PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Magomed Aliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Durandin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Magomed Aliev looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Aliev
vs
Durandin

180 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

176 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Magomed Aliev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Durandin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Durandin takes the fight into the clinch.
Aliev is working for takedown but Durandin is calmly controlling the position for now.

Durandin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Durandin closes the distance and clinches.

Aliev has picked Durandin up - he's going for a ride! Aliev dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Aliev is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Durandin sees it coming and defends easily.

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

Aliev is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Aliev is breathing heavily.
Durandin tries to kick Aliev off but Aliev keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Durandin keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Aliev is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durandin tries to kick Aliev off but Aliev keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Durandin misses with a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Durandin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Durandin.
Durandin lands a nice looking body kick.
Durandin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Durandin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Durandin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aliev seems a little lost for a moment, as Durandin dominates the positioning.
Aliev looks to move to half guard but instead Durandin has passed into mount! Damn!
Durandin dominating with strikes here.

Durandin is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Aliev has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Aliev can't escape the position.
Durandin looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aliev is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Durandin controlling the position easily from mount.
Aliev tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Durandin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four 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.
Durandin wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Durandin prevents Aliev from getting the reversal.
Durandin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Aliev is wriggling around trying to escape.
Durandin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Durandin looking to secure an arm triangle but Aliev defends it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aliev is desperately trying to improve his position but Durandin has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Durandin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Durandin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Aliev manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Durandin tries to kick Aliev off but Aliev keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Aliev 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.
Aliev stops Durandin from getting back to his feet.
Durandin is trying is best to control the position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aliev is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Durandin tries to get to full guard but Aliev has control of the leg.
Durandin is holding on to half guard well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aliev displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Durandin.
Magomed Aliev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Durandin moves into range and clinches up with Aliev.

Durandin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durandin cracks the inside of Aliev's front leg.

Durandin drives through and clinches with Aliev against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aliev tries for a takedown. No joy.

Durandin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aliev takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Durandin throws a head kick that Aliev semi-blocks.
Durandin misses with a head kick.
Aliev takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Durandin moves into the clinch.

Durandin breaks the clinch.
Durandin misses with the combination.
Aliev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Durandin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Aliev has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Durandin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Durandin has Aliev pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Aliev manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Durandin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Durandin throws a sloppy head kick and Aliev moves out of range easily.
Aliev misses with a double jab
and Durandin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durandin shoots in but no luck this time.
Magomed Aliev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexey Durandin.
Aliev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Durandin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aliev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Durandin counters with a big head kick but Aliev shrugs it off.
Nice sprawl there from Aliev as Durandin shoots in.
Aliev throws a left and a right that both miss

so Durandin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Aliev pushes a forearm under Durandin's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Durandin is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Magomed Aliev!