PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lombardo Limba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolodenka Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Limba comes into the arena with The Prodigy - Voodoo People blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Lombardo Limba has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lombardo Limba seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Limba
vs
Kharitonov

178 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
21
179 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Firebird Designs

Combat Pro Design

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lombardo Limba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bolodenka Kharitonov!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Limba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kharitonov throws a hook but Limba avoids it easily.
Kharitonov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Limba moves out of range of the strikes.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Limba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kharitonov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Limba swings for the body but Kharitonov moves out of range.
Kharitonov misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Kharitonov.
Limba throws a right and a left that Kharitonov avoids nicely.
Kharitonov bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Limba! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Limba is rocked!

It looks like Lombardo Limba has been cut.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Limba is on top in guard.
Limba preventing the sweep.
Kharitonov wants to stand but Limba is controlling the position.

Limba stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kharitonov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kharitonov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kharitonov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Limba's hands.
Oh Limba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Limba gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Limba tries to land knees in the clinch but Kharitonov avoids the damage to the body.
Limba seems to have got his legs back now.
Kharitonov managing to block the knees to the body from Limba.
Limba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kharitonov.
Limba lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kharitonov or not.
Kharitonov tries to break the clinch but Limba is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Limba.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kharitonov misses with a two punch combination.
Kharitonov looks gassed!

Limba moves into the clinch.
Limba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kharitonov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kharitonov throws a punch but it's blocked by Limba.
Kharitonov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Limba's elbow.
Limba with a knee to the head.
Kharitonov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kharitonov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Limba tries to land a knee to the head but Kharitonov blocks with his arms.
Limba lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Limba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Limba.
Limba prevents Kharitonov from breaking the clinch.
Limba lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Limba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Limba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kharitonov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Limba softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Limba missing with knees to the body.
Kharitonov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Limba missing with knees to the body.
Kharitonov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Limba misses with a knee strike.
Kharitonov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kharitonov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Limba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Limba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kharitonov.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kharitonov throws a solid leg kick but Limba takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kharitonov.
Kharitonov throws the left hand but Limba avoids the punch easily.
Kharitonov waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Limba.
Kharitonov stuns Limba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Limba throws a leg kick which misses Kharitonov's front leg but catches the back leg as Kharitonov tries to avoid it.
Kharitonov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Limba manages to avoid it.
Limba avoids the head kick by Kharitonov.
Limba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kharitonov at a distance.
Limba goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Kharitonov tries to keep at a distance but Limba has taken the fight into the clinch.
Limba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Kharitonov.
Limba tries to land knees in the clinch but Kharitonov avoids the damage to the body.
Kharitonov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kharitonov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kharitonov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kharitonov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Limba trying to land knees to the body.
Kharitonov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kharitonov can't break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Limba.
Kharitonov can't break the clinch.
Limba misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov wants to break free but Limba has control.

Kharitonov manages to break the clinch.
Kharitonov takes a swing at Limba's ribcage but misses.
Kharitonov misses with a few strikes there.
Kharitonov looks to land a right hand but Limba moved out of range.
Limba lands a nice looking body kick.
Limba throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Limba lands a high kick!
Kharitonov throws the left hand but Limba avoids the punch easily.
Limba lands a body shot.

Limba has taken the fight to the clinch.
Limba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kharitonov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Limba.
Kharitonov is trying to break the clinch but Limba has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kharitonov tries to break the clinch but Limba is controlling the position.
Limba with a knee to the head.
Kharitonov managing to block the knees to the body from Limba.
Kharitonov has had enough of the clinch but Limba keeps him there for the moment.
Limba misses with a knee strike.
Kharitonov wants to get back to striking at distance but Limba won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lombardo Limba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lombardo Limba's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Limba ducks under a wild hook from Kharitonov.
Limba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kharitonov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Limba counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Limba.
Kharitonov avoiding damage as Limba throws knees to the body.
Limba missing with knees to the body.
Kharitonov wants to break free but Limba has control.
Limba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kharitonov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Limba has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Limba looking to throw knees to the head but Kharitonov is blocking nicely.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kharitonov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Limba looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body punch from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov 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.
Kharitonov throws a hook to the side of Limba's head but Limba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kharitonov punishes Limba's body with a nice straight punch.
A big right from Kharitonov misses.
Limba has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Limba has managed to clinch.
Kharitonov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kharitonov can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bolodenka Kharitonov seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kharitonov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kharitonov takes a swing at Limba's ribcage but misses.
Limba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kharitonov lands a glancing blow to the side of Limba's head.
Kharitonov scores with a jab.
Kharitonov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Limba manages to avoid it.
Kharitonov misses with a double jab.
Limba throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kharitonov's head.
Danga de danga de dang - Kharitonov scores with a four punch combination!
Limba bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kharitonov misses with an uppercut.
Bolodenka Kharitonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kharitonov misses with a straight left.
Kharitonov misses with a hook.
Limba lands an overhand right.

Limba closes the distance and pushes Kharitonov back into the cage.
Kharitonov is trying to break the clinch but Limba has him pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov wants to break free but Limba has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kharitonov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kharitonov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kharitonov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kharitonov is trying to break free.
Kharitonov is trying to break free.
Limba landing knees to the head.
Limba scores a nice knee to the body.
Limba throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kharitonov wants to stall.
Limba landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kharitonov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kharitonov wants to get back to striking at distance but Limba won't allow it.
Limba scores with a knee to the head.
Limba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov wants to get back to striking at distance but Limba won't allow it.
Limba misses with a knee strike.
Limba throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kharitonov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kharitonov has had enough of the clinch but Limba keeps him there for the moment.
Kharitonov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov is looking to break free of the clinch but Limba has double underhooks.
Limba holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kharitonov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Limba pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kharitonov managing to block the knees to the body from Limba.
Limba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Limba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kharitonov wants to get back to striking at distance but Limba won't allow it.
Limba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kharitonov is trying to break the clinch but Limba has him pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kharitonov is trying to break the clinch but Limba has him pressed against the cage.
Limba tries to land a knee to the head but Kharitonov blocks with his arms.
Limba looking to throw knees to the head but Kharitonov is blocking nicely.
Limba misses with a knee to the head.
Kharitonov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Limba prevents Kharitonov from breaking the clinch.
Kharitonov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Limba is working Kharitonov over against the cage.

Kharitonov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Limba slips under a jab.
Limba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kharitonov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kharitonov swings for the body but Limba moves out of range.

Limba pushes Kharitonov up against the cage in a clinch.
Limba stops a takedown attempt from Kharitonov.
Lombardo Limba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bolodenka Kharitonov.
Limba connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kharitonov's face.
Limba lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Limba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kharitonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kharitonov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Limba lands a knee to the head.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch.
Kharitonov misses with a wild combination.
Limba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kharitonov.
Limba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Limba is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kharitonov.
Limba is looking to wear down Kharitonov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kharitonov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Limba counters with a low kick, right behind Kharitonov 's knee.
Limba moves out of range of the strikes.
Limba connects with a looping right hand.

Limba moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lombardo Limba will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lombardo Limba's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Kharitonov avoids the head kick by Limba.
Kharitonov connects with the punch.
Kharitonov falls off balance throwing a combination

and Limba holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Limba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Limba with a knee to the head.
Limba misses with a knee to the head.
Kharitonov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kharitonov is looking to break free of the clinch but Limba has double underhooks.
Limba trying to stall but Kharitonov improves his position.

Kharitonov manages to break the clinch.
Limba misses the shot to the body.
Kharitonov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kharitonov lands a slapping body shot.
Kharitonov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kharitonov with a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kharitonov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kharitonov cracks a nice hook into Limba's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Limba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Limba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kharitonov misses with a double jab.
Limba slips under a jab from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Limba works Kharitonov's body with a nice hook.
Limba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kharitonov manages to avoid it.
Limba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Limba lands a nice shot to the body.
Kharitonov throws an overhand right that lands on Limba's shoulder, as Limba tries to avoid the shot.
Limba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Limba looks to score with a jab to the body but Kharitonov is just out of range.
Kharitonov takes a swing at Limba's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Limba.
Limba ducks under a wild hook from Kharitonov.
Limba avoids the body shot from Kharitonov.

Limba gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kharitonov avoiding damage as Limba throws knees to the body.
Kharitonov wants to break free but Limba has control.
Kharitonov is trying to break free.
Limba missing with knees to the body.
Kharitonov can't break the clinch.
Kharitonov is looking to break free of the clinch but Limba has double underhooks.
Kharitonov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kharitonov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Limba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Limba prevents Kharitonov from breaking the clinch.
Kharitonov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Limba has him pressed against the cage.
Limba scores a nice knee to the body.
Kharitonov has had enough of the clinch but Limba keeps him there for the moment.
Limba looking to throw knees to the head but Kharitonov is blocking nicely.
Limba missing with knees to the body.
Kharitonov has had enough of the clinch but Limba keeps him there for the moment.
Limba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kharitonov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Kharitonov breaks from the clinch.
Limba with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kharitonov to score with a decent uppercut.
Bolodenka Kharitonov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Limba avoids the body shot from Kharitonov.

Limba has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Limba misses with a knee to the head.
Kharitonov is trying to break free.
Limba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kharitonov.
Still in the clinch, Kharitonov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Limba tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kharitonov wants to break free but Limba has control.
Limba landing knees to the head.
Kharitonov wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Kharitonov misses the target.
Limba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kharitonov blocks a head kick by Limba.
Limba dodges the punch combination from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov avoids the head kick by Limba.
Kharitonov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kharitonov misses with a double jab

and Limba counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Limba tries to land knees in the clinch but Kharitonov avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Limba keeps control of Kharitonov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kharitonov wants to stall.
Limba avoiding damage.
Kharitonov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kharitonov is looking to break free of the clinch but Limba has double underhooks.
Limba landing knees to the body.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kharitonov looks to land a combination but Limba avoids it well.
Kharitonov tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Limba counters by clinching up.
Limba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kharitonov avoiding damage as Limba throws knees to the body.
Kharitonov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kharitonov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kharitonov managing to block the knees to the body from Limba.
Kharitonov is trying to break free.
Limba trying to land knees to the body.
Limba connects with a knee to the head.
Lombardo Limba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Limba lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Limba lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bolodenka Kharitonov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Limba has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Lombardo Limba!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Lombardo Limba!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Lombardo Limba!

Lombardo Limba wins by unanimous decision!