PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andi Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Blitzkof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sharp
vs
Blitzkof

183 cm
20
202 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

188 cm
22
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andi Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Blitzkof!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sharp has managed to clinch.
Blitzkof lands with a short shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blitzkof lands a nice uppercut.

Sharp's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sharp takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blitzkof throws a quick inside leg kick.

Blitzkof clinches.
Blitzkof scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sharp takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blitzkof scores with a shoulder strike.
Blitzkof lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sharp is breathing heavily.
Sharp drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A left hand lands to the body for Blitzkof.
Blitzkof lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof pushes Sharp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blitzkof lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Blitzkof presses Sharp against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp looking for a takedown.
Blitzkof lands with a light punch inside.
Blitzkof scores with a shoulder strike.
Sharp takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hand to the body from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Blitzkof - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sharp's defenses.
Blitzkof works on Sharp's body with a couple of short punches.
Blitzkof lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blitzkof crunches a lovely knee into Sharp's ribcage.
Blitzkof scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blitzkof creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blitzkof working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blitzkof scores a nice knee to the body.
Blitzkof lands a nice elbow.
Blitzkof is working Sharp over against the cage.
Blitzkof lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blitzkof throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sharps head.
Blitzkof lands a right hand.
Blitzkof lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sharp.
Blitzkof lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sharp or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Blitzkof.
A short body shot lands from Blitzkof as the two fighters clinch.
A short body shot lands from Blitzkof as the two fighters clinch.
Blitzkof lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blitzkof digs a right hand underneath Sharp's ribcage. Sharp let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blitzkof lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sharp or not.
Blitzkof works on Sharp's body with a couple of short punches.
Blitzkof lands an elbow that stopped Sharp in his tracks for a moment.
Blitzkof throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Blitzkof lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blitzkof lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blitzkof creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blitzkof throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sharps head.
A left hand lands to the body for Blitzkof.
Blitzkof lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof lands a nice uppercut.
Blitzkof lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sharp.
Blitzkof lands an uppercut.
Blitzkof utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Blitzkof pushes Sharp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blitzkof lands a shot to the body.
Blitzkof scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blitzkof is working Sharp over against the cage.
Blitzkof lands a shot to the body.
Blitzkof digs a right hand underneath Sharp's ribcage. Sharp let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blitzkof creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sharp's defenses.
Blitzkof lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blitzkof gets through Sharp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Blitzkof - that landed with a thud.
Sharp's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blitzkof working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blitzkof lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof is working Sharp over against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Blitzkof.
Blitzkof lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blitzkof lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Blitzkof digs a right hand underneath Sharp's ribcage. Sharp let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blitzkof working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blitzkof lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blitzkof lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blitzkof lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Blitzkof.
Blitzkof lands a body shot.
Blitzkof makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blitzkof lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blitzkof stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Blitzkof - that landed with a thud.
Blitzkof lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Blitzkof lands a body punch.
Blitzkof lands a right hand.
Blitzkof pushes Sharp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blitzkof lands a good knee to the midsection. Sharp won't want to take too many of those.
Blitzkof lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Sharp's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blitzkof creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blitzkof digs a right hand into Sharp's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sharp's gas tank.
Blitzkof softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blitzkof lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sharp backwards.
Blitzkof lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Sharp is rocked!
Blitzkof lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blitzkof lands with a light punch inside.
Blitzkof lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blitzkof lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sharp.
Blitzkof lands a shot to the body.
Blitzkof lands a nice shot to the body.
Blitzkof digs a right hand into Sharp's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sharp's gas tank.
Blitzkof lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sharp is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Blitzkof dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Blitzkof.
Blitzkof has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blitzkof connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Andi Sharp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blitzkof lands a leg kick that knocks Sharp off balance momentarily.
Blitzkof throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blitzkof connects with a high kick.
Oh Sharp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Blitzkof knocks Sharp to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blitzkof is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sharp is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharp dodges the ground and pound from Blitzkof.
Sharp seems to have got his legs back now.
Blitzkof in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp is looking to regain half guard here but Blitzkof keeps moving and retains side control.
Sharp avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Blitzkof.
Blitzkof throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Blitzkof fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharp is looking for a sweep.
Blitzkof creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sharp sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Blitzkof has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blitzkof in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sharp can't do much from the bottom here.
Blitzkof is looking to take a break and control but Sharp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sharp tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two 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.
Blitzkof misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Blitzkof working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Blitzkof tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sharp tries to buck Blitzkof off but Blitzkof is having none of it.
Sharp can't do much from the bottom here.
Sharp is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Blitzkof swings around for an armbar but Sharp sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Blitzkof's guard.

Sharp got a little sloppy there for a moment and Blitzkof has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sharp has managed to get both his arms back between Blitzkof's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blitzkof is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sharp trying to control but Blitzkof is working from the bottom.
Sharp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blitzkof on the ground.

Blitzkof is looking to sinch up a triangle. Sharp throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Blitzkof's body to avoid the submission. Blitzkof has instead reached around Sharp's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Blitzkof arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Victor Blitzkof!