PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Shishkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marquez
vs
Shishkin

189 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Santiago Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Shishkin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Shishkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marquez wants to clinch but Shishkin slips to the side

and Shishkin moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Shishkin.

Marquez has clasped his hands together around Shishkin's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Shishkin wants to get back to his feet but Marquez drags him back down.
Shishkin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Marquez stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Marquez misses with a wild combination.

Shishkin clinches with his opponent.
Shishkin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marquez walks away with a smile on his face. Shishkin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marquez throws a lazy head kick
and Shishkin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marquez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Shishkin counters with a shoot takedown. Marquez fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Marquez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shishkin stops Marquez from standing up.
Marquez controls Shishkin momentarily but Shishkin frees himself.
Marquez pulls Shishkin in to control the position.
Marquez is trying to control the position but Shishkin postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shishkin preventing the sweep.

Marquez wriggles free and stands up.
Marquez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Marquez looks to clinch

and Shishkin counters by moving into the clinch.
Marquez is trying to break the clinch but Shishkin has him pressed against the cage.
Shishkin lands a nice knee to the body.
Marquez is breathing heavily.
Shishkin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Shishkin gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Marquez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marquez trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shishkin stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

Shishkin clinches up against the cage.
Shishkin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marquez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shishkin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shishkin managing to block the knees to the body from Marquez.
Marquez is trying to break free.
Marquez is trying to stall.
Shishkin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shishkin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shishkin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Shishkin.

Shishkin manages to pull guard.
Marquez trying to control but Shishkin is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin working a defensive guard here.
Marquez wants to pass the guard but Shishkin is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Shishkin dominated that round.
That's time! Marquez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shishkin lands a head kick!
Marquez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shishkin counters with a low kick, right behind Marquez 's knee.
Marquez blocks a head kick by Shishkin.

Shishkin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Shishkin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marquez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shishkin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Shishkin crunches a lovely knee into Marquez's ribcage.

Marquez decides to pull guard.
Shishkin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Shishkin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin stopping the sweep attempt from Marquez.
Shishkin trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Marquez wants to sweep here but Shishkin controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Shishkin gets to his feet - Marquez follows without any prompting.
Shishkin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shishkin throws a nice inside leg kick.

Shishkin closes the distance and clinches.
Marquez is looking to control Shishkin's arms but Shishkin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marquez has his back to the cage.
Shishkin lands a good knee to the midsection. Marquez won't want to take too many of those.
Shishkin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shishkin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shishkin crunches a lovely knee into Marquez's ribcage.
Shishkin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Shishkin pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shishkin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shishkin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Marquez wants to get back to full guard.
Shishkin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Shishkin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shishkin is controlling the pace.
Marquez keeping hold of Shishkin's head, controlling as best he can.
Marquez works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Shishkin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Marquez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Marquez lands with a nice body punch.
Santiago Marquez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marquez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Shishkin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Marquez drags the fight down to the ground.
Marquez pulls Shishkin in close to his closed guard and prevents Shishkin from doing any damage or advancing position.
Marquez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Marquez prevents Shishkin from getting the reversal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez looking to control but Shishkin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shishkin tries to hold on but Marquez postures up.
Shishkin is squirming around, avoiding Marquez's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shishkin is working to get back to half guard.
Marquez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shishkin?
Shishkin is squirming around, avoiding Marquez's attempts to control the action.
Marquez throwing strikes but Shishkin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marquez lands a nice short elbow.
Marquez trying to mount his opponent but Shishkin defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Marquez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Marquez wants to get back to his feet.
Shishkin is refusing to be controlled, as Marquez sits in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago Marquez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shishkin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexey Shishkin!