PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitriy Kosarev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Szilveszter Szalay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Szilveszter Szalay looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Kosarev
vs
Szalay

189 cm
24
190 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

200 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitriy Kosarev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Szilveszter Szalay!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kosarev gets a clinch.
Szalay looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Kosarev pulls guard.
Kosarev looking for a sweep. Not yet Kosarev, not yet.
Kosarev has his hands on Szalay's head, controlling the position.
Kosarev is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Szalay won't allow Kosarev to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kosarev pulls Szalay in to control the position.

Dmitriy Kosarev has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Szalay tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kosarev swivels and escapes.
Szalay shoots in for a takedown but Kosarev shows good takedown defense.

Kosarev shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kosarev in particular looking to stall.

Szalay is defending against the submission attempts here by Kosarev.
Szalay has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kosarev is working away from the top position though.
Kosarev is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Dmitriy Kosarev has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

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

Kosarev seems to be looking for submissions.
Kosarev drops an elbow to the side of Szalay's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev wants to stand up but Szalay has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Kosarev is working for a kimura but Szalay is defending it quite comfortably.
Kosarev is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Szalay trying to get back to full guard but Kosarev takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Kosarev is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Szalay to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Szalay shrugs it off.

Kosarev looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Kosarev controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kosarev lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitriy Kosarev dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Szalay throws a head kick but Kosarev moves out of range.
Dmitriy Kosarev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Szalay shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kosarev as he jumps to the side.

Kosarev fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Szalay sprawls well initially but Kosarev persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Kosarev seems content to control.
Kosarev is nestled in close to Szalay, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kosarev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Szalay on the ground.
Kosarev sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Szalay is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dmitriy Kosarev just wasn't active enough.

Kosarev takes the fight into the clinch.
Kosarev is trying to pull guard but Szalay turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Kosarev has hold of one of Szalay's legs. Szalay is fighting the takedown attempt but Kosarev gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Kosarev 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev trying to stand up but can't free himself from Szalay's guard.
Szalay trying to keep a closed guard but Kosarev is proving a slippery customer.
Kosarev seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dmitriy Kosarev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Dmitriy Kosarev has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Kosarev shoots in and gets a takedown into Szalay's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Szalay for as long as he can get away with.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dmitriy Kosarev wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Kosarev scores with a takedown into Szalay's guard.
Szalay working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kosarev.
Kosarev controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Kosarev has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitriy Kosarev dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kosarev changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Szalay looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kosarev scores with punches from side control.
Kosarev tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Kosarev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Szalay can do to turn this around?
Szalay tries to escape but Kosarev is in control.
Szalay tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Szalay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kosarev has hold of Szalay's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Szalay manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Kosarev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Szalay can't escape the position.

Kosarev is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Szalay has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kosarev is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Szalay has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kosarev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szalay is looking to improve his position but Kosarev isn't that keen on the idea.
Kosarev landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Szalay that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kosarev avoids the attempt from Szalay to control.
Kosarev controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kosarev breaks from Szalay's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kosarev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Szalay?
Kosarev lands a big elbow.
Kosarev looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kosarev lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitriy Kosarev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kosarev 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitriy Kosarev!