PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandr Krutov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Yaroslev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaroslev has chosen War is the Answer - Five Finger Death Punch as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krutov
vs
Yaroslev

195 cm
20
245 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

205 cm
23
285 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexandr Krutov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aleksander Yaroslev!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaroslev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Krutov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Yaroslev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Krutov, pushing him back against the cage.
Yaroslev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yaroslev struggles to land a body shot inside as Krutov controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Krutov.
Krutov swings wildly with an uppercut but Yaroslev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krutov managing to block the knees to the body from Yaroslev.
Yaroslev tries to throw a body punch but Krutov avoids it by throwing Yaroslev back against the cage.

Yaroslev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yaroslev moves out of range of the body kick.
Yaroslev wants to clinch.
Yaroslev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yaroslev slips a straight right by Krutov.
Krutov misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaroslev slips a jab from Krutov.
Yaroslev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Yaroslev shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Yaroslev showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Krutov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Yaroslev.
Krutov wants to sweep here but Yaroslev controlling him for the moment.
Yaroslev postures up in Krutov's guard and throws a big left but Krutov blocks it.
Krutov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yaroslev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krutov looking to control.
Yaroslev chips away with some ground and pound.
Krutov trying to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaroslev tries to free his leg and advance position but Krutov is retaining full guard.
Krutov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krutov keeping moving, preventing Yaroslev from controlling successfully.
Krutov looking for a sweep. Not yet Krutov, not yet.
Yaroslev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yaroslev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yaroslev postures up and lands a big shot to Krutov's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Krutov is on top in guard.
Krutov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yaroslev keeping moving, preventing Krutov from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Alexandr Krutov wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yaroslev shoots in and drives through. Krutov sprawls well.
Krutov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yaroslev delivers a nice body kick.
Krutov is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yaroslev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krutov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Krutov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yaroslev.
Yaroslev missing with a left hand there. Krutov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yaroslev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krutov.
Krutov throws the kick towards the body but Yaroslev avoids it.
Alexandr Krutov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krutov catches Yaroslev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Krutov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Alexandr Krutov has been cut.
Aleksander Yaroslev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yaroslev blocks a jab.
Krutov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Krutov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yaroslev is out of range.
Krutov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Krutov changes levels and scores with a jab 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!
Yaroslev slips a jab from Krutov.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Krutov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krutov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yaroslev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yaroslev lands with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yaroslev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yaroslev cracks Krutov with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Aleksander Yaroslev!
An out of breath Aleksander Yaroslev thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.