PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yury Soares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kela Molotok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares comes to the cage accompanied by We Are Harlot - Denial. On his way into the cage it seems that Yury Soares has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Yury Soares seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Soares
vs
Kela Molotok

170 cm
25
144 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

198 cm
18
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yury Soares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kela Molotok!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soares leaves Molotok with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Molotok fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Soares avoids it really well and circles away.
Soares lands a front kick.
Molotok is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Soares closes the distance and clinches.
Soares throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Molotok wants to break free but Soares has control.
Soares lands an elbow inside that Molotok shrugs off.
Soares on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soares comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soares throws an elbow but it misses.
Molotok is trying to break the clinch but Soares is controlling him.
Soares lands an elbow that stopped Molotok in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soares pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soares lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Molotok is trying to break the clinch but Soares has him pressed against the cage.
Soares lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soares lands an elbow that stopped Molotok in his tracks for a moment.

Molotok is rocked!

It looks like Kela Molotok has been cut.
Soares pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Molotok is still on wobbly legs! Can Soares finish him?
Soares comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Molotok has Soares pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Soares manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Yury Soares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kela Molotok.
Soares pushes off an throws an elbow but Molotok leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Molotok dodges an elbow strike from Soares.
Molotok has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Soares after a bit of a struggle.
Molotok lands a shot to the body.
Molotok seems to have recovered his senses.
Soares lands an elbow that stopped Molotok in his tracks for a moment.
Soares lands a damaging elbow.
Soares throws an elbow but it misses.
Soares creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Molotok's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soares lands an elbow that stopped Molotok in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soares lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soares looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Soares throws an elbow but it misses.
Soares throws an elbow but it misses.
Soares lands an elbow just above Molotok 's eye.
Soares throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soares just misses with a elbow thrown towards Molotok's brow.
Soares throws an elbow that misses.
Soares is pressed up against the cage. Molotok has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Soares down to the mat. Soares avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Soares has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Soares.
Soares throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soares prevents the takedown attempt.
Molotok looks winded!
Molotok is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Soares is keeping busy.
Soares lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Molotok's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soares lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soares lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soares lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Molotok looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Molotok jumps guard but Soares turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Molotok takes an elbow to the forehead.
Soares throws an elbow that misses.
Soares lands an elbow inside that Molotok shrugs off.
Soares creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Molotok's defenses.
Molotok tries for a takedown but Soares manages to get underhooks.
Soares throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soares lands an elbow inside.
Soares misses with an elbow strike.
Soares lands an elbow inside that Molotok shrugs off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soares lands a damaging elbow.
Molotok fails to pull guard.
Soares lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soares comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soares creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Molotok's defenses.
Soares misses with an elbow strike.
Soares gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Soares throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Molotok is trying to break the clinch but Soares is controlling him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Soares just misses with a elbow thrown towards Molotok's brow.
Soares creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Soares is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Molotok blocks an elbow strike from Soares.
Molotok avoids a wild elbow strike from Soares.
Molotok takes an elbow to the forehead.
Soares lands a damaging elbow.
Soares lands an elbow that stopped Molotok in his tracks for a moment.
Soares lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Soares.
Soares has Molotok pressed against the cage. He pushes Molotok back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Soares throws a beautiful elbow that sends Molotok crashing to the floor! Soares piles on the pressure with more strikes! Molotok is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yury Soares!
Yury Soares decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.