PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sebaastian Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Kalishevski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Struve
vs
Kalishevski

179 cm
23
183 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

182 cm
24
179 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebaastian Struve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Kalishevski!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kalishevski gets underhooks to prevent Struve's takedown attempt.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Struve tries to circle away but Kalishevski has him pinned against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kalishevski.
Kalishevski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Struve working aggressively here.

Struve breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Struve misses with a kick to the body

and Kalishevski counters by moving into the clinch.
Kalishevski takes a shot to the head.
Kalishevski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Struve's efforts to push away.
Struve tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kalishevski just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Kalishevski looking to slow down the pace here.
Struve takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kalishevski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kalishevski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struve is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kalishevski is looking to control Struve's arms but Struve gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kalishevski has his back to the ropes.
Kalishevski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Struve tries to circle away but Kalishevski has him pinned against the ropes.
Struve is breathing heavily.
Struve misses with a knee strike.
Kalishevski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Struve is keeping busy.
Kalishevski lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Struve's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kalishevski tries to keep at a distance but Struve has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalishevski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kalishevski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Struve lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kalishevski taking a breather.
Kalishevski trying to land knees to the body.
Kalishevski missing with knees to the body.
Kalishevski trying to land knees to the body.
Kalishevski looking to throw knees to the head but Struve is blocking nicely.
Kalishevski with a knee to the head.
Kalishevski is trying to maintain a safe position but Struve gets an underhook and turns Kalishevski into the ropes.
Kalishevski is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Kalishevski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kalishevski looking to throw knees to the head but Struve is blocking nicely.
Kalishevski lands a nice knee to the body.
Kalishevski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Struve avoids it.
Struve avoiding damage as Kalishevski throws knees to the body.
Struve working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kalishevski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kalishevski connects with a knee to the head.
Kalishevski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Struve tries to break free but Kalishevski pushes him back against the ropes.
Kalishevski missing with knees to the body.
Kalishevski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Struve.
Kalishevski trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Struve.
A short left from Struve.
Struve tries to circle away but Kalishevski has him pinned against the ropes.
Kalishevski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Struve misses with the head strike.
Struve with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kalishevski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Struve tries to break free but Kalishevski pushes him back against the ropes.
Kalishevski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Struve pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Struve throws a leg kick

and Kalishevski holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kalishevski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Struve is keeping busy.
Struve wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kalishevski putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Struve in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kalishevski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kalishevski taking a breather.
Kalishevski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kalishevski with a knee to the head.
Struve goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Struve jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kalishevski walks away with a smile on his face. Struve gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebaastian Struve. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struve buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kalishevski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Struve cracks Kalishevski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Ivan Kalishevski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Struve tried to score with a low kick but Kalishevski checks it.
Kalishevski tries to clinch but Struve is having none of it.
Struve misses with a low kick.
Struve throws the left hand but Kalishevski avoids the punch easily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Kalishevski enables Struve to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kalishevski manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Struve stops Kalishevski from standing up.
Struve stands up over Kalishevski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Struve stops Kalishevski from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalishevski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kalishevski wants to stand but Struve is controlling the position.
Kalishevski keeping moving, preventing Struve from controlling successfully.
Struve prevents Kalishevski from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Struve advances position into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Struve throwing strikes but Kalishevski manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Kalishevski wants to stand but Struve has his arm trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Kalishevski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Struve fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kalishevski throws a sloppy head kick and Struve moves out of range easily.
Struve throws a poor cross that misses

and Kalishevski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kalishevski.
Kalishevski missing with knees to the body.
Kalishevski tries to land knees in the clinch but Struve avoids the damage to the body.
Kalishevski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struve is defending well for now.
Kalishevski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Struve.
Struve lands with a light punch inside.
Struve trying to land knees to the body.
Kalishevski missing with knees to the body.
Kalishevski crunches a lovely knee into Struve's ribcage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Struve as Kalishevski tries to tie him up.
Struve is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kalishevski pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ivan Kalishevski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kalishevski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Struve is defending well for now.
Struve lands a right hand.
Struve doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kalishevski missing with knees to the body.
Kalishevski is breathing heavily.
Struve pushes Kalishevski back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Struve misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struve blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kalishevski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Struve.
Kalishevski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Struve breaks from the clinch.
Struve is looking to chop away at Kalishevski's legs.
Struve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Struve feints and as Kalishevski raises his hands in defense, Struve changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Struve trying to control but Kalishevski is working from the bottom.
Struve is really struggling to control Kalishevski but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Struve pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kalishevski is keeping the position for now.
Struve wants to control from the top but Kalishevski keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struve throwing strikes from guard but Kalishevski blocks nicely.

Struve is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Struve trying to control but Kalishevski is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Sebaastian Struve wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Struve fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Struve throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kalishevski counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Struve throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kalishevski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Struve throws a sloppy head kick

and Kalishevski counters with a head kick that drops Struve to the mat! Struve scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Struve is rocked!
Sebaastian Struve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Struve.
Oh Struve is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kalishevski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Struve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Struve seems to have got his legs back now.
Kalishevski throws a sloppy head kick and Struve moves out of range easily.
Struve throws a poor cross that misses

and Kalishevski counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalishevski lands a good knee to the midsection. Struve won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Kalishevski.
Struve tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kalishevski smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebaastian Struve. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Struve scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kalishevski misses with a head kick.
A big left from Struve misses.
Struve throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kalishevski counters with a head kick. That will keep Struve thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Struve scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalishevski defending against the ground and pound.
Struve in side control, throwing shots but Kalishevski defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Kalishevski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Kalishevski tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Struve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kalishevski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Struve motions for Kalishevski to come forward. Struve throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Struve stalks Kalishevski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kalishevski's face. Kalishevski staggers backwards, shaken.

Kalishevski clinches with his opponent.
A hook to the body from Struve.
Kalishevski has Struve pressed against the ropes, preventing Struve from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Struve managing to block the knees to the body from Kalishevski.
Kalishevski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kalishevski lands a good knee to the midsection. Struve won't want to take too many of those.
Struve fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kalishevski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Struve letting Kalishevski take a breather here.
Struve trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Struve throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kalishevski blocking some punches.
Kalishevski stalling in the clinch but Struve improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struve tries to land a knee to the head but Kalishevski blocks with his arms.
Struve managing to block the knees to the body from Kalishevski.
Kalishevski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Struve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Struve tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kalishevski utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kalishevski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Struve blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Struve drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kalishevski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebaastian Struve. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Struve takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kalishevski missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Struve wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kalishevski lands a knee to the head.
Struve with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Struve managing to block the knees to the body from Kalishevski.
Kalishevski lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kalishevski working Struve over with knees to the body.
Kalishevski lands a knee to the head.
Kalishevski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Struve lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struve tries to break the clinch but Kalishevski is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kalishevski obliges.
Struve tries to circle away but Kalishevski has him pinned against the ropes.
Kalishevski landing knees to the body.
Kalishevski trying to land knees to the body.
Kalishevski avoiding damage as Struve throws knees to the body.
Struve managing to block the knees to the body from Kalishevski.
Kalishevski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Struve on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Struve - that landed with a thud.
Struve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kalishevski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Struve pulls guard successfully.
Kalishevski trying to stand up but can't free himself from Struve's guard.
Sebaastian Struve has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Struve trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Struve throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Kalishevski escapes and throws Struve's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Ivan Kalishevski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kalishevski tries to stand but Struve is controlling his head.
Struve tries to bench press Kalishevski off him but Kalishevski keeps the position.

That's four 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.
Kalishevski tries to stand but Struve is controlling his head.
Struve regains half guard.

Struve looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Struve trying to control here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Kalishevski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kalishevski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Kalishevski!