PDHC PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ulf Ivarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladislav Gorki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladislav Gorki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ivarsson
vs
Gorki

180 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulf Ivarsson!
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, Vladislav Gorki!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivarsson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ivarsson clobbers Gorki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ivarsson misses with a few strikes there.
Gorki fails with a takedown attempt.
Gorki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gorki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ivarsson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ivarsson lands a slapping body shot.
Gorki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Vladislav Gorki has been cut.
Gorki moves in looking to clinch but Ivarsson pushes him off.
Gorki tries for a takedown but Ivarsson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ivarsson misses with a two punch combination.
Gorki is looking to clinch.
Ivarsson misses with the combination.
Gorki shoots in but no luck this time.
Ulf Ivarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladislav Gorki.
Ivarsson's corner calls for a 1-2. Ivarsson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ivarsson lands a hook that stumbles Gorki back into the cage. Ivarsson follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Gorki to the canvas! Ivarsson pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Gorki has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ulf Ivarsson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
87%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Broz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Sanchez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sanchez
vs
Broz

190 cm
21
202 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

200 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juan Sanchez!
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, Robert Broz!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Broz wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Broz keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez wants to clinch but Broz slips to the side

and Broz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanchez won't be happy with that.

Broz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sanchez is trying to get back to half guard.
Broz is looking to take a break and control but Sanchez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Broz tries to advance to mount but Sanchez instead regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez won't allow Broz to pass to mount.
Broz is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanchez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sanchez is trying to stand up here but Broz is controlling him well.
Broz not doing much here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Broz slips under a jab from Sanchez.

Broz gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Broz looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.

Broz breaks the clinch.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice takedown defense from Sanchez. No joy for Broz on that attempt.
Sanchez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Broz counters by clinching up.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Broz is keeping busy.
Broz tries to pull guard but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Broz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Broz.
Broz has a takedown stuffed.
Juan Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Broz.
Sanchez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Broz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Broz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Broz has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Juan Sanchez!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Bush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ninja Shadowking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shadowking has chosen like a toy soilder-eminem as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ninja Shadowking was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bush
vs
Shadowking

176 cm
19
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeremy Bush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ninja Shadowking!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shadowking tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bush swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shadowking looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Shadowking is looking to clinch.

Bush gets the takedown into side control.
Bush throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bush is putting a hurting on Shadowking here, landing some big shots from side control.
Shadowking taking a bit of punishment here - Bush scoring with strikes.
Check out the look on Bush's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Shadowking is being controlled here.
Bush misses with the ground and pound.
Bush throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Bush are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush cracks Shadowking with a big elbow.
Bush scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shadowking to see if he's OK.

Bush is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Shadowking is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shadowking taking a bit of punishment here - Bush scoring with strikes.
Bush in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bush working the body and head with strikes.
Bush controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush lands some shots froms side control.
The strikes coming from Bush are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bush throws a strike aimed at the side of Shadowking's head but Shadowking avoids it well.

Bush wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shadowking, who protects the arm well.
Shadowking takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush is working Shadowking over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bush cracks Shadowking with a big right hand but Shadowking just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bush lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Shadowking down.

Bush stands up.

Bush changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shadowking looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bush just content to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bush working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bush tries to score with some ground and pound. Shadowking controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bush just content to control the position.
Bush 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.
Bush works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bush dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shadowking takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Bush shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bush showed some decent athleticism there.
Bush takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bush keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bush passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bush landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush with good strikes from the mount here!
Shadowking is breathing heavily.
Bush controlling from the full mount.
Bush fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bush with a couple of short strikes.
Shadowking takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shadowking is bucking up trying to escape but Bush cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bush looking to finish Shadowking with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shadowking!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bush scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shadowking?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bush sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bush postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shadowking looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bush pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shadowking is in a horrible position here. Bush smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jeremy Bush overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bush landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Bush! Shadowking is hurt baaadly! Bush is firing away with more strikes - Shadowking is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jeremy Bush!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
33%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between valdirmor kiklov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Shlemenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shlemenko has chosen Young Jeezy feat. Busta Rhymes - love it as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Alex Shlemenko enters the cage!

kiklov
vs
Shlemenko

175 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, valdirmor kiklov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Shlemenko!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shlemenko slaps away a takedown attempt from kiklov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Shlemenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
kiklov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shlemenko tries to avoid it but kiklov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shlemenko to the ground. Shlemenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
kiklov has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for valdirmor kiklov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
kiklov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shlemenko.
Shlemenko tries to clinch but kiklov moves out of range.
kiklov misses with a takedown attempt

and Shlemenko counters with a takedown into side control.

Shlemenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by kiklov, who protects the arm well.

Shlemenko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shlemenko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shlemenko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Shlemenko is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but kiklov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Shlemenko has an Americana. kiklov didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Shlemenko is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Shlemenko hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Alex Shlemenko!