PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Soltys (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Russian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Andrew Soltys has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Soltys
vs
Russian

180 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Soltys!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boris Russian!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soltys.
Russian tries to clinch up.
Russian moves in looking to clinch but Soltys pushes him off.
Russian slips a jab from Soltys.
Russian doesn't manage to clinch there - Soltys circles away.
Russian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soltys connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Russian blocks a jab.
Soltys throws a lazy uppercut

and Russian counters by moving into the clinch.
Russian misses with a knee strike.
Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soltys can't break the clinch.
Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Russian scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soltys wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soltys working hard to break the clinch.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but Soltys blocks with his arms.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but Soltys blocks with his arms.
Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Russian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Russian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soltys blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Russian.
Russian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russian looks winded!
Russian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soltys lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soltys has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russian misses with a knee strike.
Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Russian with a knee to the head.
Soltys working hard to break the clinch.
Soltys is trying to force a seperation but Russian has the dominant position.
Soltys wants to get back to striking at distance but Russian won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soltys avoiding damage as Russian throws knees to the body.
Soltys is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Soltys is blocking nicely.
Soltys managing to block the knees to the body from Russian.
Russian blocks an uppercut.
Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Soltys is blocking nicely.
Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soltys is trying to break free.
Soltys tries to break the clinch but Russian is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soltys.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Soltys takes a knee right on the jaw!
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but Soltys blocks with his arms.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Russian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Soltys is blocking nicely.
Soltys wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Soltys is trying to push Russian away but Russian has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Soltys is blocking nicely.
Russian trying to land knees to the body.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soltys is looking to break free of the clinch but Russian has double underhooks.
Soltys avoiding damage as Russian throws knees to the body.
Soltys wants to break the clinch but can't.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russian prevents Soltys from breaking the clinch.
Soltys on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Soltys is blocking nicely.
Soltys working hard to break the clinch.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian is controlling him.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soltys wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Russian lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Soltys is looking to break free of the clinch but Russian has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Boris Russian will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Soltys misses with a body shot.
Russian moves out of range of the strikes.
Russian doesn't manage to clinch there - Soltys circles away.
The fighters circling - Soltys throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soltys scores with a three punch combo!
Soltys throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Soltys ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Soltys with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good shot there by Soltys.
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!
A big left from Soltys misses.
The fighters circling - Soltys throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soltys cracks Russian with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soltys misses with a straight left.
Andrew Soltys is winning the standup battle so far.
Soltys lands a nice hook to Russian's body. Russian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soltys swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Soltys throws a body punch but Russian moves out of range.
Soltys misses the shot to the body.
Soltys looks to score with a jab to the body but Russian is just out of range.
Russian slips under a jab.
Soltys throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Russian counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Soltys can't break the clinch.
Boris Russian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Russian working Soltys over with knees to the body.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russian connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Andrew Soltys has been cut.
Russian working Soltys over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russian.
Soltys is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Russian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Soltys's face.
Knees to the body from Russian.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Russian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Soltys working hard to break the clinch.
Soltys takes a knee right on the jaw!
Russian scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Soltys is trying to break free.
Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soltys looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Russian.
Soltys tries to break the clinch but Russian is controlling the position.
Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soltys wants to get back to striking at distance but Russian won't allow it.
Soltys looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Russian working Soltys over with knees to the body.
Soltys tries to circle away but Russian has him pinned against the cage.
Russian keeps control of Soltys as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soltys is looking to break free of the clinch but Russian has double underhooks.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Soltys is looking to break free of the clinch but Russian has double underhooks.
Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soltys has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian is controlling him.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Soltys takes a knee right on the jaw!
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russian with a knee to the head.
Russian lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but Soltys blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Andrew Soltys will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andrew Soltys's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Russian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Russian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soltys fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Russian manages to avoid it.
Soltys ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Russian moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Soltys as he connects with a hook.
Russian doesn't manage to clinch there - Soltys circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Soltys. Those never looked like landing.
Nice body punch from Soltys.
Russian dodges the punch combination from Soltys.
Soltys throws a looping overhand right but Russian ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soltys throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Russian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soltys misses with a wild combination.
Russian moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Russian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Soltys fails to land with a series of punches.
Andrew Soltys seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Soltys.
Soltys misses with a jab to the body
and Russian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Russian rushes Soltys and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Russian connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Soltys can't break the clinch.
Russian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Soltys's face.
Russian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soltys blocks it with crossed arms.
Russian working Soltys over with knees to the body.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian is controlling him.
Russian landing knees to the head.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Soltys wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Soltys takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
Soltys takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soltys.
Russian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Soltys is trying to force a seperation but Russian has the dominant position.
Russian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russian tries a knee to the head but Soltys blocks it.
Russian keeps control of Soltys as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soltys can't break the clinch.
Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian has him pressed against the cage.
Soltys misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soltys tries to break the clinch but Russian is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Soltys's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Russian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Russian prevents Soltys from breaking the clinch.
Russian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Russian lands a good knee to the midsection. Soltys won't want to take too many of those.
Soltys wants to break the clinch but can't.
Russian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Soltys is trying to break the clinch but Russian is controlling him.
Soltys is looking to break free of the clinch but Russian has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soltys is looking to break free of the clinch but Russian has double underhooks.
Soltys looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Soltys stalling in the clinch but Russian improves position.
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!
Russian misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andrew Soltys.
I think Soltys has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Andrew Soltys!
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Andrew Soltys!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Boris Russian!

Andrew Soltys wins by split decision!