PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Volcov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Shoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johny Shoes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Volcov
vs
Shoes

184 cm
23
206 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Victor Volcov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johny Shoes!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volcov is looking to clinch.
Shoes misses with a double jab.

Shoes drives through and clinches with Volcov against the cage.
Shoes struggles to land a body shot inside as Volcov controls his hands.
Volcov missing with knees to the body.
Shoes tries to land knees in the clinch but Volcov avoids the damage to the body.
Shoes presses Volcov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Volcov landing knees to the body.
Shoes blocks an elbow strike from Volcov.
Volcov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shoes is defending well for now.
Volcov tries to land knees in the clinch but Shoes avoids the damage to the body.
Shoes takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shoes blocks an elbow strike from Volcov.
Shoes wants to get back to striking at distance but Volcov won't allow it.
Shoes dodges an elbow strike from Volcov.
Shoes tries to break free but Volcov pushes him back against the cage.
Volcov tries to land a knee to the head but Shoes blocks with his arms.
Volcov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shoes misses with an elbow over the top.
Volcov misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Shoes as the two fighters clinch.
Shoes tries to throw a body punch but Volcov avoids it by throwing Shoes back against the cage.
Shoes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Volcov prevents a body shot from Shoes.
Volcov lands a good knee to the midsection. Shoes won't want to take too many of those.

Shoes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shoes misses with a two punch combination.

Volcov moves into the clinch.
Volcov looking to throw knees to the head but Shoes is blocking nicely.
Volcov tries a knee to the head but Shoes blocks it.
Shoes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shoes tries to circle away but Volcov has him pinned against the cage.
Volcov pushes off an throws an elbow but Shoes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shoes trying to land knees to the body.
Volcov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Volcov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Shoes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoes swats away the attempt to clinch by Volcov.
Shoes fails to land with a series of punches.
Shoes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Volcov will feel that in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shoes throws a body kick that misses.

Shoes closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Volcov throws an elbow but misses.
Volcov looking to throw knees to the head but Shoes is blocking nicely.
Volcov missing with knees to the body.
Shoes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shoes struggles to land a body shot inside as Volcov controls his hands.
Volcov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Volcov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shoes.
Volcov lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shoes pushes Volcov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Volcov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Volcov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shoes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Volcov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shoes.
Volcov lands an elbow inside that Shoes shrugs off.
Shoes can't find room to land a body shot as Volcov controls the action.
Volcov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shoes misses with a punch to the body.
Volcov lands a damaging elbow.
Shoes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Volcov misses with a knee strike.
Shoes struggles to land a body shot inside as Volcov controls his hands.
Volcov prevents the takedown attempt.
Shoes looks winded!
Volcov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shoes blocks it with crossed arms.
Volcov misses with a knee strike.
Volcov throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volcov lands an elbow that stopped Shoes in his tracks for a moment.

Shoes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shoes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Shoes duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shoes falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Volcov counter with a right hand.

Shoes has closed the distance and engaged Volcov in a clinch.
Shoes struggles to land a body shot inside as Volcov controls his hands.
Shoes takes an elbow to the temple.
Volcov looking to throw knees to the head but Shoes is blocking nicely.
Shoes missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shoes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Volcov with a knee to the head.
Volcov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Volcov tries to land knees in the clinch but Shoes avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Victor Volcov will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Shoes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shoes can't break the clinch.
Volcov scores a nice knee to the body.
Shoes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Volcov backwards.
Volcov blocks a body shot from Shoes.
Volcov trying to land knees to the body.
Volcov landing knees to the head.

Shoes manages to break the clinch.
Volcov tries to clinch but Shoes moves out of range.
Shoes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shoes swings widly with a right hand
and Volcov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Shoes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Shoes misses with a body kick.
Shoes misses with the combination.
Shoes misses with a combination
and Volcov counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shoes counters with a nice body kick.
Shoes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shoes tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick by Shoes misses
and Volcov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Shoes is breathing heavily.

Shoes moves into the clinch.
Volcov lands a good knee to the midsection. Shoes won't want to take too many of those.
Volcov lands a knee to the head.
Volcov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Volcov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shoes's face.
Volcov crunches a lovely knee into Shoes's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Volcov connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volcov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Volcov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Volcov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Volcov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Volcov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Volcov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shoes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shoes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Volcov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Volcov tries to land knees in the clinch but Shoes avoids the damage to the body.
Volcov looking to throw knees to the head but Shoes is blocking nicely.
Shoes managing to block the knees to the body from Volcov.
Volcov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Shoes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Shoes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Volcov, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volcov tries to land a knee to the head but Shoes blocks with his arms.
Shoes tries a body shot but Volcov blocks it.
Shoes working Volcov over with knees to the body.
Volcov tries to land knees in the clinch but Shoes avoids the damage to the body.
Shoes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Shoes manages to break the clinch.
Shoes lands a high kick!
Shoes misses with a wild combination.

Volcov gets tackled into the cage by Shoes. Shoes maintains the clinch.
Shoes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Volcov's elbow.
Volcov managing to block the knees to the body from Shoes.
Volcov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Volcov landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Shoes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Victor Volcov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Volcov lands a damaging elbow.
Shoes avoiding damage as Volcov throws knees to the body.
Shoes digs a right hand underneath Volcov's ribcage. Volcov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Volcov prevents a body shot from Shoes.
Volcov missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shoes breaks from the clinch.
Victor Volcov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Volcov tries to clinch up.
Volcov tries to clinch but Shoes moves away
and Shoes counters with a head kick. That will keep Volcov thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Shoes clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Volcov.
Shoes blocks the elbow strike.
Volcov with a knee to the head.
Shoes misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Victor Volcov will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Volcov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shoes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Volcov scrambles back to his feet.

Volcov has closed the distance and engaged Shoes in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shoes.
Shoes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shoes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shoes tries to break the clinch but Volcov is controlling the position.
Shoes lands a right hand.
Shoes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Volcov tries to land knees in the clinch but Shoes avoids the damage to the body.
Volcov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Shoes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shoes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shoes misses with an attempted mid kick.
Volcov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shoes.

Shoes gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoes struggles to land a body shot inside as Volcov controls his hands.
Volcov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shoes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shoes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shoes is trying to push Volcov away but Volcov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Volcov lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Volcov.
Knees in the clinch landing for Volcov.
Shoes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Volcov scores a nice knee to the body.
Volcov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shoes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shoes managing to block the knees to the body from Volcov.
Volcov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shoes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shoes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A hook to the body from Shoes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volcov lands a knee to the body.
Johny Shoes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Volcov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Shoes.

Shoes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Volcov is looking to clinch but Shoes is avoiding it.
Shoes tries a head kick but it misses.

Shoes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Volcov lands an elbow inside that Shoes shrugs off.
Volcov misses with a knee to the head.
Shoes managing to block the knees to the body from Volcov.
Shoes wants to break free but Volcov has control.

Shoes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Volcov tries to clinch but Shoes moves away
and Shoes counters with a head kick. That will keep Volcov thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Shoes clinches up with Volcov and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volcov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Volcov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Volcov tries to land a knee to the head but Shoes blocks with his arms.
Shoes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shoes is trying to break the clinch but Volcov has him pressed against the cage.
Volcov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shoes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Volcov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shoes is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Volcov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shoes.
Volcov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shoes blocks it with crossed arms.
Shoes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shoes is trying to drag Volcov to the mat but Volcov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Victor Volcov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johny Shoes.
Shoes takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shoes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Volcov avoids it.
Volcov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shoes avoids it.
Volcov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shoes tries to stall but Volcov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shoes wants to break free but Volcov has control.
Volcov lands an elbow inside that Shoes shrugs off.
Volcov landing knees to the head.
Volcov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shoes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shoes managing to block the knees to the body from Volcov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shoes missing with knees to the body.
Volcov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shoes has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Volcov after a bit of a struggle.
Volcov with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johny Shoes.
I think Volcov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Volcov!