PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobrov Larionovich (ranked 2711 p4p, 125 weight class) and Marc Antoine Chausson (ranked 7216 p4p, 236 weight class). Marc Antoine Chausson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Bobrov Larionovich has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Larionovich
vs
Antoine Chausson

164 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
149 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobrov Larionovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marc Antoine Chausson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chausson moves away from the strike by Larionovich.
Chausson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larionovich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chausson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A lazy left from Chausson finds it's target.

It looks like Bobrov Larionovich has been cut.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Larionovich.
Chausson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Larionovich takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chausson presses Larionovich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Larionovich blocks a body shot from Chausson.
Chausson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larionovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chausson misses with a body punch.
Chausson has a couple of punches blocked by Larionovich.
Larionovich working aggressively here.
Larionovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larionovich blocks an uppercut.
Chausson throws a punch but it's blocked by Larionovich.
Chausson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chausson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Chausson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chausson.
Larionovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chausson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Larionovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Chausson.
Nice body punch from Chausson - that landed with a thud.
Larionovich has a couple of punches blocked by Chausson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chausson lands a body punch.
Chausson works on Larionovich's body with a couple of short punches.
Chausson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larionovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chausson gets through Larionovich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Chausson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Larionovich backwards.
Chausson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chausson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Chausson scores with a shot to the side of Larionovich's head.
Chausson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Larionovich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chausson.
Larionovich definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Larionovich takes a shot to the head.
Chausson lands a body shot.
Chausson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larionovich backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larionovich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chausson just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobrov Larionovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chausson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Larionovich pulls guard effortlessly.
Chausson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chausson trying to control the position from guard on top but Larionovich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chausson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Chausson is sitting in close to Larionovich's body. Larionovich has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Chausson is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Chausson is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Larionovich.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bobrov Larionovich!
A less than humble Bobrov Larionovich misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.