PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Shishkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anders Tolborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolborg is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Because I Got High. Anders Tolborg has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alexey Shishkin's chin.

Shishkin
vs
Tolborg

176 cm
29
207 lbs
13 - 20 - 0

185 cm
29
215 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Shishkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Tolborg!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Shishkin.
Shishkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tolborg.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shishkin 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 Tolborg has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tolborg and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tolborg cracks Shishkin with an open hand slap.
A good leg kick by Shishkin.
Shishkin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tolborg.
Shishkin swings for the body but Tolborg moves out of range.
Tolborg avoids the body shot from Shishkin.
Tolborg looks to land a left hand but Shishkin moved out of range nicely.
Shishkin is looking to clinch but Tolborg is avoiding it.
Shishkin misses with a head kick.
Shishkin swinging wildly here.
Tolborg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tolborg slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shishkin digs a good body shot into Tolborg's ribs.
Tolborg connects with a looping right hand.
Shishkin lands a leg kick that knocks Tolborg off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tolborg.
Shishkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Tolborg circles away.
Shishkin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tolborg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tolborg misses with a hook. Shishkin ducked under it nicely.
Tolborg is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tolborg misses the shot to the body.
Anders Tolborg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolborg checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shishkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shishkin defending well as Tolborg loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for Tolborg.
Tolborg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tolborg dips to his left and cracks Shishkin with an uppercut!
Shishkin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tolborg throws out the jab.
Shishkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shishkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tolborg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tolborg misses with a hook
and Shishkin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tolborg's knee momentarily.

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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Shishkin. That's going to slow Tolborg down.
Shishkin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shishkin scoring well with a low kick there.
Shishkin throws a head kick but Tolborg moves out of range.
Shishkin lands with a nice body punch.
Tolborg lands a lovely overhand right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shishkin.
Tolborg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shishkin.
Tolborg throws a shot from downtown. Shishkin moves away and avoids it.
Shishkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Shishkin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shishkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolborg connects with a single shot there.
Tolborg is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Shishkin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Shishkin moves into range and clinches up with Tolborg.
Shishkin wants a takedown but no success here.
Tolborg lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin lands an elbow just above Tolborg 's eye.
Shishkin tries to pull guard but Tolborg won't allow it.
Tolborg is pressed up against the cage. Shishkin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tolborg down to the mat. Tolborg avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexey Shishkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tolborg connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolborg. Shishkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shishkin looks to land a left hand but Tolborg moved out of range nicely.
Tolborg fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tolborg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shishkin lands a head kick. Tolborg smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tolborg scores with a one two! Shishkin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Shishkin is rocked!

It looks like Alexey Shishkin has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shishkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolborg misses with an uppercut.
Tolborg misses with a body shot.
Tolborg throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shishkin counters with a nice leg kick.
Tolborg scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolborg moves out of range of the leg kick from Shishkin.
Anders Tolborg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shishkin misses with an uppercut. Tolborg saw that one coming.
Shishkin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tolborg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice defenses there by Shishkin.
Tolborg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shishkin is looking to score with low kicks.
Tolborg misses with a wild body shot.
Tolborg takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tolborg dips to his left and cracks Shishkin with an uppercut!
A nice inside leg kick there by Shishkin. That's going to slow Tolborg down.
Tolborg misses with an uppercut.
Shishkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Shishkin.
Shishkin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shishkin swings for the body but Tolborg moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anders Tolborg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Shishkin's cut.
That's time! Shishkin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shishkin connects with a solid leg kick.
Shishkin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tolborg throws a series of punches but Shishkin moves out of range.
Shishkin misses with a straight left.
Tolborg loads up on a big right hand but Shishkin slips the punch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shishkin.
Tolborg avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shishkin misses with a double jab.
Shishkin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shishkin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tolborg sprawls well. Tolborg wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shishkin gets slowly back to his feet.
Tolborg swings widly with a right hand
and Shishkin counters with an outside leg kick.
Tolborg throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shishkin counters with a leg kick.
Shishkin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tolborg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shishkin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tolborg's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolborg misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Tolborg misses.
Tolborg swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shishkin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shishkin. That's going to slow Tolborg down.
Tolborg takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shishkin throws a big shot that misses.
Anders Tolborg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tolborg walks into a left hand.
Shishkin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tolborg stuns Shishkin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shishkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tolborg looks to land a left hand but Shishkin moved out of range nicely.
Tolborg swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shishkin counters with a leg kick.
Tolborg scores with a nice head shot.

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!
Shishkin avoids the body shot from Tolborg.
Tolborg moves forwards but Shishkin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tolborg takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shishkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tolborg.
A swing and a miss from Tolborg.
Shishkin throws a solid leg kick but Tolborg takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shishkin.
Tolborg misses with a hook
and Shishkin counters with a stiff right hand.
Shishkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tolborg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tolborg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tolborg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tolborg takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shishkin slips a jab from Tolborg.
Shishkin defending well as Tolborg loads up on a big left hand.
Tolborg throws a right and a left that Shishkin avoids nicely.
Tolborg cracks Shishkin with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolborg throws a poor cross that misses
and Shishkin counters with a good low kick that Tolborg was not able to check.
Shishkin misses with a wild body shot.
Shishkin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shishkin misses with a straight right.
Tolborg throws a shot from downtown. Shishkin moves away and avoids it.
Tolborg checks a leg kick.
Tolborg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shishkin.
Shishkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolborg moves away.
Shishkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tolborg.
Shishkin drops his hands momentarily and Tolborg takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolborg. Shishkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shishkin misses the shot to the body.
Shishkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tolborg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shishkin ducks under a wild hook from Tolborg.
Shishkin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tolborg is able to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolborg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shishkin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shishkin lands a leg kick that knocks Tolborg off balance momentarily.
Tolborg lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shishkin throws a low kick but Tolborg moves out of range easily.
Shishkin lands a right hook to the body.
Tolborg thuds his right hand into Shishkin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tolborg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolborg jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick misses from Shishkin.
Shishkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tolborg lands a nice hook to Shishkin's body. Shishkin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tolborg throws a big shot that misses.
Shishkin is looking to wear down Tolborg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tolborg throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shishkin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anders Tolborg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexey Shishkin'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Shishkin misses with an uppercut. Tolborg saw that one coming.
Shishkin tries to clinch up but Tolborg circles away and keeps his distance.
Shishkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Tolborg is just out of range.
Tolborg misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tolborg throws a hook to the side of Shishkin's head but Shishkin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tolborg looks to land a right hand but Shishkin moved out of range.
Shishkin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tolborg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tolborg connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shishkin's hands.
Tolborg throws a sloppy body shot
and Shishkin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Tolborg there.
Shishkin slips a jab from Tolborg.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Shishkin - that will leave a mark!
Tolborg lands a really nice looking cross but Shishkin seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin ducks under a wild hook from Tolborg.
Shishkin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oh Shishkin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shishkin looks to land a right hand but Tolborg moved out of range.
Shishkin seems to have got his legs back now.
Tolborg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tolborg misses the shot to the body.
Shishkin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tolborg looks to land a right hand but Shishkin moved out of range.
Shishkin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tolborg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Shishkin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good standup being displayed there by Shishkin as he connects with a hook.
Shishkin jabs at Tolborg's body.
Shishkin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tolborg is out of range.
Shishkin shoots in for a double leg but Tolborg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab lands there for Tolborg.
Shishkin defending well as Tolborg loads up on a big left hand.
Shishkin shoots for a takedown but Tolborg saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexey Shishkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolborg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tolborg swings for the body but Shishkin moves out of range.
Tolborg lands a nice shot that snaps Shishkin's head back.
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!
Shishkin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Shishkin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tolborg throws out the jab.
Donk. Tolborg catches Shishkin right on the button with a cross.
A big right from Tolborg misses.
Tolborg lands an overhand right.
Tolborg steps in with a hook that catches Shishkin right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Tolborg follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Shishkin looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anders Tolborg!
Anders Tolborg really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Revolution Fatigues logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.