PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Loveladdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Korchemkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Korchemkin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Inside the Fire - Distrubed kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Brandon Loveladdy looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Loveladdy
vs
Korchemkin

185 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Loveladdy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Korchemkin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Loveladdy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Korchemkin looking to pass the guard.

Korchemkin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Korchemkin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Korchemkin passes into half guard.
Loveladdy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Korchemkin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Korchemkin's back!
Loveladdy trying to control momentarily.
Korchemkin is really stuck here.

Loveladdy working for the choke.
Korchemkin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Loveladdy's guard. Nice work there by Korchemkin.
Loveladdy is breathing heavily.
Korchemkin preventing the sweep.

Korchemkin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Korchemkin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Loveladdy is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Korchemkin drops back looking for a leg! Loveladdy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Loveladdy manages to kick Korchemkin off! Korchemkin jumps back into Loveladdy's guard.
Korchemkin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Korchemkin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Korchemkin drives through and clinches with Loveladdy against the cage.

Korchemkin turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Korchemkin manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Korchemkin advances to full mount.

Korchemkin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Loveladdy tries to hold on but Korchemkin postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Korchemkin throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Loveladdy has his hands clasped together but Korchemkin breaks the hold and Loveladdy is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Korchemkin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yuri Korchemkin!