PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Barisov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriy Dants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barisov
vs
Dants

215 cm
19
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Barisov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grigoriy Dants!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dants shoots in and drives through. Barisov sprawls well.
Dants looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Barisov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dants.

Dants gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Barisov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dants keeping moving, preventing Barisov from controlling successfully.
Barisov connects with a couple of short punches.
Barisov landing with the ground and pound.
Barisov distracts Dants with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Barisov drops back looking for a leg! Dants is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dants manages to kick Barisov off! Barisov jumps back into Dants's guard.
Barisov stands up over Dants, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Barisov advances position into side control!
You can see the frustration on Dants's face as Barisov controls the position.
Barisov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dants keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barisov works to advance to full mount. Dants defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Barisov tries to control but Dants wriggling away.

Barisov is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dants has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Barisov lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Barisov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Barisov landing strikes from the mount and Dants is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barisov cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Barisov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Barisov looking to secure an arm triangle but Dants defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barisov breaks from Dants's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barisov cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barisov with good strikes from the mount here!
Barisov dominating with strikes here.
Barisov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Barisov breaks from Dants's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Barisov 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.
Dants keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Barisov working for a guillotine from mount but Dants is in no mood to give up.

Barisov working for a submission but Dants is keeping him at bay.
Barisov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dants looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barisov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barisov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Barisov is landing with some decent strikes but Dants is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barisov lands a big shot there that rocks Dants but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dants is trying to escape the mount.
Barisov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Barisov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Barisov raining down shots from the mount!
Dants is looking to get to half guard.
Barisov with a couple of short strikes.
Dants is bucking up trying to escape but Barisov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Barisov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barisov scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barisov scoring with strikes but Dants is staying in there.
Barisov landing strikes from the mount.

Barisov looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barisov wants to control the pace but Dants is squirming around nicely.
Dants working to try and regain half guard.
Barisov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barisov scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dants?
Barisov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Barisov lands a big elbow.
Barisov punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barisov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dants takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barisov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Barisov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Barisov lands a takedown into guard.
Barisov chips away with some ground and pound.
Barisov trying to control but Dants is working from the bottom.

Barisov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Barisov chips away with some ground and pound.
Barisov trying to control but Dants is working from the bottom.
Barisov lands a couple of elbows.
Barisov working some strikes from top position.
Barisov pushing down on Dants's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Barisov controlling the action here.
Barisov passes to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dants gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Barisov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dants can do to turn this around?
Barisov working Dants over with strikes here.
Dants is bucking up trying to escape but Barisov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Barisov quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Barisov but it's paid off an Dants is forced to tap! Nice work by Barisov.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Boris Barisov!