PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Krylov (ranked 811 p4p, 1197 weight class) and LL Jay (ranked 131 p4p, 185 weight class). LL Jay will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Krylov
vs
Jay

180 cm
27
175
8 - 5 - 0

179 cm
25
185
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ivan Krylov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, LL Jay!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krylov rushes Jay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jay digs a right hand underneath Krylov's ribcage. Krylov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jay misses with a punch on the inside.

Jay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krylov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jay scores with a hook to the body. Krylov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jay throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Krylov on the side of the head.

It looks like Ivan Krylov has been cut.
Jay dips to his left and cracks Krylov with an uppercut!

Jay moves into the clinch.

Jay breaks from the clinch.

Jay gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Krylov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jay wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Krylov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Krylov preventing the sweep.
Krylov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Krylov throwing strikes but missing.
Jay working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krylov slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jay is trying to control the position but Krylov postures up.
Jay keeping moving, preventing Krylov from controlling successfully.
Krylov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Krylov throws a big elbow that misses.
Krylov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Krylov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Krylov chips away with some ground and pound.
Krylov won't allow Jay to sweep him here.
Jay is trying to control the position but Krylov postures up.
Krylov 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.
Krylov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Krylov trying to control but Jay is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay looking to hit a scissor sweep but Krylov is one step ahead there.
Krylov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krylov trying to control but Jay is working from the bottom.
Krylov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jay's head.
Krylov looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jay managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krylov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jay's head.
Jay trying to control the position here.
We've been hearing that Krylov has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krylov works over Jay with some ground and pound from guard.
Krylov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jay is trying to keep Krylov in close.
Krylov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Krylov scores with punches from side control.
Jay is trying to get back to half guard.
Krylov works to advance to full mount. Jay defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jay is wriggling around trying to escape.
Krylov working Jay over with strikes here.
Krylov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Krylov with shots to the head and body - Jay looks very uncomfortable down there.
Krylov lands a nice shot to the head.

Jay is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big strike lands for Krylov! That's really hurt Jay and he's turned his back - Krylov keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Krylov jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Krylov!