PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Solovyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacque Schtrappe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schtrappe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nitzer Ebb - Violent Playground kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Solovyev
vs
Schtrappe

171 cm
35
157 lbs
42 - 13 - 2

173 cm
33
169 lbs
32 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Vladimir Solovyev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jacque Schtrappe!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Solovyev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Solovyev blocks an uppercut.
Schtrappe lands a hook that snaps the head of Solovyev backwards.

Solovyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Solovyev throws a low kick but Schtrappe moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Solovyev.
Schtrappe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Solovyev.
Solovyev tries a low kick but Schtrappe avoids it.

Solovyev drives through and clinches with Schtrappe against the cage.
Solovyev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Solovyev prevents a body shot from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Solovyev lands a nice uppercut.
Solovyev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Solovyev tries to stall but Schtrappe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Schtrappe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schtrappe misses with a body punch.
Schtrappe misses with a punch on the inside.
Schtrappe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schtrappe misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solovyev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Solovyev misses with a punch on the inside.
Schtrappe misses with the head strike.
Schtrappe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schtrappe tries to throw a body punch but Solovyev avoids it by throwing Schtrappe back against the cage.
We've been informed that Schtrappe has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Schtrappe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Solovyev lands a right hand.
Solovyev working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schtrappe.
Solovyev misses with a body punch.
Solovyev tries to throw a body punch but Schtrappe avoids it by throwing Solovyev back against the cage.
Solovyev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Solovyev digs a right hand into Schtrappe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schtrappe's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Schtrappe fails to land.
Solovyev throws a head punch that misses.
Solovyev makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schtrappe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Solovyev pushes Schtrappe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Solovyev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Solovyev swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe is trying to break the clinch but Solovyev has him pressed against the cage.
Schtrappe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Solovyev - that landed with a thud.
Schtrappe throws a head punch that misses.
Schtrappe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Solovyev throws a head punch that misses.
Solovyev misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe misses with a punch on the inside.
Schtrappe throws a head punch that misses.
Solovyev scores with a shot to the side of Schtrappe's head.
Schtrappe misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Solovyev as the two fighters clinch.
Schtrappe struggles to land a body shot inside as Solovyev controls his hands.
Solovyev stalling in the clinch.
Schtrappe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Solovyev displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schtrappe up against the cage.
Solovyev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe blocks an uppercut.
Schtrappe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Solovyev's efforts to push away.
Schtrappe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schtrappe throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schtrappe.
Solovyev lands with a light punch inside.
Solovyev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schtrappe backwards.
Solovyev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schtrappe tries to throw a body punch but Solovyev avoids it by throwing Schtrappe back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Schtrappe.
Solovyev has a couple of punches blocked by Schtrappe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Solovyev.
Schtrappe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Solovyev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Solovyev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Solovyev struggles to land a body shot inside as Schtrappe controls his hands.
Solovyev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schtrappe's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe blocks an uppercut.
Solovyev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Solovyev gets through Schtrappe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Schtrappe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Solovyev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solovyev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Schtrappe.
Solovyev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Solovyev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Schtrappe.
Solovyev drops his hands momentarily and Schtrappe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Schtrappe blocks the leg kick.
Solovyev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Solovyev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Schtrappe's hands.
Solovyev is looking to chop away at Schtrappe's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Solovyev lands a jab to the head.
Solovyev scores with a jab.
Nice body kick from Schtrappe.
Solovyev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Solovyev dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Solovyev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schtrappe takes a swing at Solovyev's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Schtrappe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Solovyev looks to land a body kick but Schtrappe moved away.
Solovyev goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Solovyev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Schtrappe.
Solovyev avoids the body shot from Schtrappe.
Solovyev misses with a leg kick
and Schtrappe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Solovyev darts in and clinches Schtrappe up against the cage.
Solovyev misses with a body punch.
Schtrappe takes a shot to the head.
Schtrappe digs a right hand underneath Solovyev's ribcage. Solovyev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Schtrappe letting Solovyev take a breather here.
Solovyev struggles to land a body shot inside as Schtrappe controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schtrappe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Solovyev fails to land.
Solovyev misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solovyev blocking some punches.
Schtrappe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schtrappe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Solovyev lands a left hand.
Solovyev misses with a punch on the inside.
Schtrappe can't find room to land a body shot as Solovyev controls the action.
Schtrappe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Schtrappe.
Solovyev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Solovyev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schtrappe backwards.
Vladimir Solovyev has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Solovyev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Solovyev lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Solovyev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schtrappe backwards.
Schtrappe blocks an uppercut.
Solovyev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schtrappe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schtrappe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Solovyev up against the cage.
Solovyev tries to work over Schtrappe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Solovyev fails to land.
Solovyev working hard to break the clinch.
Solovyev misses with a body punch.
Solovyev tries to work over Schtrappe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schtrappe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Solovyev backwards.
Solovyev lands an uppercut.
Solovyev can't find room to land a body shot as Schtrappe controls the action.
Solovyev wants to get back to striking at distance but Schtrappe won't allow it.
Solovyev cracks Schtrappe with a nice body shot.
Solovyev misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Solovyev.
Solovyev lands a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Solovyev's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Solovyev stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Solovyev lands with a right to the head.
Schtrappe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Solovyev.
Solovyev looking to slow down the pace here.
Schtrappe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schtrappe takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Schtrappe.
Schtrappe swings wildly with an uppercut but Solovyev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Solovyev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Schtrappe has him pressed against the cage.
Schtrappe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Solovyev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schtrappe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Solovyev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schtrappe throws a push kick but Solovyev slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe thumps Solovyev with a low kick.
Schtrappe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Schtrappe throws a jab but it's blocked by Solovyev.
Schtrappe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Solovyev closes the distance and clinches.
Solovyev looking to stall.
Solovyev pushes Schtrappe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Solovyev has a couple of punches blocked by Schtrappe.
Good body shot from Solovyev.
Solovyev lands a body shot.
Schtrappe lands a left hand.

Solovyev manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schtrappe looks to land a left hand but Solovyev moved out of range nicely.
Solovyev checks the leg kick nicely there.

Solovyev moves into the clinch successfully.
Solovyev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Solovyev dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Schtrappe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Solovyev throws a front kick aimed at Schtrappe's knee but Schtrappe avoids it well.
Schtrappe slips a jab from Solovyev.
Schtrappe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Solovyev.
Solovyev thows a leg kick but Schtrappe checks it
and Schtrappe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Solovyev scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Solovyev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schtrappe throws out the jab.
Solovyev lands a really nice looking cross but Schtrappe seems unphased.
A leg kick checked by Solovyev.
Schtrappe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Solovyev.
Solovyev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Schtrappe connects with the punch.

Solovyev has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schtrappe misses with some punches.
Schtrappe throws a punch but it's blocked by Solovyev.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schtrappe.
Solovyev swings wildly with an uppercut but Schtrappe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schtrappe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schtrappe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schtrappe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Solovyev wants to get back to striking at distance but Schtrappe won't allow it.

Solovyev breaks the clinch.
Schtrappe connects with a single shot there.
Solovyev looks for the body kick but Schtrappe saw that one coming.
A low kick from Solovyev is predictable there
and Schtrappe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Solovyev misses with a low kick.
Schtrappe moves out of range as Solovyev throws a body kick.

Schtrappe gets tackled into the cage by Solovyev. Solovyev maintains the clinch.
Solovyev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Solovyev blocks a body shot from Schtrappe.
Solovyev lands a nice uppercut.

Solovyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Schtrappe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Solovyev throws a sloppy head kick and Schtrappe moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe wants to clinch up but Solovyev keeps it at a distance.
Vladimir Solovyev is winning the standup battle so far.
Solovyev throws a hook but Schtrappe blocks it.
Solovyev connects with a body shot that sends Schtrappe's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Solovyev.
Solovyev swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vladimir Solovyev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schtrappe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slapping leg kick lands for Schtrappe.
Solovyev throws a leg kick which misses Schtrappe's front leg but catches the back leg as Schtrappe tries to avoid it.
Schtrappe checks a leg kick.
Schtrappe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Schtrappe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schtrappe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Solovyev.
A solid leg kick lands there for Solovyev.
Solovyev throws a right and a left that both miss.

Solovyev closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Solovyev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Solovyev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Solovyev working aggressively here.

Solovyev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schtrappe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Solovyev just misses with a punch to the body.
Schtrappe 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.
Schtrappe moves out of range of the body kick from Solovyev.
Schtrappe lands a nice looking body kick.
Schtrappe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Solovyev throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Schtrappe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Solovyev was well out of range. Poor timing from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Solovyev clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schtrappe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Schtrappe.
Solovyev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schtrappe lands with a left to the head.
Solovyev misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Schtrappe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Solovyev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schtrappe lands an uppercut.
Schtrappe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Schtrappe.
Schtrappe misses with a punch on the inside.
Solovyev misses with a body punch.
Solovyev lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Solovyev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Solovyev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schtrappe's elbow.
Solovyev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Solovyev is looking to control Schtrappe's arms but Schtrappe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Solovyev has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Solovyev clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Solovyev throws a lazy right hand but Schtrappe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Solovyev moves away from the strike by Schtrappe.
Jab, jab by Solovyev - just one landing.
Solovyev throws a hook to the side of Schtrappe's head but Schtrappe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schtrappe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Solovyev lands a jab to the nose.
Solovyev misses the shot to the body.
Solovyev looks for the body kick but Schtrappe saw that one coming.
Schtrappe throws a good cross that connects.
Solovyev throws a sloppy head kick and Schtrappe moves out of range easily.
Schtrappe tries to clinch up.
Schtrappe throws a sloppy head kick and Solovyev moves out of range easily.
Schtrappe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Solovyev is out of range.
Solovyev throws a nice looking combination but Schtrappe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Schtrappe throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Solovyev fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Schtrappe checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solovyev walks forward, straight into a front kick from Schtrappe.
Solovyev feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Schtrappe's calf.
Nice shot lands for Solovyev.
Solovyev blocks a head kick by Schtrappe.
A head kick misses from Schtrappe.
Solovyev throws a right hand that Schtrappe ducks under and follows up with a left that Schtrappe also avoids with ease.
Schtrappe works the jab nicely.
Schtrappe throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schtrappe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Solovyev throws a jab when Schtrappe was well out of range.
Schtrappe just misses with a punch to the body.

Solovyev moves into the clinch.
Solovyev works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Solovyev swings wildly with an uppercut but Schtrappe uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe trying to control the position but instead, Solovyev has worked for underhooks and has pushed Schtrappe into the cage.
Schtrappe working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Solovyev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Solovyev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schtrappe blocks an uppercut.
Solovyev misses with a punch to the body.
Solovyev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schtrappe's elbow.
Schtrappe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Solovyev blocking some punches.
Solovyev is trying to break the clinch but Schtrappe has him pressed against the cage.
Schtrappe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schtrappe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Solovyev backwards.
Schtrappe lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe can't find room to land a body shot as Solovyev controls the action.
Solovyev tries to break the clinch but Schtrappe is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Solovyev makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schtrappe lands with a right to the head.
Solovyev working aggressively here.
Solovyev misses with the head strike.
Schtrappe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Solovyev misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Schtrappe as the two fighters clinch.
Schtrappe tries to work over Solovyev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schtrappe misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schtrappe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Solovyev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Solovyev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe digs a right hand into Solovyev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Solovyev's gas tank.
Solovyev has a couple of punches blocked by Schtrappe.
Schtrappe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schtrappe prevents a body shot from Solovyev.
Nice body punch from Schtrappe - that landed with a thud.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Schtrappe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schtrappe has a couple of punches blocked by Solovyev.

Solovyev breaks from the clinch.
Schtrappe lands with a shot to the body.
Solovyev throws a head kick that misses.
Schtrappe lands a jab.
Schtrappe throws a hook to the side of Solovyev's head but Solovyev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Solovyev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schtrappe moves out of range of the body kick.

Solovyev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Jacque Schtrappe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Solovyev lands with a straight right. Schtrappe didn't see that one coming.
Solovyev throws an overhand right that lands on Schtrappe's shoulder, as Schtrappe tries to avoid the shot.
Schtrappe missing with a left hand there. Solovyev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Solovyev looks to land a right hand but Schtrappe moved out of range.
Solovyev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Schtrappe counters with a low kick, right behind Solovyev 's knee.
Schtrappe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Solovyev misses its intended target.
Solovyev takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Schtrappe - that will leave a mark!
A low kick from Schtrappe is predictable there
and Solovyev counters with a nice low kick that buckles Schtrappe's knee momentarily.
Schtrappe scores with a jab. Solovyev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Schtrappe throws a solid leg kick but Solovyev takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Schtrappe.
Schtrappe explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Schtrappe lands a glancing blow to the side of Solovyev's head.
Solovyev lands a leg kick that knocks Schtrappe off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schtrappe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Solovyev.
Solovyev throws a head kick but Schtrappe moves out of range.
Solovyev fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Schtrappe is out of range.
A head kick misses from Schtrappe.
Solovyev throws a jab when Schtrappe was well out of range.
Solovyev avoids the body shot from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Solovyev throws out the jab.

Solovyev rushes Schtrappe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Solovyev blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Solovyev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Solovyev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Solovyev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Schtrappe's sensitive parts.
Solovyev lands a leg kick that knocks Schtrappe off balance momentarily.
Solovyev throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Schtrappe.
A head kick misses from Solovyev.
Jacque Schtrappe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solovyev takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Schtrappe looks to land a body kick but Solovyev moved away.
Solovyev cracks the inside of Schtrappe's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schtrappe misses with an uppercut. Solovyev saw that one coming.
Solovyev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Solovyev tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Solovyev blocks a jab.
Solovyev cracks the inside of Schtrappe's front leg.
Schtrappe lands with a hook. Solovyev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Solovyev misses with a left hand
and Schtrappe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Schtrappe throws a lazy right hand but Solovyev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Solovyev drives through and clinches with Schtrappe against the cage.
Schtrappe throws a punch but it's blocked by Solovyev.
Schtrappe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schtrappe.
Vladimir Solovyev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solovyev lands a right hand.
Schtrappe lands a right hand.
A short right from Schtrappe.
Schtrappe misses with a body punch.
Solovyev gets through Schtrappe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Solovyev breaks the clinch.
Schtrappe misses with the body kick
and Solovyev counters with a head kick. That will keep Schtrappe thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Schtrappe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Schtrappe misses with an uppercut.
Solovyev will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Good leg kick by Solovyev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schtrappe misses with a low kick.
Solovyev dodges the punch combination from Schtrappe.
Good standup being displayed there by Solovyev as he connects with a hook.
Schtrappe just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schtrappe loads up on a big right hand but Solovyev slips the punch.
Schtrappe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Solovyevs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schtrappe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Schtrappe takes a swing at Solovyev's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Solovyev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Solovyev plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Schtrappe takes one on the button.

Schtrappe is rocked!
Schtrappe walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Schtrappe is still on wobbly legs! Can Solovyev finish him?
Schtrappe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Solovyev blocks a jab.
Schtrappe 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.
Schtrappe seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Solovyev uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Schtrappe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schtrappe gets cracked there but stands up to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vladimir Solovyev.
Well Solovyev has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 49:46
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Solovyev!
An out of breath Vladimir Solovyev thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.