PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfonzo Hyde (ranked 24447 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aslan Madyrov (ranked 5080 p4p, 0 weight class). Madyrov has chosen Chechnya - Soldiers of Islam as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hyde
vs
Madyrov

205 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alfonzo Hyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aslan Madyrov!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Madyrov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hyde wants to sweep here but Madyrov controlling him for the moment.
Madyrov throws an elbow that misses. Hyde uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Madyrov's guard. Nice move by Hyde!

We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Madyrov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Madyrov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hyde stopping the sweep attempt from Madyrov.
Madyrov is striking but Hyde is not phased and passes to half guard.
Hyde blocks the strikes from Madyrov.
Hyde tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Madyrov taking some punishment here, with Hyde in his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madyrov strikes from the bottom but Hyde uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Madyrov looks to move to half guard but instead Hyde has passed into mount! Damn!
Madyrov swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Madyrov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hyde. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madyrov is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Madyrov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hyde really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Madyrov throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hyde. What's that going to do exactly?
Madyrov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hyde landing punches.
Madyrov tries to reverse the position but Hyde maintains control.
Hyde blocks Madyrov's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Madyrov throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hyde. What's that going to do exactly?
Madyrov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Madyrov throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madyrov is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Madyrov throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Madyrov is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Madyrov throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hyde. What's that going to do exactly?
Hyde 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.
Madyrov tries to reverse the position but Hyde maintains control.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hyde prevents Madyrov from getting the reversal.
Madyrov keeps trying to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madyrov looks winded!
Hyde lands a big shot there that rocks Madyrov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hyde lands a nice shot to the head.
Madyrov is trying desperately to improve position.
Hyde raining down shots from the mount!
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Madyrov is working to get back to half guard.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Madyrov throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Madyrov throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madyrov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hyde will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hyde landing punches.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hyde wants to control the pace but Madyrov is squirming around nicely.
Madyrov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Madyrov is working to get back to half guard.
Hyde can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Madyrov is looking to escape.
Hyde prevents Madyrov from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfonzo Hyde dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Madyrov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hyde did well to prevent Madyrov getting side control.
Hyde is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Madyrov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Madyrov's back!
Madyrov tries to escape the position.
Hyde controls the action.
Madyrov can't escape the position.
Alfonzo Hyde overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hyde lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Madyrov is trying to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Madyrov's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde punches Madyrov on the ear.

Hyde has the hooks in. Madyrov is starting to panic. He's trying to push off one of the legs but he's left his neck open to attack. Hyde passes his arm under Madyrov's neck and tightens up a rear naked choke! This one is surely all over! Yes, Madyrov taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alfonzo Hyde!
Aslan Madyrov spoke after the fight, saying 'Chechnya still believes!'.