PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Valeryevich (ranked 3906 p4p, 3435 weight class) and Buddha Love (ranked 458 p4p, 0 weight class). Valeryevich's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, oy, to ne vecher. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Valeryevich
vs
Love

180 cm
25
210
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
199
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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, Bogdan Valeryevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Buddha Love!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love tries to clinch there but Valeryevich circles away.
Valeryevich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Love stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Love takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Buddha Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valeryevich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Love looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A big right from Love misses.
Valeryevich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Valeryevich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
Love swings for the body but Valeryevich moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Valeryevich misses the target.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valeryevich.
Love takes a swing at Valeryevich's ribcage but misses.
Valeryevich moves out of range of the strikes.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valeryevich.
Valeryevich throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Valeryevich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Love looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A big right from Love misses.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valeryevich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love throws a good cross that connects.
Love scores with a hook.
Love misses the body punch
and Valeryevich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Valeryevich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valeryevich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Valeryevich misses.
Love misses with a jab to the body
enabling Valeryevich to counter with a crisp jab.
Valeryevich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valeryevich misses the shot to the body.
Valeryevich just misses with a punch to the body.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Valeryevich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Love lands a nice shot that snaps Valeryevich's head back.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Valeryevich.
A counter left hand to the body from Valeryevich misses its target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Valeryevich on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Love misses with a hook. Valeryevich ducked under it nicely.
Valeryevich moves away from the strike by Love.
Valeryevich swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Valeryevich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Valeryevich misses with a looping left.
Valeryevich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Valeryevich throws a jab but it's blocked by Love.
Valeryevich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Love stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slow jab from Valeryevich misses its intended target.
Love steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Valeryevich.
Valeryevich lands with a good body shot.
Valeryevich misses with a double jab
letting Love counter with a right hand.

Valeryevich throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Love tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Valeryevich is in Love's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Love looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Valeryevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valeryevich is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Valeryevich throwing strikes from guard but Love blocks nicely.
Love looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Valeryevich is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Valeryevich has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Love controls Valeryevich momentarily but Valeryevich frees himself.
Valeryevich makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Love tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Love is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Love is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Valeryevich defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Love tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Love has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Valeryevich can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Love is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Valeryevich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Valeryevich keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Love's head.
Valeryevich is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Love looking for a sweep. Not yet Love, not yet.
Valeryevich throws a big right hand that misses.
Valeryevich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Love wants to sweep but no luck.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Buddha Love will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Decent striking displayed by Love there.
Valeryevich is looking to wear down Love with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valeryevich moves away.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valeryevich.
Valeryevich closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Valeryevich's shoulder, as Valeryevich tries to avoid the shot.
Valeryevich appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Valeryevich decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Love's guard.

Love has his feet on Valeryevich's thighs here. He's pushed Valeryevich off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Valeryevich screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Buddha Love!