PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Samarun Por Kvartir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Acckiy Barcuha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samarun Por Kvartir had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Por Kvartir
vs
Barcuha

183 cm
25
154 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Samarun Por Kvartir!
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, Acckiy Barcuha!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Por Kvartir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Por Kvartir tries to clinch up.
Barcuha fails to land the takedown.
Barcuha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barcuha throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Por Kvartir's waist but Por Kvartir gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barcuha off to one side.
Por Kvartir tries to clinch up but Barcuha circles away and keeps his distance.
Barcuha shoots in but Por Kvartir avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Samarun Por Kvartir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Acckiy Barcuha.

Barcuha instigates a clinch.
Por Kvartir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Por Kvartir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barcuha's defenses.
Por Kvartir gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow inside.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow just above Barcuha 's eye.
Por Kvartir lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Por Kvartir throws an elbow but misses.
Por Kvartir gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow just above Barcuha 's eye.
Barcuha wants a takedown.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Por Kvartir missing with knees to the body.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow inside.
Por Kvartir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barcuha tries for a takedown. No joy.
Barcuha looks gassed!
Barcuha takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Kvartir gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow that stopped Barcuha in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Por Kvartir.
Barcuha takes an elbow to the temple.
Barcuha tries for a takedown. No joy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow inside that Barcuha shrugs off.
Por Kvartir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barcuha's defenses.
Nice elbow from Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Por Kvartir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barcuha goes for a takedown in the clinch but Por Kvartir prevents it.
Nice elbow from Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barcuha tries for a takedown but Por Kvartir manages to get underhooks.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow inside.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow.
Barcuha takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Por Kvartir tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barcuha avoids it.
Por Kvartir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barcuha's defenses.
Por Kvartir creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barcuha's defenses.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Por Kvartir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barcuha takes an elbow to the temple.
Por Kvartir prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Por Kvartir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow just above Barcuha 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow.
Barcuha takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nice elbow from Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barcuha takes an elbow to the temple.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow inside.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barcuha is working for takedown but Por Kvartir is calmly controlling the position for now.
Por Kvartir lands an elbow just above Barcuha 's eye.
Por Kvartir landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Por Kvartir.
Barcuha takes an elbow to the forehead.
Por Kvartir looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Por Kvartir misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcuha is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Barcuha is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Por Kvartir pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Barcuha is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Por Kvartir gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Barcuha is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Por Kvartir pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Por Kvartir throws an elbow that misses.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barcuha managing to block the knees to the body from Por Kvartir.
Barcuha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Por Kvartir tries to land knees in the clinch but Barcuha avoids the damage to the body.
Barcuha goes for a takedown in the clinch but Por Kvartir prevents it.
Barcuha dodges an elbow strike from Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir lands a nice elbow.
Por Kvartir misses with an elbow strike.
Por Kvartir comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Barcuha gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Por Kvartir tries to kick Barcuha off but Barcuha keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Por Kvartir is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Barcuha scores with a couple of nice shots.
Barcuha frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barcuha breaks from Por Kvartir's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barcuha controlling his opponent.
Por Kvartir is bucking up trying to escape but Barcuha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Por Kvartir really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barcuha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Por Kvartir can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barcuha unloading with bombs!
Por Kvartir is trying to stand.
Barcuha lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Samarun Por Kvartir will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Por Kvartir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Por Kvartir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Acckiy Barcuha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Por Kvartir wants to clinch

and Barcuha counters with a shoot takedown. Por Kvartir fights it but they end up in guard.
Por Kvartir knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Barcuha on the ground.
Barcuha passes Por Kvartir's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Por Kvartir on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Barcuha frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Barcuha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barcuha connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Barcuha landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barcuha raining down hammerfists from mount.
Barcuha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcuha with shots to the head and body - Por Kvartir looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Barcuha connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Barcuha lands a nice shot to the head.
Barcuha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barcuha lands a heavy elbow.
Barcuha dominating with strikes here.
Barcuha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Barcuha postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Por Kvartir looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Barcuha connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Por Kvartir in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Barcuha landing punches.
Barcuha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Barcuha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Por Kvartir is rocked!
A big strike lands for Barcuha! That's really hurt Por Kvartir and he's turned his back - Barcuha keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Barcuha jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Acckiy Barcuha!