PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyov Kirijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake The Snake had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!

The Snake
vs
Kirijenko

185 cm
38
226 lbs
30 - 19 - 0

195 cm
35
220 lbs
24 - 26 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake The Snake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lyov Kirijenko!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Snake checks a leg kick.
The Snake fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kirijenko on the side of the head.
Kirijenko avoids the body shot from The Snake.
The Snake misses with a body punch
letting Kirijenko counter with a right hand.

Kirijenko fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging The Snake to the ground. Kirijenko is now in The Snake's guard.
Kirijenko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The Snake is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The Snake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The Snake keeping moving, preventing Kirijenko from controlling successfully.
Kirijenko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Snake swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kirijenko pushing down on The Snake's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kirijenko in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Snake is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kirijenko scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kirijenko wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Snake keeps working.
Kirijenko thows a huge punch but The Snake dodges it nicely.
Kirijenko working the head and body with strikes.
Kirijenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kirijenko wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Snake keeps working.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kirijenko misses with a head shot. The Snake uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kirijenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kirijenko working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Snake looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kirijenko is one step ahead there.
Kirijenko is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Snake preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kirijenko trying to control but The Snake is working from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kirijenko stands up over The Snake, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kirijenko wants to control from the top but The Snake keeps moving.
The Snake is trying to keep Kirijenko in close.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kirijenko throws an overhand right that lands on The Snake's shoulder, as The Snake tries to avoid the shot.
Lyov Kirijenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kirijenko throws a lazy right hand but The Snake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Snake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirijenko was well out of range. Poor timing from The Snake.
The Snake swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kirijenko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kirijenko throws a right and a left that The Snake avoids nicely.
Kirijenko moves out of range of the strikes.
And Kirijenko tries to counter it with a takedown but The Snake pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Kirijenko scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The Snake taking a bit of punishment here - Kirijenko scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Snake takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kirijenko takes a little break here. The Snake wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Kirijenko lands a nice forearm strike.
The Snake tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kirijenko wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kirijenko lands a nice forearm strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kirijenko is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down The Snake's shoulder. That is not cool.
Kirijenko is chipping away with strikes.
Kirijenko scoring with punches and elbows.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko cracks The Snake with a big right hand but The Snake just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kirijenko trying to control the action but The Snake is working from the bottom.
Kirijenko working the head with strikes.
Kirijenko connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused The Snake some visible discomfort.

The Snake is rocked!
Kirijenko trying to control the action but The Snake is working from the bottom.
Oh The Snake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kirijenko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The Snake seems to have got his legs back now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Snake wants to control but Kirijenko postures up.
Kirijenko working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Kirijenko looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The Snake tries to improve position but can't.
Kirijenko working the ground and pound.
Kirijenko landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kirijenko trying to control the action but The Snake is working from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Kirijenko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kirijenko scoring with punches from side control.
Kirijenko advances nicely into full mount.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The Snake regains half guard.
Kirijenko has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kirijenko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kirijenko content just to control the position here.
Kirijenko tries to control but The Snake wriggling away.
Kirijenko landing punches.
The referee warns The Snake that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kirijenko unloading with bombs!
The Snake takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kirijenko raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kirijenko wants to control the pace but The Snake is squirming around nicely.
Kirijenko postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks The Snake out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Kirijenko goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lyov Kirijenko!
A relieved looking Lyov Kirijenko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.