PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Dubov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Alekseev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alekseev has chosen Imperium as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dubov
vs
Alekseev

185 cm
21
287 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
250 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Dubov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Alekseev!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dubov slaps away a takedown attempt from Alekseev, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Dubov. Those never looked like landing.

Dubov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Alekseev to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Alekseev chips away with some ground and pound.
Alekseev throwing strikes but missing.
Alekseev throws a big elbow that misses.
Alekseev throws a big right hand that misses.
Dubov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alekseev scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alekseev won't allow Dubov to get back to his feet.
Dubov trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Alekseev throwing strikes from guard but Dubov blocks nicely.
Alekseev lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alekseev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dubov is looking to stand up but Alekseev isn't so interested in that idea.
Alekseev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alekseev pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dubov is keeping the position for now.
Alekseev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dubov trying to control the position here.
Alekseev lands a couple of elbows.
Alekseev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Alekseev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dubov wants to stand up but Alekseev is controlling him.
Alekseev is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alekseev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alekseev throwing strikes from guard but Dubov blocks nicely.
Dubov can't keep his opponent in guard - Alekseev advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Alekseev lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Alekseev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alekseev looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Alekseev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alekseev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alekseev lands strikes from half guard.
Alekseev trying to control from half guard but Dubov is working away.
Dubov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alekseev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alekseev thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dubov's head.
Alekseev throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dubov is trying to stand up here but Alekseev is controlling him well.
Alekseev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dubov taking some punishment here, with Alekseev in his half guard.

Dubov is rocked!
Alekseev lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Dubov quite badly. Dubov pulls Alekseev in close trying to recover. Alekseev postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Dubov on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Dubov doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oleg Alekseev!
During a confident post fight interview, Oleg Alekseev thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.