PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Denzel Kurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Harlamov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harlamov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Elka - Gorod Obmana. Yuri Harlamov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Kurt
vs
Harlamov

177 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

179 cm
28
185 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denzel Kurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Harlamov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harlamov scores with a nice right hand.
Harlamov misses with a few strikes there.
Harlamov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kurt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harlamov cracks Kurt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harlamov avoids the head kick by Kurt.
Harlamov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kurt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kurt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kurt takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harlamov throws a series of punches but Kurt avoids them all with ease.
Kurt tries to bum rush Harlamov with a series of wild strikes but Harlamov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yuri Harlamov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harlamov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kurt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harlamov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kurt at a distance.
Kurt misses with a two punch combination.
Harlamov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Denzel Kurt has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurt slips a jab and a cross from Harlamov.
Harlamov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kurt.
Harlamov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kurt at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harlamov lands a nice shot that snaps Kurt's head back.
Harlamov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Kurt could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice body punch from Harlamov.
Kurt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harlamov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harlamov lands a nice hook to Kurt's body. Kurt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kurt is breathing heavily.
Harlamov lands with a hook. Kurt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harlamov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harlamov misses with a double jab.
Harlamov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harlamov!
Harlamov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harlamov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kurt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harlamov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kurt rather than just go for the knockout.
Harlamov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harlamov lands a two punch combo.
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!
Harlamov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Kurt is rocked!
Kurt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harlamov connects with a right hand. Kurt shakes it off.
Oh Kurt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harlamov feints a jab promting Kurt to slip. Harlamov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kurt slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Harlamov as he connects with a hook.
Harlamov stuns Kurt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kurt seems to have got his legs back now.
Kurt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harlamov lands with a nice body punch.
Harlamov lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harlamov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harlamov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kurt's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Harlamov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denzel Kurt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harlamov connects with a body shot.
Denzel Kurt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kurt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kurt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harlamov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kurt thinking.
Nice shot lands for Harlamov.
Nice shot lands for Harlamov.
Harlamov digs a good body shot into Kurt's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harlamov lands with a shot to the body.
Kurt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Harlamov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Harlamov.
Kurt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harlamov lands a nice hook to Kurt's body. Kurt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harlamov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harlamov!
Harlamov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kurt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harlamov.

Kurt is rocked!
Harlamov lands with a right and another and another! Kurt is in big trouble! Harlamov lands again and this time it's lights out for Kurt! A quality knockout there for Harlamov.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yuri Harlamov!