PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Boyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolodenka Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyce's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bert & Ernie - Ante Up. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Boyce
vs
Kharitonov

187 cm
24
175 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

185 cm
22
179 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Boyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bolodenka Kharitonov!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kharitonov moves into the clinch.

Kharitonov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kharitonov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kharitonov has closed the distance and engaged Boyce in a clinch.
Kharitonov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boyce or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Boyce.
Kharitonov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kharitonov throws a punch but it's blocked by Boyce.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boyce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kharitonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kharitonov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Boyce to score with a decent uppercut.
Boyce throws the left hand but Kharitonov avoids the punch easily.
Kharitonov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boyce.
Kharitonov scores with a hook to the body. Boyce takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Kharitonov throws a series of punches but Boyce avoids them all with ease.
Boyce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kharitonov wants to clinch.
Bolodenka Kharitonov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boyce takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kharitonov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Kharitonov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kharitonov is looking to clinch but Boyce is avoiding it.
Kharitonov misses with a hook. Boyce ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyce throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kharitonov tries to clinch up but Boyce circles away and keeps his distance.
Boyce throws a jab but it's blocked by Kharitonov.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boyce tries to clinch there but Kharitonov circles away.
Kharitonov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kharitonov is looking to clinch but Boyce is avoiding it.

Boyce darts in and clinches Kharitonov up against the cage.

Boyce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boyce misses with a body shot.
Kharitonov fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kharitonov has managed to clinch.

Boyce manages to break the clinch.
Boyce tries to clinch but Kharitonov is having none of it.
Kharitonov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boyce.
Kharitonov moves forwards but Boyce connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boyce has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Boyce there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kharitonov wants to clinch up but Boyce keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Boyce does no damage.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Boyce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boyce circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kharitonov closes the distance and clinches.

Boyce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov drops his hands momentarily and Boyce takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Boyce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Kharitonov.
Kharitonov moves away from the strike by Boyce.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kharitonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boyce misses with a series of wild punches.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boyce swats away the attempt to clinch by Kharitonov.
Boyce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kharitonov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kharitonov is looking to clinch but Boyce is avoiding it.
Boyce bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kharitonov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Boyce scores with a jab. Kharitonov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kharitonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyce circles away.
Boyce is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Boyce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kharitonov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kharitonov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kharitonov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bolodenka Kharitonov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kharitonov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boyce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyce uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kharitonov.

Boyce has managed to clinch.
Boyce is trying to break the clinch but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.

Boyce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boyce looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Boyce closes the distance and clinches.
Boyce blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kharitonov lands a body punch.

Kharitonov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kharitonov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boyce circles away from the clinch attempt

and Boyce counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boyce wants to control from the top but Kharitonov keeps moving.
Boyce's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kharitonov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boyce wants to pass the guard but Kharitonov is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Boyce is controlling him.
Boyce is pushing down on Kharitonov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kharitonov is fighting to maintain full guard but Boyce has managed to sneak the leg through.
Boyce stops Kharitonov from getting back to his feet.
Kharitonov is looking to improve his position.

Kharitonov pushes Boyce off and gets back to his feet.
Kharitonov looks gassed!
Boyce throws a shot from downtown. Kharitonov moves away and avoids it.
Boyce scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kharitonov darts in trying to clinch
and Boyce connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boyce shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Boyce looks to score with a jab to the body but Kharitonov is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tommy Boyce will probably get the nod.
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.

Kharitonov wants to clinch
and Boyce counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kharitonov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Kharitonov moves into the clinch.

Boyce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boyce throws a good cross that connects.
Boyce lands a nice looking body shot.
Donk. Boyce catches Kharitonov right on the button with a cross.

Boyce gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kharitonov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boyce's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boyce creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boyce makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kharitonov keeps control of Boyce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Kharitonov fails to land.

Boyce breaks from the clinch.
Bolodenka Kharitonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Boyce instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boyce jumps guard but Kharitonov stands there with Boyce around his waist. Boyce gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Boyce has had enough of the clinch but Kharitonov keeps him there for the moment.

Boyce manages to break the clinch.
Kharitonov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyce scores with a jab to the head.
Kharitonov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kharitonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boyce cracks Kharitonov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kharitonov is looking to clinch but Boyce is avoiding it.
Kharitonov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boyce.
Kharitonov wants to clinch.
Boyce tries to clinch up but Kharitonov circles away and keeps his distance.
Kharitonov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boyce avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boyce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kharitonov closes the distance looking to clinch

and Boyce counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kharitonov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Boyce.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Boyce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kharitonov lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyce lands a nice uppercut.

Kharitonov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Boyce, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kharitonov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Kharitonov rushes Boyce and presses him up against the cage.
Kharitonov prevents Boyce from breaking the clinch.
Kharitonov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Boyce manages to break the clinch.
Boyce misses with a straight right.
Boyce walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kharitonov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boyce.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boyce just misses with a punch to the body.
Boyce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Kharitonov clinches.

Kharitonov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boyce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kharitonov tries to clinch there but Boyce circles away.
Kharitonov throws a leg kick which misses Boyce's front leg but catches the back leg as Boyce tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kharitonov moves into the clinch.
Kharitonov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boyce takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kharitonov.

Kharitonov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boyce dodges the punch combination from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boyce swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kharitonov clinches with his opponent.
Kharitonov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kharitonov has had enough of the clinch but Boyce keeps him there for the moment.

Boyce breaks the clinch.
Boyce misses the jab.
Kharitonov moves in looking to clinch but Boyce pushes him off.
Kharitonov lands a lovely overhand right.
Kharitonov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boyce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boyce misses with an uppercut.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boyce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kharitonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyce circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyce cracks a nice hook into Kharitonov's ribs.
Boyce tries to clinch but Kharitonov moves out of range.
Kharitonov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boyce.
Boyce throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boyce slips under a jab from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov avoids the body shot from Boyce.

Boyce closes the distance and clinches.
Boyce wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov throws a head punch that misses.
Boyce looking for a takedown.
Boyce wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kharitonov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kharitonov.
Still in the clinch, Kharitonov scores with a nice short uppercut.

Boyce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kharitonov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boyce throws out the jab.
Tommy Boyce is winning the standup battle so far.
Kharitonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyce circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kharitonov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Boyce cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kharitonov misses with a series of wild punches.

Kharitonov has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Kharitonov - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tommy Boyce will probably get the nod.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Boyce misses with a looping left.
Kharitonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Boyce lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kharitonov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kharitonov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kharitonov connects with a crisp jab.
Boyce keeps the fight on the outside.
Kharitonov wants to clinch up but Boyce keeps it at a distance.
Boyce ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Boyce misses.
Kharitonov shoots in but no luck this time.
Boyce lands a body shot.
Kharitonov checks a low kick from Boyce.
Boyce lands a two punch combo.
Boyce digs a good hook to Kharitonov's body.
Boyce darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Kharitonov closes the distance and clinches.
Boyce has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kharitonov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boyce's efforts to push away.
Bolodenka Kharitonov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Boyce looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Kharitonov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boyce lands a nice shot that snaps Kharitonov's head back.
Kharitonov looks to clinch
and Boyce cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyce misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boyce.
Boyce thows a body shot but no joy.
Kharitonov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boyce.
Kharitonov slips a straight right by Boyce.

Kharitonov takes the fight into the clinch.
Kharitonov lands a shoulder strike.
Boyce wants to break free but Kharitonov has control.
Boyce wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boyce is trying to force a seperation but Kharitonov has the dominant position.
Kharitonov is pushing Boyce up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kharitonov gets through Boyce's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Boyce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kharitonov wants to clinch up but Boyce keeps it at a distance.
Kharitonov tries to clinch
and Kharitonov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boyce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boyce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kharitonov clinches up against the cage.
Kharitonov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kharitonov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kharitonov swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Boyce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kharitonov takes the fight into the clinch.
Kharitonov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boyce lands a nice uppercut.

Kharitonov manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Kharitonov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kharitonov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyce throws a shot from downtown. Kharitonov moves away and avoids it.
Kharitonov moves out of range of the body kick from Boyce.
Kharitonov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boyce jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kharitonov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice cross by Boyce.
Kharitonov missing with a left hand there. Boyce was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boyce uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Boyce finds it's way round the side to connect with Kharitonov's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kharitonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kharitonov instigates a clinch.
Kharitonov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Boyce blocks an uppercut.

Kharitonov manages to break the clinch.
Kharitonov is looking to clinch.

Boyce has Kharitonov up against the cage in a clinch.
Kharitonov misses with an elbow over the top.
Kharitonov is working Boyce over against the cage.
Kharitonov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boyce has him pressed against the cage.
Boyce has had enough of the clinch but Kharitonov keeps him there for the moment.

Boyce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boyce lands a jab.

Kharitonov gets a clinch.
Kharitonov has Boyce pressed against the cage, preventing Boyce from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boyce is trying to break the clinch but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boyce backwards.
Kharitonov tries to stall but Boyce uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyce wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kharitonov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boyce wants a takedown but no success here.
Kharitonov prevents Boyce from breaking the clinch.
Kharitonov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kharitonov has a couple of punches blocked by Boyce.
A short body shot lands from Kharitonov as the two fighters clinch.
Boyce is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Kharitonov fails to land.
Kharitonov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Boyce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boyce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boyce circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kharitonov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boyce was well out of range. Poor timing from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Boyce throws a body punch but Kharitonov moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kharitonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boyce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boyce dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boyce misses with the combination.
Kharitonov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

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 Tommy Boyce.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boyce, 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 Alan Glass scores the fight for Bolodenka Kharitonov!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Tommy Boyce!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Tommy Boyce!

Tommy Boyce wins by split decision!