PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dinos Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Senichev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chapman's entrance music is Underworld - Pearls Girl. A fine choice. Senichev has chosen Lady Gaga - Just Dance as his entrance music. Aleksandr Senichev will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Chapman
vs
Senichev

185 cm
19
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dinos Chapman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Senichev!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Chapman.
Senichev looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Chapman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Chapman clinches with his opponent.
Senichev takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Aleksandr Senichev has been cut.
Chapman lands an elbow just above Senichev 's eye.
Chapman scores with a knee to the head.
Chapman misses with a knee strike.
Chapman landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Chapman drags the fight down to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Chapman wriggles free and stands up.
Chapman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aleksandr Senichev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Chapman moves into the clinch.

Chapman jumps guard.

Chapman scrambles and gets back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chapman.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chapman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chapman scores with a knee to the head.
Chapman lands a damaging elbow.
Chapman scores a nice knee to the body.
Chapman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chapman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Senichev's defenses.
Chapman lands a damaging elbow.
Chapman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chapman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Senichev walks away with a smile on his face. Chapman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Chapman tries to clinch up but Senichev circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chapman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chapman tries to clinch up.
Chapman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Senichev sprawls well. Senichev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chapman gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dinos Chapman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Senichev misses with a wild combination.

Chapman moves into range and clinches up with Senichev.
Chapman is trying to pull guard but Senichev has him pressed against the cage.
Chapman keeps control of Senichev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chapman lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chapman tries to pull guard but Senichev forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Senichev fails to pull guard.
Chapman trying to land knees to the body.
Chapman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Senichev walks away with a smile on his face. Chapman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Chapman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Senichev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chapman tries to clinch
and Senichev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chapman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chapman misses with a head kick.
Senichev fails with a takedown attempt.
Chapman slips a jab and a cross from Senichev.

Chapman moves into the clinch.
Senichev tries to circle away but Chapman has him pinned against the cage.
Chapman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chapman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chapman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Senichev manages to pull guard.
Chapman throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Senichev can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Chapman controls the pace.

Senichev working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chapman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chapman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Chapman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Senichev can't keep his opponent in guard - Chapman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chapman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dinos Chapman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandr Senichev's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Senichev throws a series of punches but Chapman moves out of range.

Senichev feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Chapman has his feet on Senichev's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Chapman fails with an attempt to clinch.

Chapman shoots in and bounces Senichev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Chapman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Chapman'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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chapman landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chapman postures up and lands a big shot to Senichev's brow.

Chapman stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Chapman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Chapman seems content to control.
Chapman works his way into full mount!
Chapman looking to control but Senichev is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Chapman landing strikes from the mount and Senichev is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman prevents Senichev from getting the reversal.
Senichev is trying to stand up.
Senichev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chapman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Senichev is in a horrible position here. Chapman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chapman looking to control but Senichev is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Chapman working the ground and pound effectively.
Senichev holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Chapman tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Senichev suckers Chapman into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Senichev is now in Chapman's guard!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chapman kicks Senichev off and gets to his feet.

Chapman gets caught flat footed, as Senichev shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Senichev throws a strike but Chapman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Chapman controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Dinos Chapman wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Senichev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Senichev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Chapman rushes Senichev and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chapman tries a knee to the head but Senichev blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dinos Chapman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandr Senichev's cut.
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!

Senichev shoots in for a takedown but Chapman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Chapman wants to clinch.
Chapman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Senichev sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chapman somewhat.

Chapman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chapman cracks Senichev with a big right hand but Senichev just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Senichev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Chapman stands up.
Chapman wants to clinch up but Senichev keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Senichev misses with a series of wild punches.

Chapman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chapman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Senichev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Senichev tries to pull guard but Chapman holds him up against the cage and eventually Senichev drops back down to his feet.
Senichev working aggressively here.
Dinos Chapman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chapman lands a nice elbow.
Chapman landing knees to the head.
Senichev tries to break the clinch but Chapman is controlling the position.
Chapman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Senichev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chapman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chapman unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman lands an elbow that stopped Senichev in his tracks for a moment.

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

Senichev instigates a clinch.
Senichev tries to break the clinch but Chapman is controlling the position.
Chapman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chapman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Senichev can do to turn this around?

Senichev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch but Senichev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chapman tries to clinch up but Senichev circles away and keeps his distance.

Senichev moves into range and clinches up with Chapman.
Chapman with a knee to the head.
Senichev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Senichev manages to break the clinch.
Chapman throws a right and a left that Senichev avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman walks into a stiff left hand from Senichev.
Chapman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Senichev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chapman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Senichev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Senichev is defended easily by Chapman.
Dinos Chapman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksandr Senichev.
Senichev throws a nice looking combination but Chapman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dinos Chapman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chapman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Senichev keeps the fight on the outside.
Senichev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Senichev decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Senichev gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Senichev paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dinos Chapman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Senichev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Chapman closes the distance and clinches.
Senichev is trying to break the clinch but Chapman is controlling him.
Senichev fails to pull guard.
Chapman lands a nice knee to the body.
Aleksandr Senichev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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 frustrated look appears on Senichev's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Chapman misses with a knee strike.
Chapman throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Senichev is trying to break free.
Senichev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chapman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Senichev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dinos Chapman.
Well Chapman 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 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dinos Chapman!
Dinos Chapman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.