PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Koreshkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Fedor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Andrey Koreshkov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Koreshkov
vs
Fedor

170 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

167 cm
23
140 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Koreshkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Fedor!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koreshkov closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Fedor darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fedor stops Koreshkov from getting back to his feet.
Fedor working the head and body with strikes.
Fedor throws a strike but Koreshkov avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fedor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fedor prevents Koreshkov from getting back to his feet.
Fedor throws a big right hand that misses.
Fedor throws a big elbow that misses.
Fedor distracts Koreshkov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fedor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fedor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fedor throwing strikes from guard but Koreshkov blocks nicely.
Fedor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koreshkov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fedor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fedor is working Koreshkov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fedor with a nice head shot there.
Koreshkov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koreshkov is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fedor's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fedor won't allow Koreshkov to get back to his feet.
Fedor lands a couple of digs.
Fedor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fedor throwing strikes but missing.
Fedor throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedor prevents Koreshkov from getting back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fedor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fedor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fedor's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fedor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fedor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fedor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fedor is in close to Koreshkov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Koreshkov wants to stand but Fedor is controlling the position.
Fedor scoring with some ground and pound.
Fedor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Koreshkov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fedor landing some decent shots from guard.
Fedor is in close to Koreshkov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fedor working some strikes from top position.
Fedor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Koreshkov's head.
Fedor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fedor landing with the ground and pound.
Fedor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fedor throws a strike but Koreshkov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Koreshkov wants to stand and escape but instead Fedor has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
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 big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fedor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fedor throws a strike but Koreshkov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Koreshkov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fedor's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei Fedor dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Koreshkov throws a hook to the side of Fedor's head but Fedor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fedor checks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Koreshkov.
Fedor moves out of range of the body kick.
Koreshkov scores with a leg kick.
Koreshkov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Koreshkov works Fedor's body with a nice hook.
Fedor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Koreshkov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Koreshkov cracks Fedor with a good jab.
Koreshkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koreshkov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fedor will feel that in the morning.
Fedor is breathing heavily.
Koreshkov scores with a one two! Fedor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Koreshkov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fedor.
Andrey Koreshkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koreshkov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koreshkov throws a head kick that misses.
Koreshkov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fedor is defended easily by Koreshkov.
Koreshkov throws a right and a left that Fedor avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fedor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fedor landing a few strikes.
Fedor cracks Koreshkov with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Andrei Fedor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fedor throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fedor working the body and head with strikes.
Koreshkov defending against the ground and pound.
Koreshkov is trying to buck Fedor off.
Fedor is putting a hurting on Koreshkov here, landing some big shots from side control.
Koreshkov takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fedor fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedor lands a few punches from side control.
Fedor looks up at the clock and then as Koreshkov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fedor smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fedor lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fedor working the ground and pound.
Fedor lands some shots froms side control.
Koreshkov is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fedor connects with a decent elbow.
Koreshkov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Fedor landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fedor sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Koreshkov is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fedor lands a nice forearm strike.
Koreshkov taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedor in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fedor scoring with punches and elbows.
Fedor working the head with strikes.
Fedor lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Koreshkov wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Fedor creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fedor has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Koreshkov!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koreshkov trying desperately to get to his feet.
Fedor working the ground and pound effectively.
Fedor working Koreshkov over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei Fedor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Koreshkov.
Fedor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Koreshkov.
Fedor shoots in for a double leg but Koreshkov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fedor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Andrey Koreshkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koreshkov punishes Fedor's body with a nice straight punch.

Fedor shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Koreshkov manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fedor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Koreshkov's head.
Fedor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koreshkov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fedor is looking to work some ground and pound but Koreshkov has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fedor working some strikes from top position.
Fedor throws a big right hand that misses.
Fedor chips away with some ground and pound.
Fedor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fedor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Koreshkov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fedor.
Fedor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fedor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Koreshkov wants to stand up but Fedor is controlling him.
Fedor is in close to Koreshkov's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fedor stops Koreshkov from standing up.
Fedor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Koreshkov wants to stand but Fedor is controlling the position.
Fedor connects with a couple of short punches.
Fedor tries to free his leg and advance position but Koreshkov is retaining full guard.
Fedor is looking to work some ground and pound but Koreshkov has wrist control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fedor stands up over Koreshkov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fedor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fedor cracks Koreshkov with a solid left hand.
Fedor throws a strike but Koreshkov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koreshkov tries to stand but Fedor is controlling from the bottom.
Koreshkov wants to stand and escape but instead Fedor has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Koreshkov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fedor.
Fedor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Koreshkov's head.
Fedor throws a strike but Koreshkov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koreshkov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Fedor's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei Fedor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fedor winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei Fedor!
Andrei Fedor decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.