PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Kalyagin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Linkke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalyagin comes to the cage accompanied by Show Me Your Genitals. The crowd seem to be enjoying Linkke's choice of entrance music: Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kalyagin
vs
Linkke

189 cm
26
224 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
215 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Konstantin Kalyagin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horst Linkke!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalyagin throws out a leg kick but Linkke moves out of range and Kalyagin only half commits.
Linkke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kalyagin throws an overhand right that lands on Linkke's shoulder, as Linkke tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Linkke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Linkke throws out a loose jab but Kalyagin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horst Linkke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalyagin misses the shot to the body.
Linkke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kalyagin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kalyagin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Linkke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kalyagin.
Kalyagin connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Horst Linkke has been cut.
Linkke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kalyagin moves forwards but Linkke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Linkke misses with a looping left.
Linkke gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Linkke tries to close the distance and clinch but Kalyagin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalyagin throws a solid leg kick but Linkke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kalyagin.
A big right from Linkke misses.
Linkke throws a series of punches but Kalyagin avoids them all with ease.
Kalyagin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Linkke throws a series of punches but Kalyagin moves out of range.
Kalyagin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kalyagin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Linkke.
Linkke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kalyagin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Linkke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kalyagin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Kalyagin.
Linkke loads up on a big right hand but Kalyagin slips the punch.
Kalyagin throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Kalyagin.
Kalyagin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kalyagin throws a low kick, looking for Linkke's leg but Linkke calmly moves out of range.
Linkke throws a looping overhand right but Kalyagin ducks down to avoid it.
Kalyagin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Linkke throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kalyagin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kalyagin missing with a left hand there. Linkke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Linkke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Linkke throws out a loose jab but Kalyagin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Linkke lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Linkke throws a hook to the side of Kalyagin's head but Kalyagin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Linkke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Linkke misses with a hook to the body
and Kalyagin counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linkke misses with a double jab
and Kalyagin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kalyagin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Linkke manages to avoid it.
Kalyagin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Kalyagin.
Linkke checks a leg kick.
Kalyagin misses with a leg kick
and Linkke counters with a straight right hand.
Linkke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kalyagin throws a body punch but Linkke moves out of range.
Kalyagin looks for the body kick but Linkke saw that one coming.
Linkke ducks under a wild hook from Kalyagin.
Kalyagin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Linkke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalyagin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Linkke.
Kalyagin misses with a leg kick
and Linkke counters with a nice uppercut.
Linkke misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Linkke. Kalyagin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Linkke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kalyagin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Linkke.
Linkke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalyagin.
Linkke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kalyagin.
Linkke lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalyagin throws a push kick but Linkke slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Linkke. That's going to slow Kalyagin down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linkke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Kalyagin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Horst Linkke's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Linkke lands a jab to the nose.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Linkke, right into the meat.
Linkke moves in looking to clinch but Kalyagin pushes him off.
Linkke throws a jab but it's blocked by Kalyagin.
Kalyagin connects with a body shot.
Linkke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kalyagin slips a jab from Linkke.
Linkke throws a jab but it's blocked by Kalyagin.
Kalyagin looks to throw the jab but Linkke is out of range.
Linkke tries to clinch up but Kalyagin circles away and keeps his distance.
Kalyagin scores with a nice head shot.
Good leg kick by Kalyagin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kalyagin misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linkke walks straight into a right hand from Kalyagin - that's dropped him! Kalyagin jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Linkke from any more punishment! Linkke complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Konstantin Kalyagin!