PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitri Makhnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chen comes to the cage accompanied by Surfing with the Alien. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Chen
vs
Makhnov

180 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

175 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimitri Makhnov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Chen blocks the leg kick.
Makhnov looks for a takedown but Chen sprawls well.
Makhnov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chen misses with a hook. Makhnov ducked under it nicely.

Chen clinches up against the cage.
Makhnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Chen avoids the damage to the body.
Makhnov just leaning against Chen, taking a breather.
Chen blocks an elbow strike from Makhnov.
Makhnov misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makhnov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.
Makhnov tries a knee to the head but Chen blocks it.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Chen lands a left hand.
Chen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Makhnov.
Makhnov misses with a body punch.
Makhnov tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Makhnov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chen's elbow.
Makhnov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Makhnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Chen avoids the damage to the body.
Makhnov misses with a punch to the body.
Chen misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Makhnov misses with an elbow over the top.
Chen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Makhnov backwards.
Chen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Makhnov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Makhnov trying to land knees to the body.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Makhnov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Makhnov.
Makhnov trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Makhnov - that landed with a thud.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.
Chen avoiding damage as Makhnov throws knees to the body.
Chen working aggressively here.
Makhnov holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makhnov missing with knees to the body.
Chen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makhnov leaning against his opponent.
Makhnov tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Makhnov digs a right hand underneath Chen's ribcage. Chen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chen lands with a right to the head.
Makhnov tries a knee to the head but Chen blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Makhnov.
Chen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.
Chen managing to block the knees to the body from Makhnov.
Makhnov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chen is defending well for now.
Makhnov has a couple of punches blocked by Chen.
Makhnov misses with a knee to the head.

That's four 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.
Makhnov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chen managing to block the knees to the body from Makhnov.
Makhnov effectively controlling the action here.
Makhnov tries to throw a body punch but Chen avoids it by throwing Makhnov back against the cage.
Makhnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Chen avoids the damage to the body.
Chen prevents a body shot from Makhnov.
Makhnov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Makhnov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chen's brow.
Makhnov trying to land knees to the body.
Chen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Makhnov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Chen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Makhnov ducks right into an uppercut from Chen.

It looks like Dimitri Makhnov has been cut.
Makhnov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Chen moves into range and clinches up with Makhnov.
Makhnov misses with a punch to the body.
Makhnov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Makhnov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Makhnov tries a body shot but Chen blocks it.
Makhnov scores a nice knee to the body.
Makhnov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makhnov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makhnov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chen's face.
Makhnov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makhnov blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Makhnov.
Makhnov misses with a knee strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Makhnov.
Makhnov lands a knee to the head.
Makhnov tries to throw a body punch but Chen avoids it by throwing Makhnov back against the cage.
Makhnov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chen blocks a body shot from Makhnov.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Makhnov can't find room to land a body shot as Chen controls the action.
Makhnov tries to land a knee to the head but Chen blocks with his arms.
Makhnov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Makhnov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Makhnov struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen controls his hands.
Makhnov misses with a punch to the body.
Makhnov struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen controls his hands.
Makhnov misses with a knee strike.
Makhnov tries to land a knee to the head but Chen blocks with his arms.
Makhnov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makhnov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Makhnov misses with a punch on the inside.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.
Makhnov blocking some punches.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Makhnov.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Makhnov.
Chen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chen blocking some punches.
Makhnov blocks an uppercut.
Makhnov is leaning against Chen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Makhnov trying to land knees to the body.
Chen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makhnov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

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.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Makhnov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Makhnov lands with a light punch inside.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Makhnov.
Chen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makhnov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hand to the body from Makhnov.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Makhnov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Chen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dimitri Makhnov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Makhnov is looking to clinch but Chen is avoiding it.

Makhnov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Makhnov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Makhnov looking to control but Chen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Makhnov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makhnov wants to control the action but instead Chen gets a body lock and reverses into Makhnov's guard! Nice work!

Chen gets to his feet. Makhnov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Makhnov is looking to clinch.
Chen throws a hook but Makhnov avoids it easily.
Chen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makhnov manages to avoid it.
Makhnov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Makhnov tries to clinch up but Chen circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Makhnov throws an elbow that misses.
Makhnov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Makhnov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
Makhnov avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makhnov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Makhnov fails to land.
Makhnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chen.
Chen blocks a body shot from Makhnov.
Chen has a couple of punches blocked by Makhnov.
Makhnov misses with a punch to the body.
Makhnov throws an elbow but it misses.
Makhnov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Makhnov misses with some punches.
Makhnov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Makhnov misses with a body punch.
Makhnov lands a nice knee to the body.
Chen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chen managing to block the knees to the body from Makhnov.
Makhnov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dimitri Makhnov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Makhnov lands a knee to the body.
Makhnov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chen up against the cage.
Makhnov works on Chen's body with a couple of short punches.
Sam Chen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Makhnov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chen's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dimitri Makhnov.
I think Chen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Chen!