PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andriy Voronin (ranked 282 p4p, 40 weight class) and Sheikh Amun Ghosh (ranked 573 p4p, 77 weight class). Ghosh is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Allah Gets Funky. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Voronin
vs
Amun Ghosh

186 cm
28
195 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

180 cm
30
189 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andriy Voronin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sheikh Amun Ghosh!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voronin is looking to clinch.
Voronin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ghosh.
Voronin tries to clinch
and Ghosh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Voronin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ghosh follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

Voronin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Voronin gets through Ghosh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Voronin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voronin blocking some punches.
Ghosh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Ghosh - that landed with a thud.
Voronin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Voronin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voronin scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Ghosh.
A short left from Ghosh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voronin lands a shoulder strike.
Ghosh blocking some punches.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Ghosh has a couple of punches blocked by Voronin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ghosh.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Voronin blocks a body shot from Ghosh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ghosh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ghosh.
Ghosh is working Voronin over against the cage.
Ghosh lands a nice shot to the body.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
Ghosh can't find room to land a body shot as Voronin controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ghosh.
Voronin blocking some punches.
Voronin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Voronin.
Voronin misses with some punches.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
Voronin takes a shot to the head.
Ghosh stalling the fight.
Ghosh tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Voronin smiles and moves away.
Voronin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Voronin rushes Ghosh and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ghosh lands with a right to the head.
Ghosh is leaning against Voronin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghosh lands a left hand that snaps the head of Voronin backwards.
Voronin is pressed up against the cage. Ghosh has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Voronin down to the mat. Voronin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronin closes the distance but Ghosh moves to the side
and Ghosh counters with a good, hard body kick but Voronin shrugs it off.

Voronin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Voronin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ghosh tries a body shot but Voronin blocks it.
Ghosh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghosh misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ghosh.
Ghosh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Voronin backwards.
Voronin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ghosh misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.
Voronin working aggressively here.
Voronin throws a head punch that misses.
Ghosh lands a left hand that snaps the head of Voronin backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ghosh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ghosh blocks an uppercut.
Ghosh lands a right hand.
Ghosh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Ghosh has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Voronin is trying to keep an underhook but Ghosh manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Ghosh is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghosh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Voronin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Voronin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ghosh slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Voronin trying to get back to full guard but Ghosh takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Voronin is trying desperately to improve position.

Ghosh is working for a guillotine from mount but Voronin frees his head quite easily.
Voronin is trying to escape the mount but Ghosh keeps good control and instead manages to take Voronin's back.
Voronin can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voronin is working hard here to advance position.

Voronin preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Ghosh.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voronin is really stuck here.

Voronin is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Ghosh gets his way!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Voronin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Ghosh's guard. Nice work there by Voronin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghosh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voronin is looking to work some ground and pound but Ghosh has wrist control.
Voronin distracts Ghosh with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Voronin postures up in Ghosh's guard and throws a big left but Ghosh blocks it.
Ghosh looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sheikh Amun Ghosh dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Voronin doesn't manage to clinch there - Ghosh circles away.
Ghosh thinks about the counter body kick.
Voronin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ghosh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ghosh only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ghosh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ghosh circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ghosh counters with a straight right hand.
Voronin moves in looking to clinch but Ghosh pushes him off.

Voronin clinches up against the cage.
Sheikh Amun Ghosh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.
Ghosh scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
Voronin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voronin prevents a body shot from Ghosh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voronin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ghosh misses with some punches.
Ghosh tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Voronin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ghosh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Ghosh.
Ghosh has a couple of punches blocked by Voronin.
Voronin throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Voronin.
Voronin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ghosh.
Voronin has a couple of punches blocked by Ghosh.
A short uppercut from Ghosh.
Voronin misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Voronin fails to land.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by Ghosh.

Ghosh gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Voronin regains guard.
Voronin thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ghosh forces his way into half guard.
Ghosh is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Ghosh can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Voronin is looking to escape.
Voronin has given up his back here. Will Ghosh look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Ghosh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ghosh is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Voronin is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sheikh Amun Ghosh!
After winning the bout, Sheikh Amun Ghosh thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.