PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Kharghai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kharghai might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Petos feat.Pikkupiru - Meidän puolella tai meitä vastaan. Alexander Valentine has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Kharghai
vs
Valentine

182 cm
24
195 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
193 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vadim Kharghai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Valentine!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kharghai loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
Valentine throws a leg kick
and Kharghai counters with a big head kick but Valentine shrugs it off.
Valentine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Kharghai manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Valentine on his heels. He'll look to pass Valentine's guard now, I'm sure.
Valentine has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Valentine controls Kharghai momentarily but Kharghai frees himself.

Kharghai avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kharghai throwing strikes from guard but Valentine blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kharghai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Valentine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kharghai has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kharghai missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kharghai keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Valentine's head.

Valentine has an active guard here but Kharghai has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentine tries to roll over but Kharghai keeps him under control.
Kharghai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Valentine does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine tries to roll over but Kharghai keeps him under control.
Kharghai looks to land a strike but Valentine avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Kharghai stays in close to Valentine's body and controls the position.
Valentine looking for a sweep. Not yet Valentine, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kharghai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Valentine not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Valentine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Valentine is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Valentine misses with a hook. Kharghai ducked under it nicely.
Kharghai throws a lazy head kick
and Valentine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kharghai misses with a head kick.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Kharghai moves out of range easily.
Kharghai fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Valentine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Valentine with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine looks to land a body kick but Kharghai moved away.
Kharghai looks for the body kick but Valentine saw that one coming.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kharghai.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
Kharghai throws a sloppy head kick
and Valentine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valentine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kharghai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kharghai swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Valentine.
Good exchange - Valentine coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexander Valentine will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kharghai throws out a loose jab but Valentine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valentine lands a jab to the head.
Valentine moves out of range of the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Valentine, right into the meat.
Some bone on bone action there as Valentine checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentine. Kharghai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kharghai misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice cross by Valentine.
Valentine displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kharghai.
Valentine throws a sloppy body shot
and Kharghai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kharghai tries to close the distance and clinch but Valentine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kharghai throws a jab when Valentine was well out of range.
Kharghai takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kharghai fails with a takedown attempt.
Valentine cracks Kharghai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Kharghai as he connects with a hook.
Kharghai ducks right into an uppercut from Valentine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharghai moves out of range of the body kick.
Valentine throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Valentine.
Valentine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kharghai at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine lands a nice hook to Kharghai's body. Kharghai takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kharghai takes one to the side of the head.
Valentine cracks Kharghai with an open hand slap.
Kharghai misses with a double jab.
Kharghai tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Valentine swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vadim Kharghai. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Valentine.
Valentine cracks the inside of Kharghai's front leg.
Valentine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kharghai chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
Kharghai throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kharghai.
A big right from Kharghai misses.
Valentine throws a combination. Kharghai tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kharghai.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kharghai swinging wildly here.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Kharghai moves out of range easily.
Kharghai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kharghai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valentine.
A head kick from Kharghai lands but Valentine takes it in his stride.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kharghai has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kharghai has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Valentine 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!

Valentine thuds his shin into the meat of Kharghai's side.
Valentine throws a low kick but Kharghai moves out of range easily.
Valentine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kharghai.
Alexander Valentine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Kharghai.
Kharghai just misses with a punch to the body.
Kharghai walks into a stiff left hand from Valentine.
Valentine throws a lazy right hand but Kharghai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kharghai swinging wildly here.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine swings widly with a right hand
and Valentine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kharghai moves out of range of the leg kick from Valentine.
An inside leg kick from Valentine misses.
Valentine scores with a spinning back kick!
Good leg kick by Valentine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Valentine throws a body kick that misses.
Kharghai misses with a straight left.
Valentine lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharghai walks into a stiff left hand from Valentine.
Valentine lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kharghai chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kharghai wants to clinch up but Valentine keeps it at a distance.
Kharghai tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Valentine swivels and escapes.
Kharghai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valentine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kharghai if he has to take too many more of those.
Valentine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Kharghai. No joy for Valentine on that attempt.
Valentine stuffs the takedown attempt from Kharghai. Kharghai gets slowly back to his feet.
Kharghai throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Valentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Valentine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Valentine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kharghai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Valentine.
Valentine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alexander Valentine is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kharghai throws a right hand that Valentine ducks under and follows up with a left that Valentine also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine scores with a decent looking hook.
Kharghai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
Kharghai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Valentine cracks Kharghai with a good jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kharghai takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vadim Kharghai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice inside leg kick there by Valentine. That's going to slow Kharghai down.
Kharghai shoots in and drives through. Valentine sprawls well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Valentine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Valentine 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Valentine!
Alexander Valentine spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a big arrogant.