PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Chrumanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chrumanov comes to the ring accompanied by ...When Gjallarhorn Will Sound. Alexander Chrumanov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Chrumanov
vs
Santos

180 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

183 cm
21
186 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Chrumanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafael Santos!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chrumanov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Santos tries to clinch but Chrumanov is having none of it.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos ducks right into an uppercut from Chrumanov.

Chrumanov moves into the clinch.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chrumanov smiles and moves away.
Alexander Chrumanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Santos.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.

Chrumanov has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from Chrumanov.
Chrumanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santos looking for a takedown.
Chrumanov misses with a punch to the body.
Santos is working for takedown but Chrumanov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Chrumanov prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos tries to pull guard but Chrumanov holds him up against the ropes and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chrumanov breaks from the clinch.
Santos misses with a kick to the body.

Chrumanov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chrumanov is leaning against Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Santos looks gassed!
Chrumanov lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.

Chrumanov manages to break the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chrumanov throws a right and a left that both miss.

Chrumanov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Chrumanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Santos gets tackled into the ropes by Chrumanov. Chrumanov maintains the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos tries to clinch but Chrumanov is having none of it.
Chrumanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks to land a left hand but Chrumanov moved out of range nicely.

Chrumanov has Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
Chrumanov is struggling to control the position.

Chrumanov breaks the clinch.
Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Chrumanov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alexander Chrumanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Chrumanov which made him look bad.
Chrumanov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Chrumanov moves into the clinch.
Chrumanov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chrumanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chrumanov gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Chrumanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chrumanov scores with a shoulder strike.

Chrumanov breaks the clinch.

Chrumanov takes the fight into the clinch.
Chrumanov lands a damaging elbow.
Chrumanov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chrumanov.
Chrumanov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Chrumanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chrumanov just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Chrumanov gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Chrumanov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chrumanov lands a shoulder strike.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chrumanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Chrumanov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chrumanov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Chrumanov pushes him off.

Chrumanov closes the distance and clinches.
Chrumanov lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.

Chrumanov breaks the clinch.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Chrumanov circles away.
Alexander Chrumanov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Santos gets tackled into the ropes by Chrumanov. Chrumanov maintains the clinch.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Chrumanov lands an elbow that stopped Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Chrumanov lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Chrumanov scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Santos pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chrumanov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santos's head.
Chrumanov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chrumanov works over Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Chrumanov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Chrumanov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chrumanov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Santos tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Chrumanov.
Chrumanov connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Chrumanov scores with a few weak punches.
Chrumanov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Chrumanov tries to kick Santos off but Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Santos prevents Chrumanov from improving his position.
Santos wants to control but Chrumanov is keeping him busy.

Chrumanov kicks Santos off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos blocks the strikes from Chrumanov.
Santos stops Chrumanov from getting back to his feet.
Santos blocks the strikes from Chrumanov.
Santos drops an elbow to the side of Chrumanov's head.
Chrumanov misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Chrumanov tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chrumanov keeps working.
Santos prevents Chrumanov from standing back up.

Santos is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chrumanov is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chrumanov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Chrumanov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Chrumanov is defending well.
Santos wants to stand up but Chrumanov is controlling the position.
Chrumanov is pressing down on Santos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Chrumanov throws a couple of heel strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Chrumanov throws a couple of heel strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to control but Chrumanov is working from the bottom.
Chrumanov is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Santos wants to control from the top but Chrumanov keeps moving.
Santos stops Chrumanov from standing up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rafael Santos was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Chrumanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Santos gets tackled into the ropes by Chrumanov. Chrumanov maintains the clinch.

Santos jumps guard and drags Chrumanov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Santos is working an open guard so Chrumanov takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Alexander Chrumanov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chrumanov's waist but Chrumanov gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.

Chrumanov has Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.

Chrumanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Chrumanov pushes Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Chrumanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chrumanov misses with a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Chrumanov which made him look bad.
Alexander Chrumanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Santos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chrumanov cracks Santos with a good jab.
Alexander Chrumanov is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Chrumanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos blocks a head kick by Chrumanov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Chrumanov will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Chrumanov misses with a double jab
and Santos counters with a good low kick that Chrumanov was not able to check.
Chrumanov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.

Chrumanov clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the ropes.
Chrumanov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chrumanov has Santos pressed against the ropes.
Santos takes a shot to the head.
Chrumanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Chrumanov pushes off an throws an elbow but Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

Chrumanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Santos. That's going to slow Chrumanov down.
Santos is looking to clinch but Chrumanov is avoiding it.
Santos has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands a high kick!
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chrumanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chrumanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Chrumanov tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Chrumanov to the ground. Chrumanov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alexander Chrumanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Santos.

Chrumanov rushes Santos and presses him up against the ropes.
Santos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chrumanov is leaning against Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chrumanov pushes Santos back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Chrumanov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chrumanov lands a hook to the side of the head.

Chrumanov breaks from the clinch.

Chrumanov takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chrumanov holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Chrumanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Chrumanov but Chrumanov pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Chrumanov rushes Santos and presses him up against the ropes.

Chrumanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chrumanov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Chrumanov does no damage.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Chrumanov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Chrumanov moves into range and clinches up with Santos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to pull guard but Chrumanov holds him up against the ropes and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.
Chrumanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Santos is trying to break free.
Santos is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Chrumanov lands a shot to the body.
Chrumanov is pushing Santos up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Chrumanov lands an elbow just above Santos 's eye.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chrumanov misses with a body punch.
Alexander Chrumanov has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Chrumanov tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.

Chrumanov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chrumanov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chrumanov.

Santos clinches up against the ropes.

Chrumanov breaks from the clinch.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Chrumanov instigates a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short right from Chrumanov on the inside.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Chrumanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chrumanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chrumanov smiles and moves away.
Chrumanov scores with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Chrumanov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chrumanov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Alexander Chrumanov!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Alexander Chrumanov!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Alexander Chrumanov!

Alexander Chrumanov wins by unanimous decision!