PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shogan Aye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugeny Gorkovenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Aye
vs
Gorkovenko

188 cm
27
218 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

187 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shogan Aye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugeny Gorkovenko!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorkovenko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gorkovenko looks to throw the jab but Aye is out of range.
Aye pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aye feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gorkovenko's calf.
Some wild striking there from Aye.
Aye seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gorkovenko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Aye thows a leg kick but Gorkovenko checks it
and Gorkovenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gorkovenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gorkovenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gorkovenko lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aye keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gorkovenko.
It looked like Aye wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gorkovenko takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Aye throws a low kick but Gorkovenko avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorkovenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aye sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gorkovenko ducks right into an uppercut from Aye.
Gorkovenko looks to land a left hand but Aye moved out of range nicely.
Aye turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aye changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gorkovenko tries to avoid it but Aye manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gorkovenko to the ground. Gorkovenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Despite the aggression on Gorkovenko's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aye. Gorkovenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aye pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gorkovenko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aye.
Aye closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gorkovenko misses with a wild body shot.
Aye listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aye misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Gorkovenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Gorkovenko misses the target.
Aye looks to land a body kick but Gorkovenko moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aye scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aye is looking to land body kicks.
A little jabbing left from Gorkovenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gorkovenko tries to clinch but Aye is having none of it.
Gorkovenko with a nice cross.
Gorkovenko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Aye's head.
Gorkovenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gorkovenko misses with a looping right.
Aye lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aye bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from Aye misses
and Gorkovenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gorkovenko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gorkovenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aye quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Aye takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Aye. Those never looked like landing.
It seemed like Gorkovenko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sloppy strikes from Aye. Those never looked like landing.

Gorkovenko has closed the distance and engaged Aye in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aye.
Gorkovenko cracks Aye with a nice body shot.
Aye blocks a body shot from Gorkovenko.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aye struggles to land a body shot inside as Gorkovenko controls his hands.
Gorkovenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aye's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Aye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aye.
Gorkovenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gorkovenko is working Aye over against the cage.
Gorkovenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aye lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aye lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aye cracks Gorkovenko with a nice body shot.
Gorkovenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aye working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gorkovenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gorkovenko tries to work over Aye's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aye blocking some punches.
Gorkovenko blocks a body shot from Aye.
Gorkovenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aye cracks Gorkovenko with a nice body shot.
Gorkovenko looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aye.
Aye works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Aye works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Aye throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Aye lands with a light punch inside.
Aye struggles to land a body shot inside as Gorkovenko controls his hands.
Aye lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Aye controlling the action here for a moment.
Aye misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aye lands with a right to the head.
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 Shogan Aye will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gorkovenko tries to clinch
and Aye counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gorkovenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gorkovenko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Aye to score with a decent uppercut.

Gorkovenko is rocked!
Gorkovenko gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Aye points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Gorkovenko wakes up just in time to hear Aye thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shogan Aye!