PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yury Soares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares has chosen We Are Harlot - Denial as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Golovkin
vs
Soares

165 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
144 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Golovkin!
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, Yury Soares!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin misses with a takedown
and Soares counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Soares pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Golovkin tries to counter with a takedown but Soares is quick to defend against it.
Golovkin shoots in and drives through. Soares sprawls well.
Soares is looking to clinch.
Golovkin feinted with a counter takedown.
Soares lets loose with a powerful body kick. Golovkin will feel that in the morning.
Yury Soares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soares tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Golovkin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Soares. No joy for Golovkin on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikhail Golovkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Golovkin gets a double leg takedown into Soares's guard.
Golovkin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Soares utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Golovkin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Golovkin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a big right hand that misses.
Golovkin cracks Soares with a solid left hand.
Golovkin throwing strikes from guard but Soares blocks nicely.
Soares keeping moving, preventing Golovkin from controlling successfully.
Golovkin throws a big elbow that misses.
Golovkin lands a couple of elbows.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Soares can do anything to dispel that myth.
Golovkin stops Soares from standing up.
Golovkin lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin is looking to work some ground and pound but Soares has wrist control.
Soares really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Golovkin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Golovkin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Golovkin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Golovkin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Golovkin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Golovkin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Soares keeping moving, preventing Golovkin from controlling successfully.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Soares tries to clinch up but Golovkin circles away and keeps his distance.

Golovkin fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Soares to the ground. Golovkin is now in Soares's guard.
Golovkin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Golovkin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Golovkin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Golovkin pushes down on Soares's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Golovkin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Golovkin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Golovkin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Golovkin working Soares over with strikes.
Golovkin working Soares over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Golovkin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Golovkin wants to work for an arm triangle but Soares is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soares looks winded!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Golovkin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Golovkin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Golovkin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Soares throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid body kick from Soares.

Soares gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Golovkin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soares works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Golovkin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Golovkin stands up over Soares, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Golovkin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Soares's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Soares does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Golovkin thows a huge punch but Soares dodges it nicely.
Golovkin trying to control from half guard but Soares is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Golovkin seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Soares is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mikhail Golovkin!
The defeated Yury Soares had this to say: 'Eu não perco, só enjoo de vencer.'.