PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Salmon Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasily Krakow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Chase
vs
Krakow

180 cm
22
162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
162 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Salmon Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasily Krakow!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chase fails to land with a series of punches.
Krakow slips a jab from Chase.
Chase swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chase lands a right hook to the body.
Krakow dodges the punch combination from Chase.
Salmon Chase seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Chase does no damage.
Chase looks to throw the jab but Krakow is out of range.
Krakow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chase sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krakow tries to move into range but Chase moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chase swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chase misses with a hook. Krakow ducked under it nicely.
Krakow moves away from the strike by Chase.
Krakow staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase throws a hook but Krakow blocks it.
Chase connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chase moves into range and connects with a jab.
Krakow connects with a jab.
Chase cracks Krakow with an open hand slap.
Chase takes a swing at Krakow's ribcage but misses.
Krakow slips a jab and a cross from Chase.
Krakow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Krakow gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chase throws a series of punches but Krakow moves out of range.
Krakow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chase.
Krakow ducks under a wild hook from Chase.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krakow slips a jab from Chase.
Krakow avoids the body shot from Chase.
Krakow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chase.
Krakow avoids the body shot from Chase.
Chase throws a right hand that Krakow ducks under and follows up with a left that Krakow also avoids with ease.
Chase throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chase throws a shot from downtown. Krakow moves away and avoids it.
Chase throws a series of punches but Krakow avoids them all with ease.

Krakow scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chase is looking for a sweep.
Chase wants to get back to his feet but Krakow drags him back down.
Chase is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Chase is looking for a sweep.
Krakow is looking to take a break and control but Chase is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Krakow on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chase connects with a crisp jab.
Krakow throws a body kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Krakow - that will leave a mark!
Krakow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chase throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Chase misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakow slips under a jab from Chase.
Chase throws out a loose jab but Krakow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chase misses with a looping right.
Chase fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chase throws a jab when Krakow was well out of range.

Krakow feints and as Chase raises his hands in defense, Krakow changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Chase has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Krakow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Krakow gets to his feet - Chase follows without any prompting.
Chase pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chase looks to score with a jab to the body but Krakow is just out of range.
A big right from Krakow misses.
Chase just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salmon Chase dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Chase pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chase misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krakow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chase.
Chase moves out of range of the body kick from Krakow.
Chase misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Krakow looks to land a left hand but Chase moved out of range nicely.
Chase looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chase misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krakow.
Chase throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Chase.
Chase throws a right and a left that Krakow avoids nicely.
Chase misses with a wild body shot.
Chase goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakow moves out of range as Chase strikes.
Chase fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krakow manages to avoid it.
Chase throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Krakow.
Krakow looks to throw the jab but Chase is out of range.

Krakow bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Chase tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Krakow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krakow is looking to take a break and control but Chase is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chase takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Krakow cracks Chase with a big right hand but Chase just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Chase sneaks back into half guard.
Chase blocking the ground and pound attempt from Krakow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chase is trying to get back to full guard.
Krakow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakow is nestled in close to Chase, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Chase looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Chase looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ground and pound from Krakow.

Chase pushes Krakow off and gets back to his feet.
Salmon Chase is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krakow gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Chase takes a swing at Krakow's ribcage but misses.
Krakow connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chase's hands.
Chase swinging wilding here.
Krakow on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Chase misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Krakow.
A nice combination there by Chase.
Chase jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krakow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chase throws a one two combo.
Decent striking displayed by Krakow there.
Chase on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Chase misses.
Chase throws a combination that misses

and Krakow counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakow lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Krakow trying to control but Chase is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakow seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Chase is looking for a triangle but Krakow pushes his legs off easily.
Krakow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chase manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Krakow tries to hold on but Chase postures up.

Chase has hold of Krakow's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Krakow manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chase avoids the attempt from Krakow to control.

Chase looking to secure an arm triangle but Krakow defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Salmon Chase dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Chase misses with a shot to the body
and Krakow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chase moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice defenses there by Krakow.
Chase swings away with a body shot that misses
and Krakow counters with a solid body kick.
Krakow misses with the combination.
Chase throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chase throws a hook but Krakow blocks it.
Chase swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Krakow counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Chase misses with a double jab

and Krakow counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Chase looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Krakow puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Chase gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase wants to get back to his feet but Krakow is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Krakow lands a couple of elbows.
Chase keeping moving, preventing Krakow from controlling successfully.

Chase working for a triangle but Krakow defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krakow trying to control the position from guard on top but Chase is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krakow controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Chase has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Krakow off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Krakow lunges at Chase with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chase's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Chase connects with a single shot there.
Krakow throws a hook to the side of Chase's head but Chase sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chase misses with an uppercut. Krakow saw that one coming.
Chase cracks Krakow with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chase swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chase swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Krakow counters with a one-two to the body.
Chase throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krakow counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chase throws an overhand right that lands on Krakow's shoulder, as Krakow tries to avoid the shot.
Chase throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krakow slips under a jab.
Chase lands with a right hand.
Chase lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase misses with a double jab
and Krakow counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Chase is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Krakow closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Krakow prevents Chase from standing back up.
Salmon Chase is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Krakow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chase tries to get to full guard but Krakow has control of the leg.
Chase trying to control here.

Krakow is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Chase defends it well.
Krakow prevents Chase from standing back up.
Chase is trying to control but can't.
Krakow tries to pass the half guard into mount. Chase knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Chase misses with a hook. Krakow ducked under it nicely.
Salmon Chase is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chase misses with a wild body shot.
Krakow dodges the punch combination from Chase.
Krakow moves out of range of the strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Chase as he connects with a hook.
Chase throws a hook but Krakow blocks it.
Krakow lands with a nice body punch.
Chase tests Krakow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chase misses with a body shot.

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 Salmon Chase.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chase, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Salmon Chase!