PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adrik Golubev (ranked 2931 p4p, 2748 weight class) and Akira Watanabe (ranked 340 p4p, 317 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Golubev
vs
Watanabe

200 cm
27
268
5 - 0 - 0

192 cm
27
271
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrik Golubev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Watanabe !
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe wants to clinch.
Golubev definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Golubev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watanabe landing knees to the body.
Watanabe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Golubev is breathing heavily.
Watanabe lands a nice knee to the body.
Watanabe scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Adrik Golubev has been cut.
Watanabe stalling against the cage.
Watanabe has Golubev pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watanabe working Golubev over with knees to the body.
Watanabe landing knees to the body.
Watanabe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Golubev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golubev takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Watanabe .
Watanabe connects with a knee to the head.
Watanabe lands a knee to the head.

Adrik Golubev's cut is getting worse.
Watanabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Golubev's face.
Watanabe landing knees to the body.
Watanabe lands a nice knee to the body.
Watanabe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Watanabe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Watanabe crunches a lovely knee into Golubev's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watanabe tries a knee to the head but Golubev blocks it.
Watanabe scores with a knee to the head.
Watanabe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watanabe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watanabe slowing the pace effectively.
Watanabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Golubev won't want to take too many of those.
Watanabe scores with a knee to the head.
Golubev takes a knee right on the jaw!
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Golubev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watanabe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Watanabe .
Watanabe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Golubev up against the cage.
Watanabe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Watanabe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe effectively controlling the action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Watanabe obliges.
Watanabe lands a knee to the body.
Watanabe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Golubev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Watanabe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Watanabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Golubev's face.

Adrik Golubev's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Watanabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Watanabe stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Golubev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watanabe stalling against the cage.
Watanabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Golubev won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe working Golubev over with knees to the body.
Watanabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Golubev won't want to take too many of those.
Watanabe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watanabe misses with a knee to the head.
Watanabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Watanabe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Watanabe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adrik Golubev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Watanabe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Watanabe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Golubev avoids it.
Watanabe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watanabe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Watanabe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Watanabe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Watanabe lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Watanabe .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Watanabe .
Golubev takes a knee to the side of the body.
Golubev takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golubev is looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe crunches a lovely knee into Golubev's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watanabe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Golubev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watanabe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Golubev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watanabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Golubev's face.

Jeez, Adrik Golubev's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Watanabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Golubev won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Watanabe .
Watanabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Watanabe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Golubev's face.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Adrik Golubev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Akira Watanabe !