PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Brashear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanko Velilkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brashear's entrance music is Machine Head - Imperium. A fine choice. 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.

Brashear
vs
Velilkov

188 cm
25
260 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

200 cm
28
249 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donald Brashear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stanko Velilkov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brashear throws a right and a left that Velilkov avoids nicely.
Velilkov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Brashear misses.
A head kick by Brashear misses
and Velilkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Brashear falls off balance throwing a combination
and Velilkov counters with a nice body shot.
Brashear misses with an uppercut
and Velilkov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brashear sizes up Velilkov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Velilkov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Brashear instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Velilkov manages to break the clinch.
Velilkov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brashear misses with a body kick.
Brashear looks to land a left hand but Velilkov moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velilkov is looking to land body kicks.
No joy there for Brashear, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Brashear. Those never looked like landing.
Velilkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donald Brashear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Velilkov dodges the punch combination from Brashear.
Velilkov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Velilkov lands with a slapping head kick.
Brashear misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brashear takes a swing at Velilkov's ribcage but misses.
Brashear misses with a wild combination.
Brashear throws a lazy head kick
and Velilkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Brashear misses.
Velilkov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Velilkov lands a right hook to the body.
Velilkov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brashear misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Velilkov.
Brashear takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brashear!
Brashear misses with a jab, cross combination.

Oooooh!!! Brashear has knocked Velilkov down with a huge combo! Brashear steps away and waves a wobbly Velilkov back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Brashear misses with a series of wild punches.
Brashear looks to land a combination but Velilkov avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brashear misses with a looping left.
Brashear throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Velilkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A thudding body kick lands there by Velilkov!
Brashear ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Velilkov moves away.
Velilkov throws a sloppy head kick and Brashear moves out of range easily.
Brashear scores with a sloppy right hand. Velilkov should have avoided that one.

Velilkov is rocked!
Brashear throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brashear throws a head kick but Velilkov moves out of range.
Brashear fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Brashear misses
and Velilkov counters with a nice leg kick.
Velilkov dodges the punch combination from Brashear.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brashear tries a low kick but Velilkov avoids it.
Brashear misses with a body kick.
Brashear falls off balance throwing a combination
and Velilkov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brashear crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Velilkov - the referee stops the clock and Brashear gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Velilkov. Brashear manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brashear throws a left and a right that both miss
and Velilkov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brashear looks to land a combination but Velilkov avoids it well.
Brashear throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brashear throws a combination that misses
enabling Velilkov to counter with a crisp jab.
Velilkov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Brashear is breathing heavily.
Brashear misses with a right hand
and Velilkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Brashear dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Velilkov misses with a two punch combination.
Brashear throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Velilkov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Brashear throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Velilkov looks for the body kick but Brashear saw that one coming.
Brashear sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Brashear throws a head kick but Velilkov moves out of range.
Brashear fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brashear misses with a wild body shot.
Brashear misses with a left hand
and Velilkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brashear throws a leg kick
and Brashear takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Velilkov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
No joy there for Brashear, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Brashear
and Velilkov counters with a left to the body.
Velilkov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Some wild striking there from Brashear.
Brashear throws a jab when Velilkov was well out of range.
Brashear misses with a few strikes there.
Velilkov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brashears jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brashear missing with a left hand there. Velilkov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Velilkov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Brashear throws a left and a right that both miss
and Velilkov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Velilkov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brashear backs up against the cage.
Brashear takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Velilkov keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Brashear misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brashear throws a half hearted mid kick.
Velilkov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Velilkov throws a jab but it's blocked by Brashear.
Brashear lands a nice leg kick that just misses Velilkov's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheers as Velilkov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brashear doesn't seem phased though.
Brashear looks to throw the jab but Velilkov is out of range.
Brashear falls off balance throwing a combination
and Velilkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brashear misses with a straight left.
Donald Brashear is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brashear swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Brashear coming out on top.
Velilkov swinging wildly here.
Velilkov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Brashear back to the cage. Velilkov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Velilkov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brashear connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Velilkov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brashear tries to clinch but Velilkov moves out of range.
Brashear lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Velilkov misses with a body kick.

That's four 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!
Velilkov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brashear has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick by Brashear misses
and Velilkov counters with a left and a right that stings Brashear.

Brashear is rocked!
Brashear looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big left from Velilkov misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Velilkov.
Oh Brashear is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Velilkov throws a lazy right hand but Brashear sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brashear misses with a double jab
and Velilkov counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Brashear out cold! What a finish! Velilkov is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stanko Velilkov!
Stanko Velilkov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.