PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Bolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgy Degratov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georgy Degratov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bolt
vs
Degratov

188 cm
22
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

179 cm
25
191 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Bolt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Georgy Degratov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bolt fails with a takedown attempt.
Degratov lands with a nice combination. Bolt backs away looking to recover.
Bolt misses with a takedown
and Degratov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Degratov throws a series of punches but Bolt moves out of range.
Degratov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
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!

Bolt fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Degratov to the ground. Bolt is now in Degratov's guard.
Bolt with a flurry of punches that miss.
Degratov wants to get back to his feet but Bolt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bolt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Degratov keeping full guard, as Bolt tries to pass.
Degratov is looking to stand up but Bolt isn't so interested in that idea.
Degratov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bolt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Degratov's head.
Degratov wants to stand up but Bolt is controlling him.
Bolt throws a big elbow that misses.
Bolt throws a big right hand that misses.
Bolt throwing strikes but missing.
Degratov wants to get back to his feet but Bolt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bolt throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bolt wants to control from the top but Degratov keeps moving.
Bolt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Degratov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Degratov wants to get back to his feet but Bolt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bolt throws a big right hand that misses.
Bolt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Degratov's head.
Bolt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bolt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Degratov's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Degratov wants to get back to his feet but Bolt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Degratov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bolt has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Degratov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bolt prevents Degratov from getting back to his feet.
Degratov has momentary wrist control but Bolt slips an elbow through the middle.
Degratov wants to stand up but Bolt is controlling him.
Bolt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bolt postures up and lands a big shot to Degratov's brow.
Bolt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Degratov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bolt throws a big elbow that misses.
Degratov wants to stand up but Bolt is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolt lands a couple of elbows.
Degratov is looking to stand up but Bolt isn't so interested in that idea.
Degratov looks winded!
Bolt trying to control the position from guard on top but Degratov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bolt is pushing down on Degratov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Degratov is fighting to maintain full guard but Bolt has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bolt working over Degratov with some ground and pound. Degratov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bolt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bolt not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Bolt is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Degratov doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bolt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bolt lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Bolt dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Degratov lands a really nice looking cross but Bolt seems unphased.
A swing and a miss from Bolt.
Degratov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like John Bolt has been cut.
Bolt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Degratov finds it's way round the side to connect with Bolt's head.
No joy there for Degratov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Degratov dodges the punch combination from Bolt.
Degratov connects with a body shot.

Degratov gets tackled into the cage by Bolt. Bolt maintains the clinch.
Degratov wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bolt pulls Degratov into guard.
Bolt has a closed guard, preventing Degratov from standing up.
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!
Bolt pulls Degratov in to control the position.
Degratov would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Degratov is now in half guard.
Bolt wants to control but Degratov is keeping busy.
John Bolt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Degratov is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Degratov is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Bolt is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolt trying to control here.

We're going to have a standup here because John Bolt wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Degratov throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Degratov misses.
Bolt misses with a series of wild punches.
Degratov throws a head kick that half lands.
No luck for Bolt with that takedown attempt.
Bolt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
Bolt throws a series of punches but Degratov avoids them all with ease.
Horrible takedown by Bolt or perhaps it was just good defense by Degratov which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Degratov. Those never looked like landing.
Degratov misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Bolt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
John Bolt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Degratov swinging wildly here.
Bolt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Bolt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolt scores with a one two! Degratov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bolt misses with a double jab
and Degratov counters with a two punch combo.
Georgy Degratov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Degratov.
Degratov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Degratov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bolt in his tracks.
Bolt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Degratov but Degratov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bolt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Degratov is fending him off so far but Bolt persists. Nope, Degratov circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Degratov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Degratov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bolt throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Degratov misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Bolt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Georgy Degratov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Bolt's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Degratov lands with a slapping head kick.
Bolt takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Degratov throws a head kick that misses.
Bolt shoots in looking for a takedown but Degratov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bolt's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Degratov clobbers Bolt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Degratov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bolt.
Bolt shoots in but Degratov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bolt scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Degratov misses.
Degratov misses with a looping left.

A jab-cross combination lands for Bolt and sends Degratov crashing to the mat! Bolt follows him down to the mat - Degratov regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Degratov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Degratov is trying to stand up here but Bolt is controlling him well.
Degratov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Degratov is rocked!
Degratov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Degratov quite badly. Degratov pulls Bolt in close trying to recover. Bolt postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Degratov on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Degratov doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Bolt!
After winning the bout, John Bolt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.