PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Loh Yebanui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Alekseeva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yebanui
vs
Alekseeva

180 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Loh Yebanui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Philip Alekseeva!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alekseeva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yebanui.
Alekseeva misses the body punch
and Yebanui counters with a two punch combo.
Alekseeva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yebanui.
Yebanui takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yebanui shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alekseeva as he jumps to the side.
Alekseeva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yebanui wants to clinch but Alekseeva slips to the side
and Alekseeva counters with an inside leg kick.
Alekseeva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Philip Alekseeva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yebanui slips a jab and a cross from Alekseeva.
Yebanui walks into a straight right hand from Alekseeva.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yebanui.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loh Yebanui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alekseeva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yebanui counters with a series of strikes. Alekseeva will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yebanui throws the kick towards the body but Alekseeva avoids it.
Yebanui fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yebanui tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alekseeva counters with a good low kick that Yebanui was not able to check.
A thudding body kick lands there by Alekseeva!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Yebanui with that takedown attempt.
Alekseeva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yebanui takes a step back to recover.
Alekseeva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Alekseeva pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Yebanui closes the distance and clinches.
Yebanui jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Alekseeva walks away with a smile on his face. Yebanui gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Alekseeva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yebanui's sensitive parts.
Alekseeva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alekseeva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yebanui moves out of range as Alekseeva strikes.
Yebanui avoids the head kick by Alekseeva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alekseeva lands a head kick. Yebanui smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yebanui tries to clinch up but Alekseeva circles away and keeps his distance.
Alekseeva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yebanui slips a straight right by Alekseeva.
Alekseeva throws a lazy uppercut
and Yebanui counters with a straight right hand.
Yebanui fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alekseeva moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yebanui shoots in but Alekseeva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Yebanui shoots in and drives through. Alekseeva sprawls well.
Yebanui is breathing heavily.
Alekseeva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alekseeva misses with a hook
and Yebanui counters with a nice body shot.
Yebanui shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alekseeva lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yebanui takes one to the side of the head.
Alekseeva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yebanui. Yebanui circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice sprawl there from Alekseeva as Yebanui shoots in.
Alekseeva with a jab.
Alekseeva throws a head kick that misses.
Yebanui tries to clinch but Alekseeva moves away
and Alekseeva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alekseeva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yebanui takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yebanui really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Alekseeva throws a body punch but Yebanui moves out of range.
Alekseeva thows a body shot but no joy.
Philip Alekseeva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yebanui tries to clinch but Alekseeva is having none of it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yebanui is defended easily by Alekseeva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yebanui needs to keep his hands up - Alekseeva had a free shot at his head there.
Yebanui takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alekseeva misses with a double jab.
Alekseeva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Yebanui. Those never looked like landing.
Alekseeva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yebanui shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alekseeva sprawls well. Alekseeva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yebanui gets slowly back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yebanui on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Alekseeva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Alekseeva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yebanui manages to avoid it.
Alekseeva circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yebanui.
Alekseeva lands the left hand.
Yebanui takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alekseeva looks to land a right hand but Yebanui moved out of range.
Yebanui shoots in looking for a takedown. Alekseeva tries to sprawl out of it but Yebanui keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Alekseeva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yebanui has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loh Yebanui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yebanui takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Philip Alekseeva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yebanui misses with a low kick.
Alekseeva lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alekseeva just misses with a punch to the body.
Yebanui tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Alekseeva counters with a stiff right hand.
Alekseeva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yebanui.
Yebanui shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Alekseeva counters with a low kick, right behind Yebanui 's knee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alekseeva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Alekseeva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alekseeva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alekseeva scores with a punch to the head.
Yebanui fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yebanui takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alekseeva scores with a sloppy right hand. Yebanui should have avoided that one.
Yebanui ducks under a wild hook from Alekseeva.
Yebanui fails to land the takedown.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alekseeva, right into the meat.
Alekseeva just misses with a punch to the body.
Alekseeva scores with a leg kick.
Yebanui is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yebanui fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alekseeva delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alekseeva throws a series of punches but Yebanui moves out of range.
Yebanui takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yebanui takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alekseeva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Alekseeva wants it to stay on the feet.
Loh Yebanui is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alekseeva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alekseeva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yebanui manages to avoid it.
Alekseeva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alekseeva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alekseeva swats away the attempt to clinch by Yebanui.
Yebanui misses with a body shot.
Alekseeva thumps Yebanui with a low kick.
Alekseeva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yebanui manages to avoid it.
Alekseeva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yebanui slips under a jab.
Yebanui fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alekseeva throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alekseeva throws a body punch but Yebanui moves out of range.
Yebanui fails to land the takedown.
Yebanui walks into a stiff left hand from Alekseeva.
Alekseeva scores with a head kick.
Alekseeva cracks Yebanui with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Alekseeva throws a shot from downtown. Yebanui moves away and avoids it.
Alekseeva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yebanui doesn't seem bothered though.
Yebanui dodges the punch combination from Alekseeva.
Yebanui on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alekseeva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alekseeva throws a poor cross that misses

and Yebanui counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Alekseeva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick by Yebanui misses
and Alekseeva counters with a leg kick.
Alekseeva blocks a head kick by Yebanui.
Alekseeva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alekseeva lands a leg kick that knocks Yebanui off balance momentarily.
Yebanui shoots for a takedown but Alekseeva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yebanui throws a right and a left that Alekseeva avoids nicely.
Alekseeva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yebanui fails with a takedown attempt.
Yebanui avoids the body shot from Alekseeva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alekseeva looks to score with a jab to the body but Yebanui is just out of range.
Yebanui shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alekseeva but Alekseeva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loh Yebanui. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yebanui uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alekseeva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alekseeva misses the shot to the body.
Alekseeva just misses with a punch to the body.
Yebanui's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alekseeva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yebanui scrambles back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Alekseeva. Those never looked like landing.
Alekseeva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alekseeva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alekseeva scores with a head kick. Yebanui tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yebanui pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alekseeva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alekseeva looks to land a combination but Yebanui avoids it well.
Yebanui fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alekseeva avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Yebanui or perhaps it was just good defense by Alekseeva which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alekseeva.
Yebanui uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alekseeva.
Nice takedown defense from Alekseeva. No joy for Yebanui on that attempt.
Alekseeva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yebanui doesn't seem bothered though.
Alekseeva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yebanui.
Yebanui uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alekseeva.
Alekseeva throws a nice head kick!
Yebanui fails with a takedown attempt.
Alekseeva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alekseeva works Yebanui's body with a nice hook.
Alekseeva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yebanui.
Alekseeva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A punch combination from Alekseeva misses.
Yebanui throws a low kick but Alekseeva moves out of range easily.
Yebanui looks for a takedown but Alekseeva sprawls well.
Nice jab there from Alekseeva.
Alekseeva scores with a body shot.
Alekseeva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yebanui drops his hands momentarily and Alekseeva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Alekseeva. Those never looked like landing.
Alekseeva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yebanui scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Alekseeva misses with a two punch combination.
Yebanui shoots in for a takedown but Alekseeva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Yebanui avoids the body shot from Alekseeva.
Alekseeva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yebanui rather than just go for the knockout.
Yebanui looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alekseeva.
Alekseeva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yebanui wants to clinch.
Yebanui tries to clinch there but Alekseeva circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Philip Alekseeva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Alekseeva 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Philip Alekseeva!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Philip Alekseeva!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Philip Alekseeva!

Philip Alekseeva wins by unanimous decision!