PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Burcev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Valnokov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burcev
vs
Valnokov

190 cm
21
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
27
273 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Burcev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Valnokov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burcev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valnokov avoids the body shot from Burcev.
Burcev cracks Valnokov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Burcev misses with a jab, cross combination.

Burcev cracks Valnokov with a big right hand and Valnokov goes down!

Valnokov is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burcev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valnokov is still in real trouble! Can Burcev finish him?
Burcev prevents Valnokov from getting back to his feet.
Valnokov seems to have recovered his senses.
Valnokov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Valnokov has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Burcev off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Burcev throws a hook but Valnokov blocks it.
Burcev misses with a looping right.
Burcev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valnokov.
Valnokov slips a jab and a cross from Burcev.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Burcev and Valnokov goes tumbling to the canvas! Burcev follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

It looks like Boris Valnokov has been cut.

Valnokov has one foot on Burcev's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Burcev throws a series of punches but Valnokov moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valnokov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Burcev moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Valnokov goes down! Can Burcev finish him!?
Burcev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valnokov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burcev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Valnokov wants to stand and escape but Burcev is having none of it.
Valnokov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burcev with a nice head shot there.
Burcev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Burcev throws a strike but Valnokov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Valnokov stopping the sweep attempt from Burcev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burcev is trying to control the position but Valnokov postures up.

Valnokov stands up from Burcev's guard - Valnokov perhaps looking for a knockout.
Valnokov moves away from the strike by Burcev.
Burcev works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valnokov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burcev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valnokov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valnokov walks into a left hand.
Burcev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Burcev drops his shoulder and cracks Valnokov with a huge uppercut! Valnokov goes down! Can Burcev finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burcev throws a strike but Valnokov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Burcev wants to get back to his feet but Valnokov passes into half guard.

Burcev kicks Valnokov off and gets back to his feet.
Valnokov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burcev.
Burcev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burcev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burcev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Valnokov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Valnokov looks gassed!
Valnokov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burcev throws a lazy right hand but Valnokov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valnokov avoids the body shot from Burcev.
Burcev misses with a series of wild punches.
Valnokov dodges the punch combination from Burcev.
Burcev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Burcev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Valnokov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burcev.
Burcev throws a good cross that connects.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burcev missing with a left hand there. Valnokov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Burcev catches Valnokov napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Valnokov to the canvas!
Burcev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergey Burcev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Valnokov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Valnokov is looking to clinch but Burcev is avoiding it.
Burcev throws out a loose jab but Valnokov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burcev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burcev is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Valnokov tries to clinch but Burcev moves out of range.
Burcev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valnokov can do to turn this around?
Burcev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burcev scores with a punch to the head.
Burcev scores with a shot to the body.
Burcev throws a jab when Valnokov was well out of range.
Burcev misses with a two punch combination.

Burcev drops Valnokov with a big left hand and mounts him. Valnokov is in big trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooh a big shot lands for Burcev! Valnokov is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sergey Burcev!