PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Sessions (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Culerovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sessions
vs
Culerovich

169 cm
24
156 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
28
155 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

[GTi] Divine - Drugs (Q:158+ $100)

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manny Sessions!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Culerovich!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sessions throws a leg kick
and Culerovich counters with a stiff right hand.
Sessions slips a jab from Culerovich.
Sessions tries a head kick but it misses.

Culerovich closes the distance and pushes Sessions back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Culerovich.
Sessions throws an elbow that misses.
Culerovich lands a shoulder strike.
Culerovich scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Culerovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Culerovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Sessions uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Sessions crunches a lovely knee into Culerovich's ribcage.
Culerovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sessions lands an elbow just above Culerovich 's eye.

It looks like Ron Culerovich has been cut.
Culerovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike.
Sessions blocks an elbow strike.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike.
Sessions blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Culerovich lands a right hand.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sessions blocks it with crossed arms.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sessions throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Culerovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sessions misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Culerovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sessionss head.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sessions blocks it with crossed arms.
Sessions misses with an elbow strike.
Culerovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Culerovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Sessions uses good head movement to avoid it.
Culerovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sessions pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Culerovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Culerovich misses with a knee strike.
Sessions throws an elbow but it misses.
Culerovich has a couple of punches blocked by Sessions.
Sessions lands an elbow just above Culerovich 's eye.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
Culerovich misses with some punches.
Culerovich throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Sessions.
Culerovich presses Sessions against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Culerovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Culerovich avoids the elbow strike from Sessions, against the cage.
Culerovich lands a shoulder strike.
Culerovich throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Culerovich fails to land.
Culerovich dodges an elbow strike from Sessions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sessions's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sessions creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Culerovich's defenses.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Culerovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Culerovich.
Culerovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Culerovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sessions tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
A nice right hand lands inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Culerovich gets through Sessions's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Sessions working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Sessions blocks with his arms.
Culerovich misses with some punches.
Culerovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sessions blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Culerovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Culerovich working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sessions just misses with a elbow thrown towards Culerovich's brow.
Culerovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Culerovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Sessions uses good head movement to avoid it.
Culerovich has a couple of punches blocked by Sessions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Sessions uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sessions trying to land knees to the body.
Sessions throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sessions blocks an uppercut.
Sessions creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Sessions is blocking nicely.
Sessions blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sessions tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Culerovich avoids it.
Sessions blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sessions's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sessions.
Sessions lands a damaging elbow.
Culerovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sessions takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sessions misses with an elbow strike.
Culerovich blocks a body shot from Sessions.
Culerovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Culerovich avoids the elbow strike from Sessions, against the cage.
Sessions tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Culerovich avoids it.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Sessions is breathing heavily.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich lands a shoulder strike.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Sessions is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Culerovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Sessions.
Culerovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
Culerovich works on Sessions's body with a couple of short punches.
Culerovich managing to block the knees to the body from Sessions.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Culerovich on the inside.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but Sessions blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Culerovich.
Sessions trying to land knees to the body.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
Culerovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Culerovich.
A nice left hand lands by Culerovich.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich dodges an elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Culerovich's defenses.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Sessions is blocking nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Culerovich.
Culerovich misses with some punches.
Sessions pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike.
Sessions looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sessions trying to land knees to the body.
Culerovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Culerovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
Sessions trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Culerovich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Culerovich's cut.
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.

Sessions misses with the body kick
and Culerovich counters with a left to the body.

Sessions gets tackled into the cage by Culerovich. Culerovich maintains the clinch.
Culerovich managing to block the knees to the body from Sessions.
Sessions lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Culerovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Sessions uses good head movement to avoid it.
Culerovich dodges an elbow strike from Sessions.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Culerovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Culerovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sessions working Culerovich over with knees to the body.
Culerovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sessionss head.
Sessions throws an elbow that misses.
Sessions lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Culerovich or not.
Culerovich avoiding damage as Sessions throws knees to the body.
Culerovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Culerovich scores with a shoulder strike.
Sessions is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right from Culerovich on the inside.
Culerovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Sessions tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Culerovich avoids it.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sessions comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sessions blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Culerovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Culerovich misses with a knee to the head.
Sessions throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Culerovich on the inside.
Good body shot from Sessions.
Culerovich blocks the elbow strike.
Sessions misses with some punches.
Sessions blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Culerovich connects with a knee to the head.
Culerovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Sessions blocks an uppercut.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Culerovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sessions pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sessions lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sessions misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Culerovich.
Sessions misses with some punches.
Culerovich scores with a shot to the side of Sessions's head.
Sessions blocking some punches.
Sessions blocking some punches.
Sessions is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Culerovich throws an elbow but misses.
Culerovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sessions looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Culerovich.
Knees to the body from Culerovich.
Sessions tries to work over Culerovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sessions pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sessions lands a good knee to the midsection. Culerovich won't want to take too many of those.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sessions blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sessions just misses with a elbow thrown towards Culerovich's brow.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Sessions landing knees to the body.
Culerovich avoids the elbow strike from Sessions, against the cage.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Culerovich dodges an elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Culerovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Culerovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Culerovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sessions trying to land knees to the body.
Culerovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Sessions is blocking nicely.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions misses with some punches.
Sessions takes a shot to the head.
Sessions tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Culerovich lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Culerovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Culerovich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
Culerovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Culerovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Sessions lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Culerovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Culerovich lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sessions creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Culerovich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
Sessions blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich misses with the head strike.
Sessions takes a shot to the head.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike.
Culerovich scores with a shot to the side of Sessions's head.
Sessions is leaning against Culerovich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sessions takes a shot to the head.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Culerovich cracks Sessions with a nice body shot.
Culerovich lands a knee to the head.
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sessions.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Culerovich.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Sessions blocks it.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Sessions tries to land knees in the clinch but Culerovich avoids the damage to the body.
Culerovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich lands a right hand.
Culerovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sessions lands a damaging elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Culerovich.
A nice right hand lands inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich avoiding damage as Sessions throws knees to the body.
Culerovich scores with a shoulder strike.
Culerovich managing to block the knees to the body from Sessions.
Culerovich works on Sessions's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich digs a right hand underneath Sessions's ribcage. Sessions let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Culerovich crunches a lovely knee into Sessions's ribcage.
Culerovich looking to throw knees to the head but Sessions is blocking nicely.
Culerovich managing to block the knees to the body from Sessions.
Culerovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Culerovich.
Culerovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sessions comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sessions comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Culerovich on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Culerovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ron Culerovich's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Culerovich gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sessions takes a knee right on the jaw!
Culerovich with a knee to the head.
Sessions takes an elbow to the temple.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Culerovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Sessions.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Culerovich tries to work over Sessions's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Sessions scores a nice knee to the body.
Sessions pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Culerovich misses with a punch to the body.
Culerovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sessions lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Culerovich backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Culerovich misses with some punches.
Sessions misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Culerovich.
Culerovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sessions backwards.
Culerovich dodges an elbow strike from Sessions.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sessions.
Culerovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Culerovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sessions is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Culerovich is defending well for now.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Culerovich has a couple of punches blocked by Sessions.
Culerovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sessions cracks Culerovich with a nice body shot.
Culerovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sessions blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sessions working aggressively here.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Culerovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Sessions.
Culerovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sessions.
Sessions lands a nice elbow.
Culerovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Culerovich scores with a knee to the head.
Culerovich working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Culerovich lands with a right to the head.
Culerovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sessions has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Culerovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Culerovich landing knees to the head.
Sessions throws an elbow but it misses.
Culerovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sessions blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sessions throws an elbow but misses.
Ron Culerovich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nice elbow from Sessions.
Sessions misses with an elbow strike.
Sessions creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sessions takes a knee right on the jaw!
Culerovich lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice right hand lands inside from Culerovich.
Sessions tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Culerovich's elbow.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sessions missing with knees to the body.
Sessions throws an elbow that misses.
Sessions misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Culerovich.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Culerovich.
Sessions creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sessions creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions misses with an elbow over the top.
Sessions misses with a punch on the inside.
Culerovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sessions looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sessions tries to throw a body punch but Culerovich avoids it by throwing Sessions back against the cage.
Culerovich tries a knee to the head but Sessions blocks it.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sessions pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sessions pushes off an throws an elbow but Culerovich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Culerovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich gets through Sessions's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sessions tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Culerovich's elbow.
Culerovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sessions is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Culerovich is defending well for now.
Sessions creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sessions throws an elbow but it misses.
Culerovich dodges an elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions throws an elbow but it misses.
Manny Sessions has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sessions takes a shot to the head.
Culerovich avoiding damage as Sessions throws knees to the body.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Culerovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Culerovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Culerovich blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
A right hook to the body lands for Culerovich.
Ron Culerovich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sessions misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Culerovich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Culerovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sessions swings wildly with an uppercut but Culerovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sessions throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ron Culerovich.
Well Culerovich has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Culerovich!