PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Raskolnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitali Jurcina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raskolnikov comes into the arena with I Need a Hero blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Raskolnikov
vs
Jurcina

190 cm
25
197 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Raskolnikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vitali Jurcina!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurcina lands with a straight right. Raskolnikov didn't see that one coming.
Raskolnikov throws a lazy uppercut
and Jurcina counters with a left to the body.
Jurcina misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jurcina throws a poor cross that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jurcina throws a predictable looking body shot
and Raskolnikov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jurcina fails to land with a series of punches.
Vitali Jurcina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raskolnikov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jurcina.
Raskolnikov misses the shot to the body.
Raskolnikov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jurcina moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jurcina misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Raskolnikov counters with a stiff right hand.
Jurcina fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raskolnikov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jurcina was well out of range. Poor timing from Raskolnikov.
A low kick from Jurcina is predictable there
and Raskolnikov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Raskolnikov lands the left hand.
Raskolnikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jurcina.
Jurcina misses the body punch
and Raskolnikov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Raskolnikov swings for the body but Jurcina moves out of range.
Raskolnikov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Raskolnikov checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jurcina!
Jurcina shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Raskolnikov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jurcina misses with a lunging right hand
and Raskolnikov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Raskolnikov lands a jab.
Jurcina misses with a body punch
and Jurcina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jurcina throws a leg kick
and Raskolnikov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jurcina misses with a lunging right hand
letting Raskolnikov counter with a right hand.
Jurcina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raskolnikov thows a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Jurcina misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jurcina throws a right hand that misses
and Raskolnikov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some bone on bone action there as Raskolnikov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jurcina throws a predictable looking body shot
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice uppercut.
Raskolnikov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jurcina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jurcina scores with a jab to the head.
A leg kick checked by Raskolnikov.
Jurcina misses with a lunging right hand
and Raskolnikov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina throws a poor cross that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a right hand to the body.
Jurcina misses with a hook
letting Raskolnikov counter with a right hand.
Raskolnikov just misses with a punch to the body.
Jurcina doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jurcina throws a poor cross that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a left to the body.
Raskolnikov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jurcina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jurcina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Raskolnikov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jurcina throws an off balance right hand
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vitali Jurcina will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jurcina throws a lazy uppercut
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Jurcina misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jurcina throws a lazy uppercut
and Raskolnikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jurcina has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Raskolnikov finds it's way round the side to connect with Jurcina's head.
Nice cross by Raskolnikov.
A shot to the body from Jurcina misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice uppercut.
Jurcina throws a poor cross that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a left to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jurcina.
Jurcina is looking to slow Raskolnikov down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Raskolnikov.
Jurcina swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Raskolnikov counter with a right hand.
Raskolnikov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Raskolnikov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raskolnikov. Jurcina does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jurcina moves out of range of the strikes.
Raskolnikov lands a nice shot that snaps Jurcina's head back.
A low kick from Jurcina is predictable there
and Raskolnikov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Raskolnikov misses with a right hand
and Jurcina counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina misses with a hook
letting Raskolnikov counter with a right hand.
Jurcina throws a combination that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jurcina misses with a hook to the body
and Raskolnikov counters with a left to the body.
Jurcina misses with a lunging right hand
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice uppercut.
Jurcina catches Raskolnikov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vitali Jurcina seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Raskolnikov misses with an uppercut
and Jurcina counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raskolnikov throws the left hand but Jurcina avoids the punch easily.
Jurcina ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Raskolnikov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raskolnikov checks a leg kick nicely.
Jurcina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raskolnikov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Raskolnikov throws a leg kick that misses.
Jurcina misses with an uppercut
and Jurcina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Raskolnikov misses with a body shot.
Jurcina moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jurcina throws a body kick the misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jurcina throws a low kick, looking for Raskolnikov's leg but Raskolnikov calmly moves out of range.
Raskolnikov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jurcina. That's going to slow Raskolnikov down.
Raskolnikov misses with a straight left.
Jurcina misses with a right hand
and Raskolnikov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Raskolnikov misses with a shot to the body
and Jurcina counters with a body kick that stops Raskolnikov in his tracks momentarily.
Jurcina misses the body punch
and Raskolnikov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jurcina is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jurcina misses with an uppercut
enabling Raskolnikov to counter with a crisp jab.
Jurcina throws a right hand that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A low kick from Jurcina is predictable there
enabling Raskolnikov to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitali Jurcina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jurcina misses with a leg kick.
Raskolnikov misses with a straight right.
Jurcina swings for the body but Raskolnikov moves out of range.
Jurcina steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raskolnikov.
Jurcina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jurcina throws a leg kick but Raskolnikov sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jurcina misses with a lunging right hand
and Raskolnikov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jurcina throws a push kick but Raskolnikov slaps the foot to one side.
Jurcina misses with a lunging right hand
and Raskolnikov counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raskolnikov. Jurcina does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab from Raskolnikov.
Raskolnikov misses with a body punch
and Raskolnikov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jurcina misses with an uppercut
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice uppercut.
Jurcina swings widly with a right hand
and Raskolnikov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jurcina throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Raskolnikov counter with a right hand.
Jurcina looks to land a body kick but Raskolnikov moved away.
Jurcina swings widly with a right hand
and Raskolnikov counters with a nice body shot.
Raskolnikov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vladimir Raskolnikov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Raskolnikov blocks the low kick.
A shot to the body from Raskolnikov misses
and Jurcina counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Jurcina. That snapped Raskolnikov's head back.
Jurcina swings widly with a right hand
and Raskolnikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raskolnikov misses with a left hand
and Jurcina counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jurcina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Raskolnikov.
Raskolnikov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jurcina swings away with a body shot that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donk. Jurcina catches Raskolnikov right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raskolnikov swings widly with a right hand
and Jurcina counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jurcina swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Raskolnikov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jurcina lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jurcina misses with a leg kick
and Raskolnikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jurcina misses with a body punch
and Raskolnikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raskolnikov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jurcina moves away.
Jurcina swings widly with a right hand
and Raskolnikov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jurcina misses with a leg kick
and Jurcina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurcina lands a really nice looking cross but Raskolnikov seems unphased.
Raskolnikov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jurcina. Raskolnikov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raskolnikov throws a right hand that misses
and Jurcina counters with a left to the body.
Raskolnikov misses with the body kick
letting Jurcina counter with a right hand.
Jurcina gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Raskolnikov.
A big left from Raskolnikov misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jurcina throws a right hand that misses
and Raskolnikov counters with a straight right hand.
Vitali Jurcina is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raskolnikov moves out of range of the body kick from Jurcina.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitali Jurcina comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jurcina 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitali Jurcina!