PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Killa Bee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Lavronenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Lavronenko told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bee
vs
Lavronenko

190 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Killa Bee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Lavronenko!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bee.
Bee shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lavronenko sprawls well. Lavronenko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bee gets slowly back to his feet.
Lavronenko blocks a head kick by Bee.
Killa Bee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lavronenko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bee's head.
Bee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bee shoots in and bounces Lavronenko off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lavronenko 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.

Lavronenko manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Lavronenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Bee.
Bee fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lavronenko avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Killa Bee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bee shoots in looking for a takedown. Lavronenko tries to sprawl out of it but Bee keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lavronenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee shoots in looking for a takedown. Lavronenko tries to sprawl out of it but Bee keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lavronenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bee fails with a takedown attempt.
Bee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lavronenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bee will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bee is breathing heavily.
Lavronenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lavronenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An inside leg kick from Bee misses.
Lavronenko connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lavronenko.
Lavronenko lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lavronenko lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bee backs up against the cage.
Lavronenko misses with the combination.
Lavronenko misses with a wild combination.
Lavronenko swinging wildly here.

Lavronenko changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lavronenko lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bee down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lavronenko scoring with punches and elbows.
Lavronenko works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lavronenko wants to control but Bee is keeping him busy.
Lavronenko controlling the position from side mount.
Lavronenko landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lavronenko working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lavronenko lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lavronenko landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lavronenko is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Bee's shoulder. That is not cool.
Lavronenko scoring with punches from side control.
Lavronenko cracks Bee with a big elbow.
Lavronenko lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lavronenko misses with the ground and pound.
Lavronenko cracks Bee with a big elbow.
Bee defending against the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bee takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lavronenko creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Lavronenko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lavronenko connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bee some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Lavronenko dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lavronenko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lavronenko.
Bee tries to close the distance and clinch but Lavronenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lavronenko misses the shot to the body.

Lavronenko clinches.
Bee has had enough of the clinch but Lavronenko keeps him there for the moment.
Lavronenko blocks a body shot from Bee.

Bee breaks the clinch.
Bee wants to clinch
and Lavronenko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bee's knee momentarily.
Lavronenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lavronenko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lavronenko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Killa Bee has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bee misses with a head kick.

Lavronenko has Bee up against the cage in a clinch.
Bee tries to land knees in the clinch but Lavronenko avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lavronenko - that landed with a thud.

Lavronenko has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bee is trying to keep an underhook but Lavronenko manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Lavronenko is nestled in close to Bee, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lavronenko drops an elbow to the side of Bee's head.
Lavronenko frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lavronenko landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lavronenko looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Lavronenko is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lavronenko punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lavronenko landing punches.
Lavronenko with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lavronenko working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lavronenko with the ground and pound from mount.
Lavronenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Bee is rocked!
Lavronenko lands a big elbow - Bee is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Bee is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ivan Lavronenko!