PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Juravlev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mase Force (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Juravlev
vs
Force

182 cm
33
240 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

180 cm
32
275 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Russian Bears Nutrition
M.O. Fight Wear

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Juravlev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mase Force!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juravlev swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Force to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Alexey Juravlev has been cut.
Force throws a poor cross that misses
and Juravlev counters with a straight right hand.
Juravlev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Force.
Juravlev misses with a right hand
letting Force counter with a right hand.
Force pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Force throws a series of punches but Juravlev moves out of range.
Juravlev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Juravlev throws a right hand that misses
and Force counters with a nice body shot.
Juravlev connects with a body shot.

Force drives through and clinches with Juravlev against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Juravlev lands an uppercut.
Force misses with a body punch.
Juravlev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Juravlev fails to land.

Juravlev breaks from the clinch.
Juravlev feints a jab promting Force to slip. Juravlev then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Force slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Force throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Force.
Force avoids the body shot from Juravlev.
Juravlev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Juravlev throws a shot to the body.
Force ducks under a wild hook from Juravlev.
Force moves out of range of the strikes.
Force throws a body kick that misses
and Juravlev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Juravlev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Juravlev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Force.
Force throws a body shot but no joy.
Juravlev's corner calls for a 1-2. Juravlev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Force on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juravlev blocks a jab.
Force throws a right hand that misses
and Juravlev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Juravlev throws a right hand that Force ducks under and follows up with a left that Force also avoids with ease.
A nice side step and Force releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juravlev slips a jab from Force.
Force defending well as Juravlev loads up on a big left hand.
Force swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Juravlev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big left from Force misses.
Juravlev lands with a good body shot.
Juravlev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Force ducks under a wild hook from Juravlev.
Juravlev misses with a body punch
and Force counters with a stiff right hand.
Juravlev misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Force counters with a stiff right hand.
Juravlev misses with a straight right.
Force misses the shot to the body.
Juravlev stuns Force with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juravlev. Force does a little dance to reset his feet.
Force throws a combination that misses
and Juravlev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Force looks winded!
Force takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Juravlev dodges the punch combination from Force.
Juravlev is looking to counter punch.
Juravlev is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juravlev lands an overhand right.
Juravlev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Force tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Juravlev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Force thinking.
Force ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A countering left hand to the body from Force misses.
Force throws a series of punches but Juravlev avoids them all with ease.
Force throws a right hand that Juravlev ducks under and follows up with a left that Juravlev also avoids with ease.
Force uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Juravlev.
Juravlev's corner calls for a 1-2. Juravlev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Juravlev jabs at Force's body.
Juravlev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juravlev swings widly with a right hand
and Force counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Juravlev misses with a hook.
Force has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Juravlev finds it's way round the side to connect with Force's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juravlev lands a body shot.
Force takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Force throws out a loose jab but Juravlev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juravlev throws a shot from downtown. Force moves away and avoids it.
Force misses with a straight left.
Force takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Force tries to clinch there but Juravlev circles away.
A jab from Force misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juravlev lands an overhand right.
Force lands a jab-cross combination.

Alexey Juravlev's cut is getting worse.
Force takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Juravlev takes a swing at Force's ribcage but misses.
Force swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Juravlev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Juravlev's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Juravlev displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Juravlev lands a big uppercut and Force crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Force looks OK. Juravlev waves Force back to his feet!

Force is rocked!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Juravlev here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Juravlev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Force.
Juravlev steps in with a hook that catches Force right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Juravlev follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Force looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexey Juravlev!
Our winner, Alexey Juravlev, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.