PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Kowalchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Brother (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vyacheslav Kowalchuk had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kowalchuk
vs
Brother

165 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
133 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vyacheslav Kowalchuk !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Young Brother!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brother throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother misses with a series of wild punches.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Brother throws a right hand that Kowalchuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Kowalchuk also avoids with ease.
Brother lands a high kick!
Kowalchuk avoids the head kick by Brother.
As Brother tries to get set, Kowalchuk tries to push him back and clinch up but Brother manages to avoid the attempt.
Brother throws a head kick but Kowalchuk moves out of range.
Brother throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kowalchuk seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brother connects with a high kick.
Brother throws a right hand that Kowalchuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Kowalchuk also avoids with ease.
Brother swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalchuk dodges the punch combination from Brother.
Kowalchuk slips a jab and a cross from Brother.
Brother misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Brother misses.
Kowalchuk tries to counter by clinching up but Brother breaks away and moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Brother.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Brother looks winded!
Brother tries a head kick but it misses.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Brother throws a head kick that misses.
Brother tries a head kick but it misses.
Brother lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kowalchuk circles away quickly and effectively.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalchuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brother.
Brother throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Brother swinging wildly here.
Brother throws a right hand that Kowalchuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Kowalchuk also avoids with ease.
As Brother tries to get set, Kowalchuk tries to push him back and clinch up but Brother manages to avoid the attempt.
Brother tries a head kick but it misses.
Young Brother seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brother lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kowalchuk circles away quickly and effectively.
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brother will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brother throws a right hand that Kowalchuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Kowalchuk also avoids with ease.
Brother misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brother throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kowalchuk tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Brother manages to circle out of the way.
Brother throws a series of punches but Kowalchuk moves out of range.
Brother fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Brother misses with a double jab

and Kowalchuk moves into the clinch.

Kowalchuk drags the fight down to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brother is fighting to break Kowalchuk 's control of his arms but Kowalchuk is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kowalchuk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kowalchuk wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Young Brother dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brother misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brother throws a head kick that Kowalchuk semi-blocks.
Brother throws a head kick that misses.
Brother throws a head kick that misses

and Kowalchuk counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Brother looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brother can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kowalchuk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brother walks away with a smile on his face. Kowalchuk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Brother has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
No joy there for Brother, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Brother tries to get set, Kowalchuk tries to push him back and clinch up but Brother manages to avoid the attempt.
Brother misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brother is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brother throws a right and a left that Kowalchuk avoids nicely.
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother tries a head kick but it misses.
Kowalchuk is looking to counter the offense by Brother and move into the clinch.
Brother misses with a head kick.
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother tries a head kick but it misses.
Brother looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Young Brother is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brother throws a sloppy head kick and Kowalchuk moves out of range easily.
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother misses with a two punch combination.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Kowalchuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brother.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Brother throws a combination that misses

and Kowalchuk counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalchuk tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kowalchuk has been working on his balance at Tsar's Iron Addicts Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Brother.
Kowalchuk tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brother smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vyacheslav Kowalchuk . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some wild striking there from Brother.
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother throws a lazy head kick

and Kowalchuk counters by moving into the clinch.
Kowalchuk tries to pull guard but Brother holds him up against the cage and eventually Kowalchuk drops back down to his feet.
Brother wants to break free but Kowalchuk has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalchuk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brother walks away with a smile on his face. Kowalchuk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Brother looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brother throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kowalchuk wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brother tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Brother.
A head kick misses from Brother.
A punch combination from Brother misses.
Brother misses with a double jab

and Kowalchuk counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalchuk tries to pull guard but Brother forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kowalchuk jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brother walks away with a smile on his face. Kowalchuk gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Brother throws a right hand that Kowalchuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Kowalchuk also avoids with ease.
Kowalchuk blocks a head kick by Brother.
Brother tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brother throws a head kick but Kowalchuk moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brother misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brother swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kowalchuk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kowalchuk .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Young Brother showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Brother throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kowalchuk .
Brother misses with a few strikes there.
As Brother tries to get set, Kowalchuk tries to push him back and clinch up but Brother manages to avoid the attempt.
Kowalchuk slips a jab and a cross from Brother.
Brother misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brother throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As Brother tries to get set, Kowalchuk tries to push him back and clinch up but Brother manages to avoid the attempt.
Brother throws a sloppy head kick

and Kowalchuk holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kowalchuk tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brother smiles and moves away.
Brother takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brother misses with a head kick.
Brother throws a sloppy head kick and Kowalchuk moves out of range easily.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
Kowalchuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brother.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brother throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brother throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kowalchuk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kowalchuk .
Kowalchuk is trying to pull guard but Brother has him pressed against the cage.
Kowalchuk tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brother smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vyacheslav Kowalchuk . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brother throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kowalchuk .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalchuk avoids the head kick by Brother.
Kowalchuk tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Brother manages to circle out of the way.
Brother misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kowalchuk is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Brother.
No joy there for Brother, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kowalchuk tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Brother manages to circle out of the way.
Brother tries to bum rush Kowalchuk with a series of wild strikes but Kowalchuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brother scores with a one two! Kowalchuk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Brother throws a head kick that misses.
Kowalchuk tries to counter by clinching up but Brother breaks away and moves out of range.
Brother misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Brother misses

and Kowalchuk counters by moving into the clinch.
Kowalchuk fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kowalchuk manages to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brother being controlled here momentarily.
Kowalchuk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kowalchuk controlling the position.
Kowalchuk has a closed guard, preventing Brother from standing up.
Kowalchuk controlling the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Young Brother comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brother winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Young Brother!