nikolaev keeps moving.
Sailor throws a big right hand that misses.
Nikolaev looking for a sweep. Not yet Nikolaev, not yet.

Sailor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nikolaev has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sailor has managed to get both his arms back between Nikolaev's legs - danger averted.
Sailor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sailor working some strikes from top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sailor working some strikes from top position.

Nikolaev is rocked!

Nikolaev is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Sailor frees his head nicely. Oh but Nikolaev has switched to an armbar! Sailor is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Volya Nikolaev!
Volya Nikolaev was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.