PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kolpakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Frolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kolpakov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alisa - Aerobica. Frolov has chosen Manowar - Holy War as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nikolai Kolpakov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Victor Frolov's chin.

Kolpakov
vs
Frolov

178 cm
32
145 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

175 cm
33
136 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Kolpakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Frolov!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frolov misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Kolpakov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frolov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kolpakov.
Frolov lands a nice shot that snaps Kolpakov's head back.
Kolpakov throws a right hand that Frolov ducks under and follows up with a left that Frolov also avoids with ease.
Frolov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kolpakov.
A big right from Kolpakov misses.
Frolov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kolpakov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Frolov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Frolov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kolpakov is fending him off so far but Frolov persists. Nope, Kolpakov circles away and we're back to standing.
We've been told by Kolpakov's head coaches at Russian Fighting Community Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kolpakov slips under a jab from Frolov.
Kolpakov is looking to counter with head kicks.
Frolov closes the distance and clinches up with Kolpakov, looking for a takedown. Frolov pushes Kolpakov against the cage but Kolpakov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kolpakov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Frolov misses.
Kolpakov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Frolov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kolpakov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frolov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kolpakov misses with a left hand
and Frolov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kolpakov thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frolov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Kolpakov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kolpakov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kolpakov.
Frolov can't find room to land a body shot as Kolpakov controls the action.
Kolpakov controlling the action here for a moment.
Kolpakov blocking some punches.
Frolov cracks Kolpakov with a nice body shot.
Frolov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frolov being controlled against the cage.
Frolov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kolpakov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nikolai Kolpakov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Frolov.
Kolpakov lands a nice shot to the body.
Frolov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Frolov throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frolov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kolpakov walks away with a smile on his face. Frolov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Frolov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Kolpakov to counter with a crisp jab.

Kolpakov darts in and clinches Frolov up against the cage.
Frolov misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frolov.
Frolov has Kolpakov pressed against the cage.
Kolpakov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Frolov backwards.

Frolov is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kolpakov lands a shoulder strike.
Frolov is still on wobbly legs! Can Kolpakov finish him?
Kolpakov lands a nice knee to the body.
Kolpakov lands a big knee to the head and Frolov goes down! Kolpakov pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolai Kolpakov!
A very excited looking Nikolai Kolpakov 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.