PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Sol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Burov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burov has chosen Russian Rocket as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Sol
vs
Burov

170 cm
26
152 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

171 cm
26
145 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Viktor Sol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pavel Burov!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sol misses with a low kick.
A big left from Burov misses.
A jab from Burov misses.
Burov lands a jab to Sol's midsection.
Sol moves out of range of the strikes.
Burov connects with a looping right hand.
Burov looks to throw the jab but Sol is out of range.
Burov throws a right and a left that Sol avoids nicely.
Sol takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sol misses with a takedown
and Burov counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sol has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Burov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Burov misses the target.

Burov closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sol's guard.
Burov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Burov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Burov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Burov is looking to take a break and control but Sol is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burov stands up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sol has his takedown stuffed
and Burov counters with a nice body shot.
Pavel Burov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burov looks to land a combination but Sol avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sol shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Viktor Sol. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sol avoids the body shot from Burov.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Sol. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Sol defending well as Burov loads up on a big left hand.
Burov scores with a punch to the head.
Burov misses with a straight left.
Sol avoids the body shot from Burov.
Burov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sols jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Burov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sol circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burov throws a shot from downtown. Sol moves away and avoids it.
Burov throws a hook to the side of Sol's head but Sol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sol on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Burov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sol slips a straight right by Burov.
Burov lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Burov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Burov sizes up Sol with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sol will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Sol closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sol thows a huge punch but Burov dodges it nicely.
Burov keeping hold of Sol's head, controlling as best he can.
Burov makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Burov.
Burov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sol chips away with some ground and pound.
Sol trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Burov is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Sol rolls with it to try and escape but Burov cranks on the arm and Sol is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pavel Burov!
Pavel Burov decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.