PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eugiene Bogatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gennady Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gennady Golovkin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bogatov
vs
Golovkin

182 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugiene Bogatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gennady Golovkin !
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bogatov circles away quickly and effectively.
Golovkin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Golovkin looks to move away, Bogatov throws a big counter combo but Golovkin just gets out of the way.
Golovkin lands the left hand.

Bogatov darts in and clinches Golovkin up against the cage.
Bogatov misses with a knee strike.
Bogatov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bogatov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Golovkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Bogatov has Golovkin pressed against the cage, preventing Golovkin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Bogatov breaks the clinch.

Bogatov rushes Golovkin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Golovkin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Golovkin manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bogatov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golovkin looks to throw the jab but Bogatov is out of range.
Bogatov is looking for a counter combo.
Bogatov avoids the head kick by Golovkin .
Bogatov throws a counter high kick but Golovkin was just alert enough to avoid it.
Golovkin throws a sloppy head kick and Bogatov moves out of range easily.
Golovkin misses with a series of wild punches.
Bogatov throws a counter high kick but Golovkin was just alert enough to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogatov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Golovkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Golovkin . That's going to slow Bogatov down.
Golovkin misses with a series of wild punches.
Bogatov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Golovkin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Golovkin unleashes a big counter combination but Bogatov bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bogatov tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Golovkin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Golovkin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin takes a swing at Bogatov's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut. Bogatov saw that one coming.
Bogatov throws a sloppy head kick and Golovkin moves out of range easily.
Golovkin has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bogatov is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Golovkin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bogatov moves into the clinch.
Golovkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bogatov has him pressed against the cage.
Bogatov stalls.

Golovkin manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Golovkin finds it's way through Bogatov's defenses.
Bogatov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Golovkin .
Golovkin throws a head kick that misses.
Golovkin throws a solid leg kick but Bogatov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Golovkin .
Golovkin scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Bogatov tries to clinch but Golovkin is having none of it.
Golovkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bogatov tried to counter with a leg kick but Golovkin avoided it.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut. Bogatov saw that one coming.
Golovkin throws a series of punches but Bogatov moves out of range.
Bogatov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Golovkin looks winded!
Golovkin misses with the combination.
Bogatov throws a head kick that Golovkin semi-blocks.

It looks like Gennady Golovkin has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Golovkin does no damage.
Golovkin throws a head kick that misses
and Bogatov counters with a left and a right that stings Golovkin .
Golovkin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bogatov counters with a straight that turns Golovkin 's legs to rubber! Bogatov pushes forward with more strikes and Golovkin goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugiene Bogatov!