PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Demidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Bolt (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.

Demidov
vs
Bolt

192 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Alexander Demidov!
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, George Bolt!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demidov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bolt fails with the takedown.
Demidov throws a good cross that connects.
Bolt shoots for a takedown but Demidov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Demidov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolt shoots in but Demidov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alexander Demidov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Bolt.
Bolt shoots for a takedown but Demidov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Bolt feints and as Demidov raises his hands in defense, Bolt changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bolt forces his way into half guard.
Demidov is looking to improve his position.
Bolt working over Demidov with some ground and pound. Demidov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bolt prevents Demidov from improving his position.
Bolt is trying to control the action in half guard but Demidov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bolt slips a nice elbow through Demidov's hands, connecting with Demidov's forehead.
Bolt is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bolt blocks the strikes from Demidov.
Bolt blocks the strikes from Demidov.
Bolt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Demidov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Demidov throws a series of punches but Bolt moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Demidov.
Demidov is breathing heavily.
Demidov scores with a nice head shot.
A punch combination from Demidov misses.
Bolt shoots for a double leg takedown but Demidov sprawls well. He's pushed Bolt's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Bolt moves into the clinch.
Demidov wants to get back to striking at distance but Bolt won't allow it.
Bolt prevents Demidov from breaking the clinch.
Bolt drops down looking for an ankle pick but Demidov pulls his leg out and moves away.

Bolt closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Demidov to the mat! Demidov manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Demidov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Demidov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Demidov tries to get out of the position.
Bolt trying to control the position from guard on top but Demidov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bolt won't allow Demidov to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Demidov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bolt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Demidov swinging wilding here.
Demidov digs a good hook to Bolt's body.
Demidov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Demidov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov connects with a jab.
Demidov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bolt's head backwards.
Demidov misses with a two punch combination.
Demidov lands a nice shot that snaps Bolt's head back.
Demidov stuffs the takedown attempt from Bolt. Bolt gets slowly back to his feet.
Demidov's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Demidov duly obliges.

Bolt looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Demidov!
Demidov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bolt on the ground.
Bolt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bolt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bolt landing strikes from the mount and Demidov is in trouble!

Demidov is rocked!
Demidov can't escape the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bolt unloading with bombs!
Bolt controlling the pace for now.
Demidov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bolt cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolt landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bolt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Demidov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bolt landing punches.
Bolt working the ground and pound effectively.
Bolt with a couple of short strikes.
Bolt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Demidov is trying desperately to improve position.
Bolt putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bolt landing punches.
Demidov is squirming around, avoiding Bolt's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Bolt connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bolt with shots to the head and body - Demidov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bolt landing strikes from the mount and Demidov is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Bolt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Bolt dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

No joy there for Demidov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Demidov seems to have got his legs back now.
Demidov misses with the combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Demidov as he connects with a hook.
Bolt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bolt changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Demidov tries to avoid it but Bolt manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Demidov to the ground. Demidov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bolt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bolt defending well as Demidov loads up on a big left hand.
Demidov throws a right hand that Bolt ducks under and follows up with a left that Bolt also avoids with ease.
Bolt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Demidov but Demidov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alexander Demidov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Bolt.
Demidov misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bolt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bolt showed some decent athleticism there.
Demidov is staying active underneath Bolt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bolt is breathing heavily.
Demidov tries to get to full guard but Bolt has control of the leg.
George Bolt has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt throwing shots but Demidov is blocking nicely.
Demidov is looking for a sweep. Bolt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Demidov landing a few short strikes.
Demidov is trying to get back to full guard.
Demidov throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Demidov tries to get to full guard but Bolt has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Demidov misses with a two punch combination.
Bolt ducks right into an uppercut from Demidov.
Demidov fails to land with a series of punches.
Demidov stuffs the takedown attempt from Bolt. Bolt gets slowly back to his feet.
Demidov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Demidov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Bolt changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Demidov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Demidov is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bolt landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt lands an elbow.
Bolt scores with punches from side control.
Demidov taking a bit of punishment here - Bolt scoring with strikes.
Bolt in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bolt landing strikes.
Bolt is chipping away with strikes.
Demidov is looking to reverse the position.
Bolt is looking to take a break and control but Demidov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Demidov is looking to reverse the position.
Bolt lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Demidov down.
Bolt lands some shots froms side control.
Demidov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bolt working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolt is putting a hurting on Demidov here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bolt cracks Demidov with a big elbow.
Bolt working the ground and pound.
Bolt looks up at the clock and then as Demidov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bolt smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bolt passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Demidov!
Bolt blocks Demidov's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bolt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Demidov's face.
Demidov is trying desperately to improve position.
Bolt lands a big shot there that rocks Demidov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Demidov is trying to escape the mount.
Demidov is working hard here to advance position.
A nice elbow there by Bolt.
Demidov can't escape the position.
Bolt throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Demidov tries to reverse the position but Bolt maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bolt is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Demidov can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Demidov can't escape the position.
Bolt working the ground and pound effectively.
Bolt with shots to the head and body - Demidov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Demidov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bolt cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bolt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Demidov looks a forlorn figure.
Bolt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bolt unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Demidov wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Bolt celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Bolt!