PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Kulakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Vos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kulakov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lube-Shparu. Vos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Three Little Birds kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Viktor Kulakov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Viktor Kulakov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kulakov
vs
Vos

184 cm
46
185 lbs
50 - 49 - 1

178 cm
29
182 lbs
19 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 50 - 49 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Kulakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Vos!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kulakov misses with a body shot.
Vos lands with a right hand.
Vos sizes up Kulakov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kulakov throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Vos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kulakov won't be happy with that.
Kulakov tries to escape but Vos is in control.
Kulakov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Vos.
Vos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kulakov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Vos.
Kulakov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Vos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The strikes coming from Vos are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Vos.
Vos misses with the ground and pound.
Kulakov wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Vos throws a strike aimed at the side of Kulakov's head but Kulakov avoids it well.
Vos tries to move to mount but Kulakov blocks the move with his legs.
Vos working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vos prevents Kulakov from escaping the position.
Vos throws an elbow but Kulakov slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kulakov is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vos is controlling him well.
Vos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vos is looking to take a break and control but Kulakov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kulakov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Vos.
Kulakov pushes Vos away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Vos gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Vos lands some shots froms side control.
Vos lands some shots froms side control.
Vos is looking to take a break and control but Kulakov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kulakov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Vos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vos lands a decent elbow from side control.

Kulakov is rocked!
Vos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kulakov takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kulakov is avoiding damage well.
Vos taking a breather here.
Kulakov is not content to let Vos control the position.
The ground and pound from Vos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Vos trying to control the position but Kulakov is working away.
Vos working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vos cracks Kulakov with a big right hand but Kulakov just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Oh Kulakov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Check out the look on Vos's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Vos prevents Kulakov from escaping the position.
Kulakov trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Kulakov seems to have got his legs back now.
Vos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kulakov parries the strikes from Vos easily there. Vos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kulakov to escape.
Vos throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Kulakov is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Kulakov sneaks out the side door and pushes Vos away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Vos feints and as Kulakov raises his hands in defense, Vos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Vos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jab, jab by Vos - just one landing.
Kulakov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vos counters with a stiff right hand.
Vos lands a nice looking body shot.
Vos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kulakov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kulakov throws a lazy right hand but Vos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Viktor Kulakov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kulakov to the ground. Vos is now in Kulakov's guard.
Vos prevents Kulakov from getting back to his feet.
Vos advances to half guard.
Vos stops Kulakov from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Vos there.
Vos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vos connects with a nice short shot to Kulakov's temple.
Vos working Kulakov over with strikes.
Kulakov is trying to stand up here but Vos is controlling him well.
Vos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vos drops an elbow to the side of Kulakov's head.
Vos lands a big elbow - Kulakov 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 Vos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Vos!
A relieved looking Jake Vos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.