PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Chrome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyov Kirijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Chrome
vs
Kirijenko

181 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Chrome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lyov Kirijenko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chrome lands a leg kick that knocks Kirijenko off balance momentarily.
Lyov Kirijenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chrome shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Chrome wants to control the pace but Kirijenko is squirming around nicely.
Kirijenko is looking to get to half guard.
Kirijenko is squirming around, avoiding Chrome's attempts to control the action.
Chrome cracks Kirijenko with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kirijenko is squirming around, avoiding Chrome's attempts to control the action.
Kirijenko can't escape the position.
Kirijenko tries to lock up and control but Chrome gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirijenko tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kirijenko is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Chrome trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kirijenko is working to get back to half guard.
Kirijenko reaches up and holds on to Chrome to control the position.
Kirijenko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chrome cracks Kirijenko with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko gets back to half guard.
Chrome is just content to waste time from the top position. Kirijenko takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Kirijenko keeping moving, preventing Chrome from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kirijenko has his hands on Chrome's head, controlling the position.
Chrome trying to control but Kirijenko is working from the bottom.

Kirijenko working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chrome doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chrome manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chrome with a nice head shot there.
Kirijenko is pulling down on Chrome's head to control his posture.
Chrome might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kirijenko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chrome stops a takedown attempt from Kirijenko.

Chrome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kirijenko misses with a takedown attempt
and Chrome counters with a three punch combo that has Kirijenko backing up. Kirijenko nods at Chrome to acknowledge the strikes.
Chrome closes the distance and clinches up with Kirijenko, looking for a takedown. Chrome pushes Kirijenko against the cage but Kirijenko circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kirijenko with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chrome counters with a three punch combo that has Kirijenko backing up. Kirijenko nods at Chrome to acknowledge the strikes.
Max Chrome has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyov Kirijenko.
Chrome is breathing heavily.

Kirijenko shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirijenko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chrome works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kirijenko is in close to Chrome's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Chrome is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kirijenko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chrome trying to control the position.
Chrome on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chrome tries to get out of the position.
Chrome looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Chrome 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.

Kirijenko with a lazy takedown attempt
and Chrome counters with a left to the body.
Chrome with a poor takedown

and Kirijenko counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kirijenko.
Chrome has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kirijenko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kirijenko is working Chrome over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kirijenko wants to control from the top but Chrome keeps moving.
Kirijenko is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kirijenko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kirijenko with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kirijenko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kirijenko trying to control but Chrome is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirijenko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kirijenko slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kirijenko works to advance to full mount. Chrome defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Kirijenko landing shots from mount.
Kirijenko cracks Chrome with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chrome knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kirijenko on the ground.
Kirijenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Chrome takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kirijenko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chrome hang on?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kirijenko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kirijenko dominating with strikes here.
Kirijenko controlling from mount.
Kirijenko trying to control but Chrome is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko looking to finish Chrome with some ground and pound. This is bad for Chrome!
Lyov Kirijenko has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee warns Chrome that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kirijenko cracks Chrome with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kirijenko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chrome takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kirijenko landing strikes from the mount.
Kirijenko has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chrome's face.

It looks like Max Chrome has been cut.
Kirijenko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chrome?
Kirijenko with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko landing strikes from the mount.
Kirijenko working the ground and pound effectively.
Kirijenko looking to finish Chrome with some ground and pound. This is bad for Chrome!

Chrome is rocked!

Max Chrome's cut is getting worse.
Kirijenko takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kirijenko landing strikes from the mount and Chrome is in trouble!

Max Chrome's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kirijenko with good strikes from the mount here!

Jeez, Max Chrome's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lyov Kirijenko!