PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Argo Gulskii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Makerov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonny Makerov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gulskii
vs
Makerov

193 cm
23
195 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

180 cm
23
197 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Argo Gulskii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonny Makerov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gulskii with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Makerov to score with a decent uppercut.
Gulskii misses with a body kick.
Gulskii is looking to clinch but Makerov is avoiding it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gulskii!
Gulskii tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makerov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gulskii dives in and grabs Makerov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Makerov pushes down on Gulskii's head and hops out.
Some wild striking there from Gulskii.
Makerov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gulskii fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makerov manages to avoid it.
Makerov looks to score with a jab to the body but Gulskii is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Makerov.
Gulskii swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gulskii doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Makerov throws a sloppy head kick and Gulskii moves out of range easily.
Gulskii tries to close the distance and clinch but Makerov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Makerov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Makerov lands a two punch combo.
Gulskii throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gulskii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Makerov blocks a head kick by Gulskii.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulskii tries to clinch up.
Makerov throws a right and a left that Gulskii avoids nicely.

Gulskii instigates a clinch.

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

Gulskii has Makerov up against the cage in a clinch.
Makerov has had enough of the clinch but Gulskii keeps him there for the moment.

Gulskii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Makerov throws a hook but Gulskii avoids it easily.
Gulskii displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Makerov throws out the jab.
Gulskii shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Makerov but Makerov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gulskii is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Makerov swats away the attempt to clinch by Gulskii.
Gulskii closes the distance and clinches up with Makerov, looking for a takedown. Gulskii pushes Makerov against the cage but Makerov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Argo Gulskii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Makerov connects with a looping right hand.
Gulskii tries to clinch
enabling Makerov to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii throws a right hand that Makerov ducks under and follows up with a left that Makerov also avoids with ease.
Gulskii fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makerov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gulskii defends it nicely.
Gulskii clinches but Makerov breaks the clinch
and Makerov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gulskii swinging wildly here.
Gulskii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gulskii doesn't manage to clinch there - Makerov circles away.
Gulskii wants to slow Makerov down by chopping away at his legs.
Makerov connects with a single shot there.
Gulskii clinches but Makerov breaks the clinch
and Makerov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Gulskii misses.
Makerov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gulskii takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makerov throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makerov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Argo Gulskii has been cut.
Gulskii takes one to the chin there.
Gulskii slips a jab from Makerov.
Gulskii throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makerov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gulskii tries to close the distance and clinch but Makerov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gulskii misses with a double jab
and Makerov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gulskii on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gulskii tries to bum rush Makerov with a series of wild strikes but Makerov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Argo Gulskii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gulskii fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Makerov, pushing him back against the cage.

Gulskii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Makerov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gulskii. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
No joy there for Gulskii, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gulskii moves in looking to clinch but Makerov pushes him off.
Makerov swats away the attempt to clinch by Gulskii.
Left hook, right uppercut from Makerov.
Gulskii falls off balance throwing a combination

and Makerov counters with a takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gulskii is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Makerov decides to take the fight back to the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gulskii avoids the head kick by Makerov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Makerov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Argo Gulskii's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A swing and a miss from Makerov.
Gulskii looks to clinch
and Makerov counters with a three punch combo that has Gulskii backing up. Gulskii nods at Makerov to acknowledge the strikes.
Gulskii is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gulskii takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gulskii misses with a two punch combination.
Makerov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gulskii avoids the body shot from Makerov.
Gulskii is looking to clinch but Makerov is avoiding it.
Makerov swats away the attempt to clinch by Gulskii.
Jonny Makerov seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Gulskii clinches up with Makerov and pushes him back against the cage.
Makerov is trying to force a seperation but Gulskii has the dominant position.
Makerov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gulskii looking for a takedown.
Gulskii has Makerov pressed against the cage, preventing Makerov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Makerov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Makerov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gulskii has him pressed against the cage.
Gulskii tries to land knees in the clinch but Makerov avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makerov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gulskii has him pressed against the cage.

Makerov breaks from the clinch.
Makerov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Makerov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gulskii checks the leg kick.
Gulskii tries to clinch up.
Jab by Makerov.
Gulskii misses with a takedown attempt
letting Makerov counter with a right hand.

Gulskii gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gulskii tries to break the clinch but Makerov is controlling the position.

Gulskii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gulskii gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gulskii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Makerov's efforts to push away.
Makerov is trying to force a seperation but Gulskii has the dominant position.
Gulskii is trying to force a seperation but Makerov has the dominant position.
Makerov has had enough of the clinch but Gulskii keeps him there for the moment.
Gulskii keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Makerov's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makerov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gulskii has him pressed against the cage.

Makerov manages to break the clinch.
Makerov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Makerov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gulskii shoots for a takedown but Makerov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Argo Gulskii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gulskii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Makerov throws a head kick that misses.
Gulskii closes the distance looking to clinch
and Makerov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gulskii lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makerov circles away quickly and effectively.
Gulskii looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Makerov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makerov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gulskii.
Gulskii moves in looking to clinch but Makerov pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii misses with a wild combination.
Gulskii wants to clinch but Makerov slips to the side
and Makerov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Makerov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gulskii circles away.
Gulskii looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gulskii closes the distance but Makerov moves to the side
and Makerov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gulskii tries to clinch but Makerov moves out of range.

Gulskii has closed the distance and engaged Makerov in a clinch.
Makerov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Makerov wants to get back to striking at distance but Gulskii won't allow it.
Makerov can't break the clinch.
Makerov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Gulskii's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gulskii shoots in and drives through. Makerov sprawls well.
Gulskii closes the distance but Makerov moves to the side
and Gulskii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gulskii tries to clinch but Makerov is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii wants to clinch but Makerov slips to the side
and Gulskii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gulskii is looking to clinch.
Gulskii throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Makerov counter with a right hand.
Argo Gulskii is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Makerov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Makerov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Makerov throws a head kick that misses.
Gulskii leaves Makerov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gulskii takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gulskii wants to clinch but Makerov slips to the side
and Makerov counters with a nice uppercut.
Gulskii tries to clinch but Makerov is having none of it.
Gulskii closes the distance but Makerov moves to the side
and Makerov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gulskii swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Makerov counters with a straight right hand.
Gulskii doesn't manage to clinch there - Makerov circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gulskii.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Makerov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Argo Gulskii's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Makerov throws a sloppy head kick and Gulskii moves out of range easily.
Makerov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makerov misses with a few strikes there.
Gulskii tries to close the distance and clinch but Makerov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Makerov keeps the fight on the outside.
Gulskii displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Makerov throws out the jab.
Makerov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Makerov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Makerov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Makerov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gulskii!
Gulskii is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Makerov.
Gulskii tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Makerov counter with a right hand.
Gulskii tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Makerov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gulskii thinking.
Gulskii fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makerov throws a right and a left that Gulskii avoids nicely.
Gulskii tries to clinch up
and Gulskii takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makerov lands a jab-cross combination.
Gulskii tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Makerov counters with a straight right hand.
Makerov shoots in but Gulskii avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Gulskii drives through and clinches with Makerov against the cage.

Gulskii breaks the clinch.
Makerov throws a sloppy head kick and Gulskii moves out of range easily.
Makerov throws a sloppy head kick and Gulskii moves out of range easily.
Gulskii throws a combination that misses
and Makerov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gulskii wants to clinch.
Gulskii tries to clinch
and Makerov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jonny Makerov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makerov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice shot by Makerov.
Gulskii attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Makerov tests Gulskii's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gulskii throws a right hand that Makerov ducks under and follows up with a left that Makerov also avoids with ease.
Gulskii is looking to clinch.
Gulskii falls off balance throwing a combination
and Makerov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Gulskii moves into the clinch successfully.
Gulskii is trying to break the clinch but Makerov has him pressed against the cage.
Makerov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gulskii breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gulskii dives in and grabs Makerov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Makerov pushes down on Gulskii's head and hops out.
Makerov slips a jab and a cross from Gulskii.
Makerov circles away from the clinch attempt

and Makerov counters with a takedown into side control.
Gulskii is looking to reverse the position.

Gulskii bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Makerov does it's job there.
Makerov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Gulskii closes the distance and pushes Makerov back into the cage.
Gulskii wants to break the clinch but can't.
Argo Gulskii has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A frustrated look appears on Gulskii's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Gulskii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gulskii takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gulskii on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gulskii looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Makerov jabs at Gulskii's body.
Makerov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gulskii.
Makerov throws a lazy right hand but Gulskii sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Makerov lands the left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Makerov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Makerov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Makerov!