PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Kipyatkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Senichev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Senichev is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lady Gaga - Just Dance. Aleksandr Senichev struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kipyatkov
vs
Senichev

178 cm
25
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Kipyatkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Senichev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kipyatkov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Senichev to the ground. Kipyatkov is now in Senichev's guard.
Senichev looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kipyatkov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kipyatkov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Ricardo Kipyatkov just wasn't active enough.

Senichev scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Kipyatkov has one foot on Senichev's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Senichev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Senichev bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kipyatkov manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kipyatkov keeping hold of Senichev's head, controlling as best he can.
Kipyatkov gets back to full guard.
Kipyatkov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kipyatkov content to control rather than advance.
Kipyatkov seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Senichev for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kipyatkov lands strikes from half guard.
Kipyatkov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Ricardo Kipyatkov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Kipyatkov gets a clinch.
Senichev stalling in the clinch but Kipyatkov improves position.

Kipyatkov gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kipyatkov sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Ricardo Kipyatkov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Kipyatkov dives in and scores a takedown into Senichev's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kipyatkov decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Senichev, up you get!

Senichev gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kipyatkov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Senichev is trying to control the position but Kipyatkov postures up.
Kipyatkov is stalling in the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Kipyatkov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Kipyatkov throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Senichev was covering up waiting for the punch and Kipyatkov finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kipyatkov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kipyatkov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kipyatkov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Senichev is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ricardo Kipyatkov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Senichev throws a right hand that misses

and Kipyatkov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Senichev's guard.
Kipyatkov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kipyatkov advances to half guard.
Kipyatkov is controlling the pace.
Kipyatkov passes to side control.
Kipyatkov controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kipyatkov has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Senichev is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Kipyatkov yanks on the arm and Senichev is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Kipyatkov.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Kipyatkov!