PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger D Roger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Solovyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Roger might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jedi Mind Tricks - On the Eve of War (Instrumental). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

D Roger
vs
Solovyev

177 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

171 cm
22
157 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger D Roger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vladimir Solovyev!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Roger misses
enabling Solovyev to counter with a crisp jab.
Solovyev misses with a leg kick.
Roger throws a hook to the side of Solovyev's head but Solovyev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Solovyev has managed to clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Solovyev.
Solovyev tries to work over Roger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Roger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Solovyev throws a chopping leg kick but Roger manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Roger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roger swings widly with a right hand
and Solovyev counters with a nice leg kick.
Solovyev ducks under a wild hook from Roger.
Solovyev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roger momentarily.
Solovyev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Solovyev connects with a solid leg kick.
Solovyev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roger. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Solovyev is predictable there
and Roger counters with a right hand to the body.
Roger just misses with a punch to the body.
Roger keeps the fight on the outside.
Solovyev throws a head kick that misses.
Solovyev tries to close the distance and clinch but Roger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vladimir Solovyev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Roger misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Solovyev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roger changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Solovyev misses with a straight left.
Roger swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roger cracks a nice hook into Solovyev's ribs.
Solovyev walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Roger checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Roger takes a swing at Solovyev's ribcage but misses.
Solovyev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Solovyev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roger.

Solovyev closes the distance and pushes Roger back into the cage.
Roger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Solovyev lands with a right to the head.
Solovyev prevents a body shot from Roger.
Roger blocks an uppercut.
Solovyev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Solovyev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Roger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Solovyev tries to work over Roger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Solovyev lands with a right to the head.

Roger breaks the clinch.
Roger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Solovyev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roger thows a body shot but no joy.
No luck for Roger with that takedown attempt.
Roger misses with an uppercut
and Solovyev counters with a body kick that stops Roger in his tracks momentarily.
Roger throws a right hand that misses
and Solovyev counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Roger throws a series of punches but Solovyev moves out of range.
Roger misses with a hook.
Solovyev is looking to slow Roger down with leg kicks.
Roger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Solovyev lands a nice hook to Roger's body. Roger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Solovyev looks to land a right hand but Roger moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Solovyev tries to clinch but Roger moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Solovyev.
Vladimir Solovyev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roger cracks Solovyev with a right hand to the side of the head.
Roger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Solovyev counters with an outside leg kick.
Roger walks forward, straight into a front kick from Solovyev.
Roger throws a poor cross that misses
and Solovyev counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Solovyev.
A jab from Solovyev misses.
Roger misses with a shot to the body
and Solovyev counters with a leg kick.
Solovyev misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Solovyev dominated that round.
That's time! Roger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Solovyev, as that shot connected.
Solovyev throws a leg kick that is checked
and Roger counters with a straight right hand.
Solovyev closes the distance looking to clinch
and Roger counters with a straight right hand.
Solovyev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Roger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Solovyev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roger throws a lazy uppercut
and Solovyev counters with a nice leg kick.
Roger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Solovyev tries to clinch but Roger moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roger cracks Solovyev with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Solovyev closes the distance and pushes Roger back into the cage.
Solovyev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roger throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Solovyev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Solovyev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Roger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Solovyev digs a good hook to Roger's body.
Roger fails with the takedown
and Solovyev counters with a nice low kick that buckles Roger's knee momentarily.
Solovyev throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Roger to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roger. Solovyev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Solovyev does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A lazy body kick from Solovyev
and Roger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roger is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solovyev scores with a leg kick.
Roger throws an off balance right hand
and Solovyev counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Solovyev misses with a low kick.
Solovyev is looking to slow Roger down with leg kicks.
Roger throws a combination that misses
and Solovyev counters with a body kick.
Solovyev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solovyev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roger at a distance.
Roger misses with a lunging right hand
and Solovyev counters with a nice leg kick.
Solovyev's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Solovyev duly obliges.
Solovyev misses with a low kick.
Solovyev is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Roger rather than just go for the knockout.
Solovyev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roger scores with a hook to the body. Solovyev takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Solovyev throws a sloppy body shot
and Roger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Solovyev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Roger counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Solovyev thinking.
Roger misses with a left hand
and Solovyev counters with a nice low kick that buckles Roger's knee momentarily.
Roger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Solovyev throws a leg kick that is checked
and Roger finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Solovyev connects with a leg kick. Roger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Roger swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Solovyev counters with a slapping leg kick.
Roger throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Solovyev counters by clinching up.
A short uppercut from Solovyev.
Roger lands with a light punch inside.
Solovyev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Solovyev works on Roger's body with a couple of short punches.
Roger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roger gets through Solovyev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solovyev works on Roger's body with a couple of short punches.
Roger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Solovyev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roger backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Solovyev.
Roger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roger tries to work over Solovyev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Solovyev has a couple of punches blocked by Roger.
Solovyev presses Roger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Solovyev.
Solovyev lands a nice shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Solovyev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Solovyev lands a body shot.
Solovyev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Solovyev.
Solovyev scores with a shot to the side of Roger's head.
Solovyev lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roger.
Solovyev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roger backwards.

Roger is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Solovyev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Roger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right hand to the body from Solovyev.
A body shot lands from Solovyev.
Solovyev dips a shoulder and cracks Roger with a mighty uppercut! Roger falls back against the cage and Solovyev unloads with a barrage of strikes! Roger is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Solovyev screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Solovyev!