PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Culerovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Oleg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ron Culerovich has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Culerovich
vs
Oleg

180 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

173 cm
24
150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Culerovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Oleg!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Culerovich is looking to clinch but Oleg is avoiding it.
Oleg keeps the fight on the outside.
Oleg tries to clinch up

and Culerovich counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Oleg down! Culerovich is looking to finish but Oleg is intelligently defending himself.

Oleg is rocked!
Culerovich prevents Oleg from getting back to his feet.
Culerovich tries to stand but Oleg is controlling from the bottom.
Oleg wants to stand up but Culerovich is controlling him.
Culerovich wants to get up but he can't break Oleg's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Oleg has managed to clinch.
Oleg works on Culerovich's body with a couple of short punches.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Viktor Oleg has been cut.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oleg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Culerovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Culerovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oleg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oleg looking to slow down the pace here.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oleg blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oleg's defenses.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Culerovich missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Oleg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Oleg misses with a body punch.
Oleg pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oleg avoids it.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich is breathing heavily.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oleg is trying to stall.
Oleg is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Oleg is trying to stall.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oleg stalling in the clinch but Culerovich improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Viktor Oleg.
Oleg tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Culerovich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Oleg avoiding damage as Culerovich throws knees to the body.
Oleg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Culerovich scores with a hook to the body.
A knee to the head by Culerovich.
Culerovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oleg has Culerovich pushed against the cage.
Culerovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oleg is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Oleg blocks with his arms.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Oleg blocks with his arms.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Oleg blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Oleg fails to land.
Oleg looking to slow down the pace here.
A bit of stalling here from Oleg.
Oleg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oleg stalling against the cage.
Oleg looking to slow down the pace here.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oleg blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich trying to land knees to the body.
Oleg blocks an elbow strike.
Oleg misses with a punch to the body.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Oleg blocks it.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oleg blocks it with crossed arms.
Oleg avoiding damage as Culerovich throws knees to the body.
Culerovich misses with an elbow strike.
Oleg is trying to stall.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oleg lands a shoulder strike.
Oleg trying to stall but Culerovich improves his position.
Culerovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Oleg controls his hands.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Oleg is blocking nicely.
Oleg is trying to stall.
Culerovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Oleg avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oleg.
Oleg pressing his opponent against the cage.
Culerovich with a knee to the head.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Oleg blocks it.
Oleg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Oleg wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Viktor Oleg.
Oleg closes the distance but Culerovich moves to the side

and Culerovich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Culerovich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Oleg's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Oleg is looking to clinch.
Oleg doesn't manage to clinch there - Culerovich circles away.
Oleg tries to clinch there but Culerovich circles away.
Oleg darts in trying to clinch
and Culerovich makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Oleg really felt that one!
Oleg tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Culerovich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oleg controlling the action here for a moment.
Oleg blocks an uppercut.
Oleg avoids the elbow strike from Culerovich, against the cage.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Oleg.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oleg blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Oleg blocks with his arms.
Oleg tries to stall but Culerovich uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oleg. Culerovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oleg tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Culerovich counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Culerovich.
Oleg effectively controlling the action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Culerovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oleg's brow.
Culerovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oleg is looking to control Culerovich's arms but Culerovich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oleg has his back to the cage.
Oleg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oleg looking to throw knees to the head but Culerovich is blocking nicely.
Culerovich missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oleg.
Oleg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Culerovich avoiding damage as Oleg throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Culerovich.
Oleg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Culerovich's elbow.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Oleg's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich landing knees to the head.
Oleg struggles to land a body shot inside as Culerovich controls his hands.
Culerovich trying to land knees to the body.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oleg avoids it.
Oleg throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Oleg.
Oleg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oleg blocks an elbow strike from Culerovich.
Oleg lands with a light punch inside.
Culerovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oleg's face.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oleg avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Oleg.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Oleg looking to stall.
Culerovich trying to land knees to the body.
Culerovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oleg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Culerovich avoids it.
Culerovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oleg is defending well for now.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oleg blocks it with crossed arms.
Culerovich prevents a body shot from Oleg.
Oleg pushes Culerovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oleg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oleg has a couple of punches blocked by Culerovich.
Culerovich misses with a body punch.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oleg taking a breather.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
Oleg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Oleg misses with the head strike.
Oleg misses with a knee strike.
Culerovich can't find room to land a body shot as Oleg controls the action.
Culerovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oleg wants to stall.
Oleg leaning against his opponent.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oleg throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Oleg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A head punch on the inside from Oleg fails to land.
Oleg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Oleg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oleg stalling against the cage.
Oleg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oleg can't find room to land a body shot as Culerovich controls the action.
Oleg tries a body shot but Culerovich blocks it.
Culerovich blocks the elbow strike.
Oleg avoiding damage as Culerovich throws knees to the body.
Oleg has a couple of punches blocked by Culerovich.
Culerovich tries to throw a body punch but Oleg avoids it by throwing Culerovich back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oleg has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Culerovich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Oleg's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Oleg tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Culerovich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Oleg blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Culerovich connects with a knee to the head.
Culerovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Oleg avoids the damage to the body.
Oleg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oleg misses with a knee strike.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oleg stalling in the clinch but Culerovich improves position.
A shot in the inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oleg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Culerovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oleg's face.
Oleg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Culerovich backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Oleg.
Culerovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oleg's face.
Oleg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oleg looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oleg swings wildly with an uppercut but Culerovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oleg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oleg tries a knee to the head but Culerovich blocks it.
Oleg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Viktor Oleg.
Oleg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Culerovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oleg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Culerovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Oleg.
Oleg moves in looking to clinch but Culerovich pushes him off.
Oleg tries to close the distance and clinch but Culerovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oleg tries to close the distance and clinch but Culerovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oleg tries to clinch there but Culerovich circles away.

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.
Oleg tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Culerovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Culerovich moves in looking to clinch but Oleg pushes him off.
Oleg wants to clinch but Culerovich slips to the side
and Culerovich counters with a right hand to the body.
Oleg tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Culerovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Culerovich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oleg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Culerovich.
Culerovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters up against the cage, Culerovich throws an elbow but misses.
Culerovich utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Culerovich scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Culerovich.
Culerovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oleg's face.
A knee to the head by Culerovich.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oleg creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Culerovich pushes Oleg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Ron Culerovich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Oleg takes an elbow to the forehead.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oleg has a couple of punches blocked by Culerovich.
Knees in the clinch landing for Culerovich.
Oleg lands a right hand.
Oleg is stalling here.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Oleg blocks with his arms.
Culerovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oleg stalling in the clinch but Culerovich improves position.
Culerovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oleg tries to land knees in the clinch but Culerovich avoids the damage to the body.
Culerovich lands an elbow inside.
Culerovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oleg is defending well for now.
Culerovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Oleg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oleg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Culerovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Oleg.
A head punch on the inside from Culerovich fails to land.
Oleg trying to stall but Culerovich improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Oleg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Oleg.
Oleg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Culerovich is keeping busy.
Oleg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Culerovich is defending well for now.
Culerovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Oleg avoids the damage to the body.
Oleg misses with some punches.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Oleg blocks it.
Oleg blocks an elbow strike from Culerovich.
Culerovich blocks an uppercut.
Oleg managing to block the knees to the body from Culerovich.
Culerovich blocks an uppercut.
Culerovich blocks an uppercut.
Oleg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oleg misses with an elbow strike.
Oleg taking a breather.
Oleg tries a knee to the head but Culerovich blocks it.
Oleg looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Culerovich.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Culerovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Culerovich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Ron Culerovich!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Ron Culerovich!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Ron Culerovich!

Ron Culerovich wins by unanimous decision!