PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vick Rub (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reks Dakel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rub
vs
Dakel

171 cm
26
152 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

200 cm
24
150 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vick Rub!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reks Dakel!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dakel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rub swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reks Dakel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dakel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rub paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dakel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rub.
Dakel wants to clinch.
Rub throws a shot from downtown. Dakel moves away and avoids it.
Dakel tries to clinch but Rub moves out of range.
Rub thows a body shot but no joy.
Dakel tries to clinch but Rub is having none of it.
Dakel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rub manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rub will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dakel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dakel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dakel tries to clinch up.
Rub connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Reks Dakel has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dakel tries to clinch but Rub is having none of it.
Dakel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rub throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dakel dodges the punch combination from Rub.
Dakel tries to clinch but Rub moves out of range.
Dakel moves in looking to clinch but Rub pushes him off.
Dakel tries to clinch but Rub moves out of range.
Dakel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dakel tries to clinch up.
Dakel is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dakel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rub ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dakel moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dakel tries to clinch up but Rub circles away and keeps his distance.
Rub avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dakel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dakel is looking to clinch.
Dakel tries to clinch up but Rub circles away and keeps his distance.
Dakel tries to clinch up.
Rub keeps the fight on the outside.
Dakel is looking to clinch.
Dakel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dakel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dakel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rub looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dakel throws a head kick that misses.
Dakel is looking to clinch but Rub is avoiding it.
Rub is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dakel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dakel wants to clinch.

Rub lands a big uppercut and Dakel crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Dakel looks OK. Rub waves Dakel back to his feet!

Dakel is rocked!
Rub misses with a wild body shot.
Rub throws a body punch but Dakel moves out of range.
Rub keeps the fight on the outside.
Rub takes a swing at Dakel's ribcage but misses.
Dakel is looking to clinch but Rub is avoiding it.
Dakel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rub misses with a straight right.
Rub misses the shot to the body.
Dakel tries to clinch but Rub moves out of range.
Rub circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dakel tries to close the distance and clinch but Rub swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rub keeps the fight on the outside.
Dakel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rub paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Rub checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dakel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rub counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dakel misses with a combination
and Rub counters with a nice body shot.
Dakel looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dakel wants to clinch
and Rub counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dakel is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dakel wants to clinch

and Rub counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Rub breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dakel moves to clinch but Rub breaks away

and Rub counters with a crisp right hand that drops Dakel! Rub lets Dakel back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Dakel is still on wobbly legs! Can Rub finish him?
Dakel looks to clinch
and Rub counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dakel thinking.
Dakel seems to have recovered his senses.
Rub is looking to wear down Dakel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rub lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Dakel falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rub dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vick Rub!
Vick Rub retains his featherweight title!