PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Poluyanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Torvaldsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poluyanov comes to the cage accompanied by The battle is going again. Erik Torvaldsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Poluyanov
vs
Torvaldsson

185 cm
33
182 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

173 cm
24
179 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vyacheslav Poluyanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Erik Torvaldsson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torvaldsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torvaldsson avoids the head kick by Poluyanov.
Poluyanov scores with a hook.
Poluyanov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Torvaldsson.
Torvaldsson checks a low kick from Poluyanov.
Poluyanov moves out of range of the leg kick from Torvaldsson.
Torvaldsson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Torvaldsson avoids the body shot from Poluyanov.
A clash of legs there as Torvaldsson blocks the low kick.
Poluyanov throws a sloppy head kick
and Torvaldsson counters with an inside leg kick.
Poluyanov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torvaldsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Poluyanov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Poluyanov throws a sloppy head kick and Torvaldsson moves out of range easily.
Poluyanov throws a head kick but Torvaldsson moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torvaldsson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Poluyanov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Poluyanov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poluyanov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Poluyanov works Torvaldsson's body with a nice hook.
Poluyanov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Torvaldsson. That did some damage!
Poluyanov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A telegraphed right hand from Poluyanov misses the target.
Poluyanov misses with a body shot
and Torvaldsson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Poluyanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torvaldsson.
Poluyanov swinging wildly here.
Torvaldsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Poluyanov throws a sloppy head kick
and Torvaldsson counters with a good low kick that Poluyanov was not able to check.

Torvaldsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Torvaldsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poluyanov's brow.
Poluyanov has had enough of the clinch but Torvaldsson keeps him there for the moment.
Torvaldsson gets through Poluyanov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Torvaldsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Poluyanov is trying to push Torvaldsson away but Torvaldsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Poluyanov tries to circle away but Torvaldsson has him pinned against the cage.
Torvaldsson working Poluyanov over with knees to the body.
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!
Torvaldsson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Torvaldsson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Vyacheslav Poluyanov has been cut.
Poluyanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torvaldsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Poluyanov avoids the damage to the body.
Torvaldsson trying to land knees to the body.
Torvaldsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Torvaldsson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Poluyanov is rocked!
Torvaldsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Poluyanov's efforts to push away.
Oh Poluyanov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torvaldsson has Poluyanov pressed against the cage. He pushes Poluyanov back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Torvaldsson throws a beautiful elbow that sends Poluyanov crashing to the floor! Torvaldsson piles on the pressure with more strikes! Poluyanov is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Torvaldsson!
Erik Torvaldsson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.