PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Kalandarishvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiro Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kalandarishvili
vs
Do

182 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

180 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Powerful

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bogdan Kalandarishvili !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiro Do!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Do closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kalandarishvili is positioning himself well to prevent Do advancing to mount.
Kalandarishvili trying to hold on to Do's head to control him but Do postures up.

Do seems to be looking for submissions.

Do is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kalandarishvili sees it coming and defends easily.
Kalandarishvili trying to control but Do postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Do fails with the takedown.
Kalandarishvili stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do dives in and grabs Kalandarishvili 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kalandarishvili pushes down on Do's head and hops out.
Bogdan Kalandarishvili has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiro Do.

Do gets a takedown into half guard.
Kalandarishvili trying to hold on to Do's head to control him but Do postures up.
Kalandarishvili wants to improve his position but Do is controlling well.

Do is working for a submission of some sort.
Kalandarishvili trying to control but Do postures up.
Kalandarishvili is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Do is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Do is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kalandarishvili doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Do.

Kalandarishvili is defending against the submission attempts here by Do.

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

Kalandarishvili closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Do tries to get to full guard but Kalandarishvili has control of the leg.

Do looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Do won't allow Kalandarishvili to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Do actively working from the bottom here.
Do looks gassed!
Kalandarishvili landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kalandarishvili lands strikes from half guard.
Do taking some punishment here, with Kalandarishvili in his half guard.
Kalandarishvili is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kalandarishvili working the head and body with strikes.
Kalandarishvili has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Do taking some punishment here, with Kalandarishvili in his half guard.
Kalandarishvili winds up and cracks Do with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Do has hold of Kalandarishvili 's hands but Kalandarishvili slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Do manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kalandarishvili postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.

Do is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kalandarishvili postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.
Kalandarishvili lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalandarishvili stands up over Do, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kalandarishvili passes Do's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kalandarishvili trying to pass the guard but Do defending well.
Kalandarishvili not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kalandarishvili thows a huge punch but Do dodges it nicely.
Do wants to get back to full guard.
Kalandarishvili is pressing down on Do's thigh, looking to free his foot. Do is holding on for now.
Do on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Do looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Do misses with a takedown attempt

so Kalandarishvili counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Do is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Do has momentary wrist control but Kalandarishvili slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Kalandarishvili dominated that round.
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.

Do with a lazy takedown attempt

and Kalandarishvili decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Do's guard.
Kalandarishvili with a nice head shot there.

Do is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kalandarishvili defends well.
Do tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kalandarishvili is in close to Do's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Do is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kalandarishvili with a nice head shot there.
Kalandarishvili looking to pass the guard.
Kalandarishvili with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Do is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kalandarishvili defends well.
Kalandarishvili stopping the sweep attempt from Do.
Do is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalandarishvili is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kalandarishvili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kalandarishvili postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kalandarishvili looking to pass the guard.

Do has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kalandarishvili can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Do wants to sweep but no luck.
Kalandarishvili lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Do is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kalandarishvili defends well.
Kalandarishvili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kalandarishvili chips away with some ground and pound.
Kalandarishvili keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Do's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Do working for a triangle but Kalandarishvili defends it easily.
Kalandarishvili connects with a couple of short punches.

Do throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kalandarishvili scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kalandarishvili stands up over Do, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Kalandarishvili is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kalandarishvili won't allow Do to sweep him here.

Do working for a triangle but Kalandarishvili defends it easily.
Kalandarishvili connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalandarishvili lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kalandarishvili landing with the ground and pound.

Kalandarishvili avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bogdan Kalandarishvili overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kalandarishvili postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.

Kalandarishvili got a little sloppy there for a moment and Do has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kalandarishvili has managed to get both his arms back between Do's legs - danger averted.
Kalandarishvili passes Do's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kalandarishvili working Do over with strikes.
Kalandarishvili trying to pass the guard but Do defending well.
Kalandarishvili lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Kalandarishvili there.

Do looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do tries to get to full guard but Kalandarishvili has control of the leg.
Kalandarishvili lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kalandarishvili seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Kalandarishvili .

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

and Do counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kalandarishvili won't be happy with that.
Do has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Do fails to take his opponent's back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalandarishvili is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Do working for a guillotine from mount but Kalandarishvili is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Kalandarishvili dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Do misses with a takedown

and Kalandarishvili counters with a shoot takedown. Do fights it but they end up in guard.

Do looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kalandarishvili is in close to Do's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Do is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kalandarishvili is aware though and is defending well.
Kalandarishvili makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kalandarishvili stopping the sweep attempt from Do.
Kalandarishvili scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kalandarishvili stands up over Do, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Do is looking for a triangle but Kalandarishvili pushes his legs off easily.

Do throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kalandarishvili is working Do over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Do has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kalandarishvili can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kalandarishvili 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kalandarishvili lands a couple of elbows.
Kalandarishvili landing some decent shots from guard.

Do is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kalandarishvili landing some decent shots from guard.

Do working for a triangle but Kalandarishvili defends it easily.
Kalandarishvili landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalandarishvili lands a couple of digs.
Kalandarishvili pushes down on Do's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Do actively working from the bottom here.

Do actively working from the bottom here.
Do on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Do is trying to get back to full guard.
Kalandarishvili slips a nice elbow through Do's hands, connecting with Do's forehead.
Kalandarishvili passes to side control.
Kalandarishvili lands some shots froms side control.
Kalandarishvili scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kalandarishvili in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Do gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kalandarishvili working Do over with strikes.

Do is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kalandarishvili pulls his head out easily.
Bogdan Kalandarishvili is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Do is looking for a sweep. Kalandarishvili is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kalandarishvili looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Do tries to get to full guard but Kalandarishvili has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kalandarishvili shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Do counters with a single leg into guard. Kalandarishvili didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Do working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kalandarishvili manages to get back to half guard.

Kalandarishvili looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Do is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Kalandarishvili has managed to free his arm - good work.

Do looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hiro Do has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kalandarishvili has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Do is working away from the top position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bogdan Kalandarishvili showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kalandarishvili 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bogdan Kalandarishvili !