PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Surov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Moltov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Surov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Amphetamines. Alexei Surov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ivan Moltov's chin.

Surov
vs
Moltov

177 cm
25
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Steel Penn's Skin Shop *laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexei Surov!
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, Ivan Moltov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moltov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Surov's sensitive parts.
Moltov moves out of range of the strikes.
Moltov stalks Surov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Surov's face. Surov staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Alexei Surov has been cut.
Surov just misses with a punch to the body.
Moltov misses with a looping left.
Moltov punishes Surov's body with a nice straight punch.
Moltov just misses with a punch to the body.
Moltov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Moltov wants it to stay on the feet.
Moltov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Surov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Moltov throws a series of punches but Surov avoids them all with ease.
Surov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moltov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Surov eats them both and turns towards Moltov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Moltov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Moltov. No joy for Surov on that attempt.
Moltov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Surov manages to avoid it.
Moltov takes a swing at Surov's ribcage but misses.
Moltov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Moltov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Surov.
Ivan Moltov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moltov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Surov on the side of the head.
Moltov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Surov backs up against the cage.
Surov misses with a hook.
Moltov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moltov misses with a wild combination.
Moltov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Surov avoids the body shot from Moltov.
Moltov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moltov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Moltov throws a combination that misses
and Surov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Moltov lands a two punch combo.
Moltov throws a head kick but Surov moves out of range.
Moltov misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Moltov.
Surov cracks a nice hook into Moltov's ribs.
Moltov looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moltov throws a body punch but Surov moves out of range.
Moltov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moltov throws a leg kick but Surov checks it.
Moltov misses with a two punch combination.
Moltov misses with a wild combination.
Moltov misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Moltov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Surov misses with an uppercut.
Donk. Moltov catches Surov right on the button with a cross.
A punch combination from Moltov misses.
Moltov avoids the body shot from Surov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Surov shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexei Surov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moltov misses with a series of wild punches.
Moltov misses with the combination.

Surov gets a clinch.
Surov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Surov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Surov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moltov's efforts to push away.
Moltov is trying to push Surov away but Surov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Surov manages to pull guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Surov has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moltov preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Surov is pulling down on Moltov's head. It's preventing any offense from Moltov, at least for the moment.
Surov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Surov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Moltov's guard.
Surov postures up and lands a big shot to Moltov's brow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Surov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Surov throws a big right hand that misses.
Surov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Surov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Moltov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexei Surov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Moltov.
Moltov tries to land a front kick but Surov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Moltov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danga de danga de dang - Moltov scores with a four punch combination!
Moltov misses with a body shot.
Moltov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Surov rather than just go for the knockout.

Surov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Surov is trying for a kimura here. Moltov looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Surov wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexei Surov!
Alexei Surov very nearly forgot to thank Steel Penn's Skin Shop *laundry 93% amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.