PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chong Humphrey (ranked 6669 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Dyatlov (ranked 5193 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Humphrey
vs
Dyatlov

183 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
241 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chong Humphrey!
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, Damian Dyatlov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Humphrey closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Dyatlov's guard.

Dyatlov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Humphrey can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Humphrey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dyatlov on the ground.
Humphrey is looking to work some ground and pound but Dyatlov has wrist control.
Humphrey trying to control but Dyatlov is working from the bottom.
Dyatlov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Humphrey.
Dyatlov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dyatlov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Humphrey looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Humphrey wants to control but Dyatlov passes into side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dyatlov wants to stand but Humphrey has his arm trapped.

Dyatlov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dyatlov wants to stand but Humphrey has his arm trapped.
Dyatlov working away.

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.
Dyatlov wants to stand but Humphrey has his arm trapped.
Dyatlov is trying to move to mount but Humphrey reverses beautifully and ends up in Dyatlov's guard.
Humphrey won't allow Dyatlov to sweep him here.
Dyatlov is still trying to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Humphrey slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dyatlov wants to sweep but no luck.
Dyatlov is looking to stand up but Humphrey isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyatlov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Humphrey's guard.

Humphrey can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dyatlov controls the pace.
Dyatlov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Humphrey's guard.
Humphrey is trying to maintain the position but Dyatlov is very close to passing his half guard.

Dyatlov stands up out of the half guard.

Dyatlov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dyatlov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Humphrey is trying to control Dyatlov's posture but Dyatlov avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humphrey is trying to work for a sweep but Dyatlov has mounted him!
Humphrey is squirming around, avoiding Dyatlov's attempts to control the action.
Dyatlov controlling the pace for now.
Humphrey is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Dyatlov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Humphrey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dyatlov looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Dyatlov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chong Humphrey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dyatlov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dyatlov trying to control but Humphrey is working from the bottom.
Humphrey is trying to keep Dyatlov in close.
Dyatlov pushes down on Humphrey's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Humphrey is defending against the submission attempts here by Dyatlov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyatlov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Humphrey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humphrey is looking to control Dyatlov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Humphrey avoid being mounted?
Humphrey is trying to control but Dyatlov passes into side control!
Humphrey takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dyatlov wants to stand but Humphrey has his arm trapped.
Damian Dyatlov has got the better of the ground game so far.
A control attempt from Humphrey but he's now mounted!
Dyatlov punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyatlov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dyatlov tries to control but Humphrey wriggling away.
Humphrey reaches up to try and control the position but Dyatlov seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Humphrey rolls and tries to escape and now Dyatlov has his back!

Dyatlov has got one arm under Humphrey's chin. This could be trouble... Humphrey trying to control the other hand but Dyatlov gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Humphrey has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Damian Dyatlov!