PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lenart Holmberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fiyero Lermontov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lermontov has chosen Mr Suicidal as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Holmberg
vs
Lermontov

162 cm
24
167 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
28
162 lbs
17 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lenart Holmberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Fiyero Lermontov!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmberg misses with a body kick.
Lermontov moves in looking to clinch but Holmberg pushes him off.
Holmberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lenart Holmberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lermontov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holmberg has had enough of the clinch but Lermontov keeps him there for the moment.
Lermontov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmberg's efforts to push away.
Holmberg is trying to break free.
Holmberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holmberg is trying to break free.
Holmberg tries to circle away but Lermontov has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Lermontov on the inside.
Holmberg avoids the elbow strike from Lermontov, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lermontov.
Holmberg is trying to force a seperation but Lermontov has the dominant position.
Holmberg blocks an elbow strike from Lermontov.
Holmberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lermontov throws an elbow but misses.
Holmberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Lermontov.
Holmberg is trying to push Lermontov away but Lermontov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Holmberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lermontov moves out of range as Holmberg throws a body kick.
Lermontov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmberg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lermontov tries to clinch up.
Holmberg swings for the body but Lermontov moves out of range.
Holmberg delivers a nice body kick.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holmberg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holmberg throws a leg kick but Lermontov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Holmberg lands with a slapping head kick.
Holmberg throws a nice head kick!
Lermontov tries to clinch up.
Holmberg misses with a wild body shot.
Lermontov wants to clinch.
Lermontov is looking to clinch.
Holmberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holmberg misses with a wild body shot.
Holmberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Holmberg lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lermontov moves into range and clinches up with Holmberg.
Lermontov crunches a lovely knee into Holmberg's ribcage.
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!
Holmberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lermontov lands with a short shot to the head.
Lermontov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Holmberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holmberg wants to break the clinch but can't.

Holmberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lermontov tries to clinch there but Holmberg circles away.
Holmberg just misses with a punch to the body.
Holmberg is looking to wear down Lermontov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Holmberg throws a head kick but Lermontov moves out of range.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holmberg looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lermontov doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmberg circles away.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A cross from Holmberg lands.
Lermontov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holmberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lermontov avoids the head kick by Holmberg.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmberg throws a jab but it's blocked by Lermontov.
Holmberg fails to land with a series of punches.
Holmberg throws a sloppy head kick and Lermontov moves out of range easily.
Lermontov wants to clinch up but Holmberg keeps it at a distance.
Lermontov doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmberg circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lermontov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmberg misses the shot to the body.
Lermontov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Holmberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holmberg just misses with a punch to the body.
Lermontov avoids the head kick by Holmberg.
Lermontov is looking to clinch but Holmberg is avoiding it.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lermontov moves in looking to clinch but Holmberg pushes him off.
Holmberg misses with a wild body shot.
Lermontov moves in looking to clinch but Holmberg pushes him off.
Holmberg fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov is looking to clinch but Holmberg is avoiding it.
Holmberg misses with a wild body shot.
Holmberg misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Lermontov to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lermontov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmberg throws a push kick but Lermontov slaps the foot to one side.
Holmberg sizes up Lermontov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Holmberg throws a body punch but Lermontov moves out of range.
Lermontov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Holmberg on the side of the head.
Holmberg tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holmberg lands with a kick to the ribs.
Holmberg throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Holmberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Holmberg throws a head kick but Lermontov moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmberg throws a body punch but Lermontov moves out of range.
Holmberg keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Lermontov has Holmberg up against the cage in a clinch.

Holmberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lenart Holmberg will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lermontov avoids a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Holmberg.
Holmberg lands a nice looking body shot.

Lermontov drives through and clinches with Holmberg against the cage.
Holmberg is trying to break free.
Lermontov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lermontov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lermontov.
Holmberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Lermontov.
Holmberg is trying to push Lermontov away but Lermontov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Holmberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lermontov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Lermontov.
Lermontov lands a left hand.

It looks like Lenart Holmberg has been cut.
Lermontov throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Holmberg breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lermontov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holmberg scores with a push kick.
Holmberg throws a sloppy head kick and Lermontov moves out of range easily.
Holmberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lermontov rushes Holmberg and presses him up against the cage.
Lermontov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lermontov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lermontov throws an elbow that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Lermontov.
A head punch on the inside from Lermontov fails to land.
Lermontov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holmberg blocks the elbow strike.

Holmberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Holmberg.
Holmberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holmberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holmberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Holmberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lermontov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmberg throws a push kick but Lermontov slaps the foot to one side.
Holmberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Lermontov.
Lermontov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holmberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov avoids the head kick by Holmberg.

Lermontov closes the distance and clinches.
Lermontov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmberg backwards.
Holmberg has had enough of the clinch but Lermontov keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lermontov throws an elbow that misses.
Lermontov lands a body shot.
Lermontov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holmberg has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lermontov misses with an elbow over the top.
Lermontov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Holmberg wants to break free but Lermontov has control.
Lermontov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lermontov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmberg's efforts to push away.
Holmberg is trying to break free.
Holmberg managing to block the knees to the body from Lermontov.
Lermontov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Holmberg is rocked!
Holmberg avoids a wild elbow strike from Lermontov.
Lermontov lands a left hand.
Oh Holmberg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov misses with an elbow strike.
Lermontov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lermontov throws an elbow but it misses.
Holmberg blocking some punches.
Lermontov misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lermontov.
Lermontov throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmberg.
Lermontov swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holmberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lermontov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holmberg seems to have got his legs back now.
Lermontov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lermontov misses with a punch on the inside.
Lermontov has a couple of punches blocked by Holmberg.
Lermontov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holmberg backwards.
Lermontov lands with a short shot to the head.
Holmberg wants to break free but Lermontov has control.
Fiyero Lermontov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Holmberg working hard to break the clinch.
Lermontov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lermontov misses with an elbow strike.
Holmberg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lermontov has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lermontov.
Lermontov misses with a punch on the inside.
Holmberg is trying to force a seperation but Lermontov has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov misses with a punch on the inside.
Lermontov misses with an elbow over the top.
Holmberg can't break the clinch.
Holmberg blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lermontov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lermontov throws an elbow but misses.
Lermontov keeps control of Holmberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lermontov pushes Holmberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lermontov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmberg backwards.
Lermontov lands with a light punch inside.
Holmberg blocks the elbow strike.
Holmberg working hard to break the clinch.
Holmberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lermontov keeps control of Holmberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lermontov throws a head punch that misses.
Holmberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lermontov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Holmbergs head.
Lermontov misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fiyero Lermontov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lenart Holmberg's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Lermontov.
Lermontov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lermontov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lermontov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lermontov tries to clinch there but Holmberg circles away.
Holmberg is looking to score with low kicks.
Holmberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Holmberg catches Lermontov right on the button with a cross.
Holmberg lands a nice hook to Lermontov's body. Lermontov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lermontov moves in looking to clinch but Holmberg pushes him off.
Lermontov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holmberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Holmberg both land. Nice combination.
Holmberg throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lermontov counters with a nice uppercut.
Lenart Holmberg is winning the standup battle so far.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holmberg throws a head kick that misses.
Lermontov blocks a head kick by Holmberg.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holmberg fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lermontov is out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lermontov moves in looking to clinch but Holmberg pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Holmberg throws the kick towards the body but Lermontov avoids it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Holmberg - that will leave a mark!
Lermontov moves out of range as Holmberg throws a body kick.
Holmberg misses with a body shot

and Lermontov moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Lermontov.
Holmberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lermontov lands a left hand.
Holmberg tries to break free but Lermontov pushes him back against the cage.
Lermontov misses with an elbow over the top.
Holmberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lermontov throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lermontov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holmberg's brow.
Holmberg dodges an elbow strike from Lermontov.
Lermontov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lermontov misses with some punches.
Lermontov lands with a short shot to the head.
Lermontov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov tries a knee to the head but Holmberg blocks it.
Holmberg has had enough of the clinch but Lermontov keeps him there for the moment.
Lermontov misses with an elbow over the top.
Holmberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lermontov tries to land a knee to the head but Holmberg blocks with his arms.
Lermontov lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lermontov misses with an elbow strike.

Holmberg breaks the clinch.
Lermontov avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lermontov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lermontov tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lermontov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lermontov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lermontov avoids the head kick by Holmberg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov doesn't manage to clinch there - Holmberg circles away.
Lermontov tries to clinch but Holmberg is having none of it.
Holmberg throws a body punch but Lermontov moves out of range.
Lermontov moves in looking to clinch but Holmberg pushes him off.
Lermontov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lermontov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lermontov tries to clinch but Holmberg is having none of it.
Lermontov tries to clinch there but Holmberg circles away.
Holmberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Lermontov.
Lermontov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holmberg swings for the body but Lermontov moves out of range.
Holmberg throws a head kick that misses.

Lermontov takes the fight into the clinch.
Holmberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmberg is trying to break the clinch but Lermontov has him pressed against the cage.
Holmberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Lermontov has double underhooks.
Lermontov throws a punch but it's blocked by Holmberg.
Holmberg is trying to push Lermontov away but Lermontov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Holmberg wants to break free but Lermontov has control.
Lermontov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holmberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lermontov misses with the head strike.
Holmberg is trying to break free.
Holmberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lermontov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holmberg wants to break free but Lermontov has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lermontov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holmberg's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lermontov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lermontov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lermontov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Lermontov fails to land.
Lermontov swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmberg uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fiyero Lermontov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lermontov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fiyero Lermontov!