PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alik Tseiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Bonce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alik Tseiko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tseiko
vs
Bonce

182 cm
27
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
173 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alik Tseiko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Bonce!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bonce scores with the left hand. Tseiko knows he should have avoided that one.
Bonce connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bonce lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tseiko slaps away a takedown attempt from Bonce, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tseiko closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bonce did well to prevent Tseiko getting side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nice strikes from Tseiko there.
Tseiko throwing shots but Bonce is blocking nicely.
Bonce wants to get back to his feet.
Bonce is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tseiko scores with a couple of nice shots.

Tseiko is working for a submission of some sort.
Tseiko lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonce is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tseiko scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tseiko lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Tseiko there.
Tseiko is keen to just control but Bonce is a slippery customer.
Tseiko has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Tseiko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tseiko stops Bonce from getting back to his feet.
Bonce keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Tseiko is looking for a kimura but Bonce is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tseiko to get the leverage.

Tseiko seems to be working for a kimura but Bonce defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tseiko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tseiko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Tseiko seems to be working for a kimura but Bonce defends the submission attempt.
Bonce trying to control here.

Tseiko is working for a kimura but Bonce is defending it quite comfortably.
Tseiko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tseiko is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tseiko working over Bonce with some ground and pound. Bonce looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bonce trying to control but Tseiko postures up.

Bonce is defending against the submission attempts here by Tseiko.
Bonce wants to get back to his feet.
Bonce is looking to improve his position.
Bonce gets full guard.
Tseiko is pushing down on Bonce's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bonce is fighting to maintain full guard but Tseiko has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tseiko prevents Bonce from standing back up.
Tseiko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Tseiko looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bonce really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tseiko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alik Tseiko!
A determined Alik Tseiko didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!