PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tazar Keegan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Vovochka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tazar Keegan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Keegan
vs
Vovochka

195 cm
22
280 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

183 cm
21
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tazar Keegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Vovochka!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keegan shoots in looking for a takedown. Vovochka tries to sprawl out of it but Keegan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vovochka manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Keegan.
Keegan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keegan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tazar Keegan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Keegan shoots in looking for a takedown. Vovochka tries to sprawl out of it but Keegan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vovochka manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Keegan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Keegan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vovochka regains half guard.
Vovochka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keegan.
Keegan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vovochka defending well though.
Keegan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vovochka moves into full guard.
Vovochka pulls Keegan in close to prevent any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keegan is pushing down on Vovochka's leg trying to pass to half guard. Vovochka is fighting to maintain full guard but Keegan has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vovochka wants to control but Keegan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Vovochka blocking the ground and pound attempt from Keegan.
Keegan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Keegan throwing shots but Vovochka is blocking nicely.
Keegan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vovochka on the ground.
Keegan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Keegan there.
Vovochka keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are battling for position here. Vovochka manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Vovochka has his hands on Keegan's head, controlling the position.
Keegan throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vovochka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Keegan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Keegan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vovochka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Keegan connects with a couple of short punches.
Vovochka manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Keegan manages to get himself to full guard.
Keegan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vovochka prevents Keegan from getting back to his feet.
Vovochka wants to control from the top but Keegan keeps moving.
Vovochka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keegan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vovochka is controlling him.
Vovochka distracts Keegan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vovochka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Keegan's head.
Vovochka prevents Keegan from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vovochka throws a big right hand that misses.
Vovochka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vovochka content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vovochka throwing strikes from guard but Keegan blocks nicely.
Vovochka prevents Keegan from getting back to his feet.
Keegan is looking to stand back up but Vovochka counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Keegan.
Keegan is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vovochka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Keegan is trying to stand.
Keegan is breathing heavily.
Vovochka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Vovochka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Keegan defending well though.
Keegan has hold of Vovochka's hands but Vovochka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vovochka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Keegan defending well though.
Vovochka seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vovochka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vovochka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Keegan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Vovochka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Keegan is looking to escape.

Vovochka is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vovochka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keegan is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Vovochka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Keegan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Keegan has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Keegan.
Vovochka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tazar Keegan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vovochka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Keegan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Vovochka closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Keegan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Vovochka has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Keegan trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Vovochka lands a nice forearm strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vovochka cracks Keegan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vovochka tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Vovochka misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keegan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Keegan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vovochka is controlling him well.
The strikes coming from Vovochka are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Vladimir Vovochka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vovochka tries to score with some ground and pound. Keegan controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Keegan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vovochka is controlling him well.
Vovochka working the head and body with strikes.
Vovochka throws a strike aimed at the side of Keegan's head but Keegan avoids it well.
Keegan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Vovochka has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Keegan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Vovochka scoring with punches and elbows.
Vovochka lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Keegan down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keegan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vovochka is controlling him well.
Vovochka landing strikes.
Keegan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Keegan tries to get out of the position.
Keegan is trying to buck Vovochka off.
The ground and pound from Vovochka seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Keegan tries to escape but Vovochka is in control.
Keegan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Vovochka scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Keegan to see if he's OK.
Keegan wants to get back to his feet but Vovochka drags him back down.
Vovochka is putting a hurting on Keegan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Vovochka cracks Keegan with a big right hand but Keegan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Vovochka postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Keegan tries to escape but Vovochka is in control.
Vovochka works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vovochka cracks Keegan with a big right hand but Keegan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Vovochka wants to control but Keegan is keeping him busy.

Vovochka is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Keegan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Keegan wants to get back to his feet.

Vovochka tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vovochka has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Keegan is trying to get back to his feet.

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.
Keegan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Keegan stops Vovochka from passing to mount.
Keegan taking a bit of punishment here - Vovochka scoring with strikes.
Vovochka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Keegan keeps working.

Vovochka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keegan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vovochka is controlling him well.
Keegan defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Vovochka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Keegan fails with a takedown attempt.
Vovochka paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Keegan shoots and misses
and Vovochka counters with a stiff right hand.
Vovochka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Keegan misses with a takedown
and Vovochka counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tazar Keegan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vovochka throws out a powerful jab.

Vovochka closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Keegan did well to prevent Vovochka getting side control.
Vovochka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Keegan pushes Vovochka off looking to stand but Vovochka dives back in and keeps control.

Vovochka wants to work for an arm triangle but Keegan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Vovochka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Keegan kicks off Vovochka and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vovochka takes the fight into the clinch.

Vovochka works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Keegan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Keegan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Keegan scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Keegan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vovochka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Vovochka has managed to clinch.
Keegan is trying to break the clinch but Vovochka is controlling him.
Keegan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vovochka blocks an uppercut.
Vovochka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Keegan working hard to break the clinch.

Vovochka gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Vovochka prevents Keegan from standing back up.
Vovochka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keegan pushes Vovochka off looking to stand but Vovochka dives back in and keeps control.
Vovochka winds up and cracks Keegan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vovochka throwing shots but Keegan is blocking nicely.
Vovochka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Keegan defending well though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Keegan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vovochka is fending him off so far but Keegan persists. Nope, Vovochka circles away and we're back to standing.

Keegan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Vovochka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Keegan cracks Vovochka with a big right hand but Vovochka just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Vovochka defending against the ground and pound.
Keegan working away.
Keegan working the strikes but Vovochka uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Ground and pound from Keegan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keegan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vovochka is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Keegan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Keegan's back!
Vovochka misses with punches from the back.
Keegan is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vovochka loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Keegan hold on?
Tazar Keegan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keegan controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Vovochka lands punches and elbows.
Vovochka missing with strikes from the back.
Vovochka thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Keegan covering up well and avoiding damage.
Vovochka throwing sloppy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Keegan controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Vovochka scores with strikes from the back.
Keegan covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Vovochka is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Keegan. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Keegan covering up well and avoiding damage.
Vovochka softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keegan trying to get back to his feet but Vovochka is in full control for now.
Keegan is covering up but some of the strikes from Vovochka are getting through and doing damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Vovochka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vovochka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Vovochka!