PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ad San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Volkov
vs
San

176 cm
21
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolai Volkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ad San!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkov looks to score with a jab to the body but San is just out of range.
Volkov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Volkov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Volkov fails to land the takedown.
San throws a left and a right that both miss
and Volkov counters with a one-two to the body.
Volkov tries to bum rush San with a series of wild strikes but San uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
San lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Volkov misses the shot to the body.
Volkov shoots in but San avoids the takedown attempt easily.
San falls off balance throwing a combination
and Volkov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
San has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Volkov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Volkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and San counters with a lovely shot to the body.
San looks to score with a jab to the body but Volkov is just out of range.
San misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the body from Volkov misses
and San counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Volkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by San.
Volkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolai Volkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Volkov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Volkov misses with a double jab
and San counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Volkov is working the combinations to good effect here.
Volkov fails with the takedown.
Volkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Volkov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from San.
Volkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Volkov fails to land with a series of punches.
San showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Volkov.
Nice uppercut there from San.
A looping hook to the body misses from San. Volkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
San comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ad San is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but San was well out of range. Poor timing from Volkov.
Volkov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Volkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and San counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
San misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body punch from Volkov.
Volkov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Volkov misses with a takedown attempt - San sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
San blocks a jab.
San takes a jab right on the kisser.
Volkov tries a head kick but it misses.
Volkov is looking to wear down San with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Volkov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from San.
Volkov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
San misses with the combination.
Volkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from San.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Volkov.
Volkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Volkov throws a left and a right that both miss
and San counters with a left to the body.
Volkov swings for the body but San moves out of range.
San steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Volkov.
Volkov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
San misses with a wild combination.
Volkov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and San counters with a left to the body.
Volkov slips a jab from San.
Volkov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
San misses with a two punch combination.
Volkov moves out of range as San strikes.
San rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Volkov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Volkov clinches with his opponent.
Volkov pushes San back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Volkov successfully pulls guard.
San wants to stand but Volkov is controlling his posture from full guard.
San looks gassed!

Volkov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Volkov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Volkov trying to control the position here.
Volkov wants to sweep here but San controlling him for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
San wanted to stand there but Volkov had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ad San will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Volkov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A telegraphed right hand from San misses the target.
San misses with a double jab
and Volkov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Volkov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ad San seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Volkov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Volkov looking to finish with strikes here!

Volkov jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… San is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by San and Volkov has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
San really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Volkov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
An elbow from Volkov crashes against the mat.

Volkov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Volkov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
San managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Volkov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
San takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Volkov misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ground and pound from Volkov seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Volkov fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Volkov postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
San parries the strikes from Volkov easily there. Volkov is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable San to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Volkov working the head with strikes.
Volkov in side control, throwing shots but San defends.
San dodges the ground and pound from Volkov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Volkov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but San is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
San is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Volkov tries for a kimura but San is defending well.
Volkov in side control, throwing shots but San defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Volkov landing a few strikes.
Volkov throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Volkov working the ground and pound.
San is not content to let Volkov control the position.
Volkov creates some space and throws a big elbow, but San sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
San dodges the ground and pound from Volkov.

Volkov tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai Volkov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Volkov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Volkov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around San's waist but San gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Volkov off to one side.
Volkov looks to land a combination but San avoids it well.
Volkov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Volkov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Volkov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and San counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Volkov thinking.
San misses with a combination
and Volkov counters with a nice body shot.
San moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Volkov throws a head kick but San moves out of range.
Nikolai Volkov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
San showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Volkov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
San takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Volkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Volkov tries to clinch up.
Volkov throws a series of punches but San avoids them all with ease.
Volkov scores with a jab to the head.
San throws a lazy right hand but Volkov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Volkov misses with a wild combination.
Volkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and San counters with a straight right hand.
Volkov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Volkov misses with a body shot.
Volkov throws a right hand that San ducks under and follows up with a left that San also avoids with ease.
San scores with a one two! Volkov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
San misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Volkov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for San!
Volkov tries to control but San wriggling away.
Volkov throwing strikes here but San is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Volkov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Volkov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Volkov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Volkov has hold of San's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and San manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Volkov misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San is trying to stand up.
Poor strikes thrown by Volkov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Volkov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Volkov is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, San has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Volkov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Volkov swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nikolai Volkov!