PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaban Demidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iosif Krug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krug comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Heatseaker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Demidov
vs
Krug

210 cm
22
297 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Fight 4 America

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kaban Demidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iosif Krug!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krug blocks a low kick nicely.
Krug uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demidov.
Demidov tries to clinch but Krug moves out of range.
Demidov looks to throw the jab but Krug is out of range.
Krug checks a low kick from Demidov.

Demidov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Krug stays in close to Demidov's body and controls the position.
Demidov looking for a sweep. Not yet Demidov, not yet.
Demidov keeping moving, preventing Krug from controlling successfully.
Demidov is controlling Krug's posture.
Krug is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Krug trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov keeping moving, preventing Krug from controlling successfully.
Krug stopping the sweep attempt from Demidov.
Krug is fighting to break Demidov's control of his arms but Demidov is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Demidov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Krug controls the pace.
Demidov trying to control the position here.
Demidov keeping full guard, as Krug tries to pass.
Krug controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Krug trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Krug looking to sit in guard and control but Demidov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Demidov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Demidov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Demidov won't allow Krug to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Krug holds on and takes a little breather.
Demidov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Krug wants to sweep but no luck.
Demidov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Demidov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov passes into half guard.
Demidov passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Krug!
Demidov wants to take his opponent's back but Krug doesn't allow it.
Krug is trying desperately to improve position.
Krug looks gassed!
Demidov controlling the pace for now.
Demidov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Krug is looking to escape.
Demidov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Demidov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Demidov wants to control the pace but Krug is squirming around nicely.
Krug controls the position.
Krug is desperately trying to improve his position but Demidov has a good base and remains in mount.
Demidov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
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 Kaban Demidov will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Demidov throws a leg kick that misses.
Demidov tries to clinch but Krug moves out of range.
Demidov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Krug's head.

It looks like Iosif Krug has been cut.
Demidov tries to close the distance and clinch but Krug swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Demidov fails to land with a series of punches.
Demidov throws a head kick but Krug moves out of range.

Krug drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krug trying to control the position but Demidov is working away.
Krug scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov controls the position for a moment.
Krug wants to control but Demidov is keeping him busy.
Krug is breathing heavily.
Demidov struggling a bit here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Kaban Demidov just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Demidov throws the kick towards the body but Krug avoids it.
Krug looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Demidov throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Demidov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Demidov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Demidov throws a series of punches but Krug avoids them all with ease.
Demidov throws a leg kick that misses.
Kaban Demidov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Demidov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demidov throws a head kick but Krug moves out of range.
Demidov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demidov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov lands with a right that hurts Krug. Krug looks to clinch but Demidov throws a short knee that drops Krug. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Kaban Demidov!