PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Dorokhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Sichev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuri Sichev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dorokhov
vs
Sichev

177 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

207 cm
30
196 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Dorokhov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Sichev!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorokhov misses with a combination
and Sichev counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dorokhov thows a body shot but no joy.
Sichev shoots in looking for a takedown but Dorokhov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sichev's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dorokhov misses with a combination

and Sichev counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dorokhov won't be happy with that.
Sichev remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Sichev tries to score with some ground and pound. Dorokhov controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sichev in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sichev wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dorokhov, who protects the arm well.
Sichev creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dorokhov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dorokhov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dorokhov tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorokhov misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Sichev working the head and body with strikes.

Sichev thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sichev is putting a hurting on Dorokhov here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sichev lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sichev working the ground and pound.

Sichev has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Dorokhov is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Sichev yanks on the arm and Dorokhov is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Sichev.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yuri Sichev!