PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between vitalijjs ddurnovs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trener Kolya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

ddurnovs
vs
Kolya

200 cm
24
250 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

184 cm
26
238 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Intelligent

KAISER

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, vitalijjs ddurnovs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trener Kolya!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ddurnovs loads up on a big right hand but Kolya slips the punch.
ddurnovs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ddurnovs misses with a series of wild punches.
ddurnovs throws the left hand but Kolya avoids the punch easily.
ddurnovs looks to throw the jab but Kolya is out of range.
ddurnovs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kolya shoots in but no luck this time.
Kolya fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but ddurnovs avoids it really well and circles away.
Kolya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from ddurnovs.

ddurnovs lands a left and a right that sends Kolya crashing to the canvas! ddurnovs dives into mount looking to finish!
Kolya is wriggling around trying to escape.
ddurnovs thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kolya is wriggling around trying to escape.
ddurnovs throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kolya really wants to buck ddurnovs off and get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kolya can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kolya is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

ddurnovs looking to secure an arm triangle but Kolya defends it well.
ddurnovs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

ddurnovs get's back to his feet.
ddurnovs throws a hook to the side of Kolya's head but Kolya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
ddurnovs loads up on a big right hand but Kolya slips the punch.
Kolya shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. ddurnovs defends it nicely.
vitalijjs ddurnovs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trener Kolya.
ddurnovs stuffs the takedown attempt from Kolya. Kolya gets slowly back to his feet.
Kolya moves away from the strike by ddurnovs.
A jab from ddurnovs misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

ddurnovs throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Kolya tumbling to the canvas!

Kolya is rocked!

It looks like Trener Kolya has been cut.
ddurnovs trying to control but Kolya is working from the bottom.
Kolya is still in real trouble! Can ddurnovs finish him?

ddurnovs drops back looking for a leg! Kolya is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kolya manages to kick ddurnovs off! ddurnovs jumps back into Kolya's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ddurnovs chips away with some ground and pound.
Kolya working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from ddurnovs.
Kolya seems to have recovered his senses.

ddurnovs gets to his feet - Kolya follows without any prompting.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kolya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
ddurnovs is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kolya ducks under a wild hook from ddurnovs.

Kolya shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
ddurnovs is breathing heavily.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolya is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kolya working over ddurnovs with some ground and pound. ddurnovs looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kolya working ddurnovs over with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kolya lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
ddurnovs wants to get back to his feet.
Kolya drops an elbow to the side of ddurnovs's head.
ddurnovs is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kolya scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ddurnovs wants to get back to his feet.

Kolya is working for a kimura but ddurnovs is defending it quite comfortably.
Kolya looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks ddurnovs with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kolya working over ddurnovs with some ground and pound. ddurnovs looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kolya stops ddurnovs from getting back to his feet.
ddurnovs has hold of Kolya's hands but Kolya slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kolya is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kolya lands strikes from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kolya moves into full mount! ddurnovs won't be happy about that!
Kolya connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

vitalijjs ddurnovs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trener Kolya's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Horrible takedown by Kolya or perhaps it was just good defense by ddurnovs which made him look bad.

Kolya scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kolya lands a nice short elbow.
Kolya scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Kolya.
Kolya landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kolya has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can ddurnovs defend it? Kolya steps over the head and cranks it - ddurnovs is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Kolya!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Trener Kolya!