PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abulurd Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viacheslav Voronov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Harkonnen
vs
Voronov

183 cm
19
198 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abulurd Harkonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viacheslav Voronov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voronov throws a series of strikes that have Harkonnen backpedaling.
Harkonnen misses with a double jab
and Voronov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harkonnen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Voronov tries to land a front kick but Harkonnen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Voronov staying out of range there.
Voronov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Voronov moves out of range of the strikes.
Voronov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harkonnen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harkonnen fails to land with a series of punches.
Harkonnen tries to move into range but Voronov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harkonnen misses with a two punch combination.
Voronov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Voronov misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Voronov does no damage.
Voronov lands with a right hand.
Harkonnen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Voronov circles away quickly and effectively.
Voronov scores with a shot to the body.
Voronov throws the kick towards the body but Harkonnen avoids it.
Voronov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Voronov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voronov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Voronov connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Voronov.
Voronov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harkonnen throws a hook to the side of Voronov's head but Voronov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harkonnen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Abulurd Harkonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voronov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harkonnen is breathing heavily.
Voronov lands a with a good body shot.
Voronov misses with a head kick.
Harkonnen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voronov lands with a nice combination. Harkonnen backs away looking to recover.
Voronov misses with a wild combination.
Voronov lands with a nice combination. Harkonnen backs away looking to recover.
Voronov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Voronov connects with a body shot.
Harkonnen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Voronov counters with a two punch combo.
Voronov jabs Harkonnen right on the nose. Harkonnen blinks but takes it well.
Voronov tests Harkonnen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Voronov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Voronov scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronov throws a good cross that connects.
Voronov throws a combination. Harkonnen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice body punch from Voronov.
Voronov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Voronov is working the combinations to good effect here.
Voronov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Voronov.
Danga de danga de dang - Voronov scores with a four punch combination!
Harkonnen tries to clinch but Voronov is having none of it.
Voronov cracks Harkonnen with a good jab.
Harkonnen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Voronov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Voronov lands a nice hook to Harkonnen's body. Harkonnen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Voronov looks to land a combination. Harkonnen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Voronov scores with a three punch combo!
Danga de danga de dang - Voronov scores with a four punch combination!

Harkonnen is rocked!
Voronov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harkonnen at a distance.

Voronov lands a left and a right that send Harkonnen crashing to the mat, dazed. Voronov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Harkonnen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Voronov drops Harkonnen with a big left hand! Harkonnen is injured, injured bad! Voronov jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viacheslav Voronov!