PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wade Stoker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergei Kharitonov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wade Stoker's chin.

Stoker
vs
Kharitonov

220 cm
31
285 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

196 cm
28
275 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wade Stoker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergei Kharitonov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kharitonov can pounce on him.
Kharitonov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stoker.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stoker.
Kharitonov has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kharitonov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stoker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kharitonov scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kharitonov swings widly with a right hand

and Stoker counters by clinching up.
Stoker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stoker is stalling here.
Stoker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kharitonov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stoker's brow.
Stoker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kharitonov or not.
A shot in the inside from Kharitonov.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stoker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stoker working aggressively here.
Kharitonov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Kharitonov fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker swings wildly with an uppercut but Kharitonov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kharitonov misses with some punches.
Kharitonov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Stoker fails to land.
A short right from Kharitonov.
Stoker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kharitonov blocks an elbow strike.
Stoker misses with a hook to the ribs.

Stoker breaks from the clinch.
Stoker lands with a kick to the temple. Kharitonov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Sergei Kharitonov has been cut.
Stoker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kharitonov throws a leg kick

and Stoker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stoker prevents a body shot from Kharitonov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stoker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kharitonov scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Stoker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kharitonov scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Kharitonov.
A nice left hand lands by Kharitonov.
Stoker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stoker can't find room to land a body shot as Kharitonov controls the action.
Kharitonov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stoker swings wildly with an uppercut but Kharitonov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stoker tries to land knees in the clinch but Kharitonov avoids the damage to the body.
Stoker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stoker is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stoker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stoker throws a punch but it's blocked by Kharitonov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoker misses with some punches.

Kharitonov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stoker blocks a jab.
Kharitonov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stoker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stoker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kharitonov.
Stoker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kharitonov scoring well with a low kick there.
Stoker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stoker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Stoker.
Kharitonov connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kharitonov tries to score with a low kick but Stoker moves his leg out of the way.
Kharitonov misses with a kick to the body
and Kharitonov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kharitonov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Stoker.
Kharitonov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stoker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Stoker is breathing heavily.
Kharitonov cracks Stoker with a good jab.

It looks like Wade Stoker has been cut.
Kharitonov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stoker takes a step back to recover.
Kharitonov tries to score with a low kick but Stoker moves his leg out of the way.
Stoker misses with a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Stoker blocks the low kick.
Kharitonov throws a body kick that misses.
Kharitonov misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stoker tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kharitonov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stoker's sensitive parts.
Sergei Kharitonov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kharitonov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Kharitonov dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kharitonov cracks Stoker with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kharitonov has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Stoker to stand back up!

Stoker is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kharitonov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oh Stoker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kharitonov measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Stoker! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Sergei Kharitonov!
A very excited looking Sergei Kharitonov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.