PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harald Harfager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandr Suvorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harfager comes to the cage accompanied by Amon Amarth - Pursuit of Vikings. Suvorov has chosen World in Conflict - Polyushko-Pole. as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harfager
vs
Suvorov

188 cm
23
186 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Russia GOLD
Crippler's Corner

Tesla Apparel
Made 4 The Cage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harald Harfager!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexandr Suvorov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harfager throws a front kick that sends Suvorov stumbling back into the cage.
Harfager tries to clinch up but Suvorov circles away and keeps his distance.
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Suvorov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice defenses there by Harfager.
A big right from Suvorov misses.
Harfager slips under a jab from Suvorov.
A swing and a miss from Suvorov.
Suvorov slips a straight right by Harfager.
Suvorov lands with a cross.
Harfager tries to clinch but Suvorov is having none of it.
Suvorov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Harfager has closed the distance and engaged Suvorov in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suvorov.
Harfager is trying to maintain a safe position but Suvorov gets an underhook and turns Harfager into the cage.
Harfager lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Suvorov scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfager stalling in the clinch but Suvorov improves position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harfager.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Suvorov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harfager is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A right hand to the body from Harfager.
Harfager scores with a shoulder strike.

Suvorov manages to break the clinch.
Harfager throws a body kick that misses.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch but Suvorov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harfager fails with an attempt to clinch.
Suvorov keeps the fight on the outside.
Suvorov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harfager wants to clinch.
Harfager wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harfager tries to clinch up but Suvorov circles away and keeps his distance.
Harfager moves in looking to clinch but Suvorov pushes him off.
Harfager tries to clinch there but Suvorov circles away.
Harfager throws a sloppy head kick and Suvorov moves out of range easily.
Harfager tries to clinch but Suvorov is having none of it.
Harfager throws a head kick but Suvorov moves out of range.
Harfager goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Suvorov misses with an uppercut. Harfager saw that one coming.
Suvorov throws a lazy right hand but Harfager sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suvorov misses the shot to the body.
Suvorov takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harfager staying out of range there.

Suvorov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Harfager sprawls well initially but Suvorov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Suvorov sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harfager defending well though.
Harfager is controlling Suvorov's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suvorov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harfager is doing well to control the position and prevent Suvorov from advancing to side control.

Suvorov wants to work for an arm triangle but Harfager is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Suvorov looks gassed!
Harfager regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harfager not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harfager trying to strike off his back.
Harfager is looking to stand up but Suvorov isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Suvorov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harfager swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Suvorov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harfager looking to hit a scissor sweep but Suvorov is one step ahead there.
Suvorov cracks Harfager with a solid left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harfager keeping full guard, as Suvorov tries to pass.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Suvorov swats away the attempt to clinch by Harfager.
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 Harald Harfager will probably get the nod.
That's time! Harfager's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harfager slips under a jab from Suvorov.
Harfager wants to clinch up but Suvorov keeps it at a distance.
Suvorov avoids the head kick by Harfager.
Suvorov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harfager is looking to clinch but Suvorov is avoiding it.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suvorov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harfager wants to clinch up but Suvorov keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suvorov shoots in looking for a takedown. Harfager tries to sprawl out of it but Suvorov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harfager manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harfager fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Suvorov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suvorov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Harfager gets caught flat footed, as Suvorov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Suvorov is breathing heavily.
Harfager preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Suvorov wants to pass the guard but Harfager is keeping the position.
Harfager has control of Suvorov's left arm, preventing Suvorov from doing any damage.
Suvorov throwing strikes from guard but Harfager blocks nicely.
Harfager wants to sweep here but Suvorov controlling him for the moment.
Harfager working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Harfager will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Harfager tries to clinch but Suvorov moves out of range.
Harfager tries to clinch but Suvorov is having none of it.
Suvorov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harfager takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Suvorov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harald Harfager is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Suvorov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harfager circles away.
Suvorov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harfager pinned against the cage. Harfager gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harald Harfager has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandr Suvorov.
Harfager scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harfager thuds a left hand into Suvorov's body.
Suvorov keeps the fight on the outside.

Harfager clinches.
Suvorov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Harfager.
Harfager softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harfager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Suvorov can't break the clinch.
Suvorov throws a head punch that misses.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Suvorov blocks with his arms.
Suvorov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suvorov tries for a takedown but Harfager manages to get underhooks.
Harfager blocking some punches.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Suvorov blocks with his arms.
Harfager is struggling to control the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Suvorov.
Suvorov managing to block the knees to the body from Harfager.
Harfager creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suvorov's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov is working for takedown but Harfager is calmly controlling the position for now.
Harfager blocks a body shot from Suvorov.
Harfager lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harfager lands with a short shot to the head.
Harfager creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suvorov's defenses.
Suvorov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harfager crunches a lovely knee into Suvorov's ribcage.
Harfager scores with a shot to the side of Suvorov's head.
Suvorov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harfager lands an elbow that stopped Suvorov in his tracks for a moment.
Harfager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suvorov.
Harfager landing knees to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harfager has a couple of punches blocked by Suvorov.
Harfager lands a left hand that snaps the head of Suvorov backwards.
Harfager is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harfager slows down the pace here.
Suvorov misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harfager avoiding damage.
Harfager throws an elbow but it misses.
Harfager trying to stall but Suvorov improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Harfager dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harfager scores with a hook to the body. Suvorov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harfager wants to clinch up but Suvorov keeps it at a distance.
Suvorov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harfager.
Suvorov lands the left hand.
Suvorov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Suvorov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harfager tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suvorov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harfager counters with a head kick.
Harfager tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suvorov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harald Harfager is winning the standup battle so far.
Harfager throws a sloppy head kick and Suvorov moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suvorov misses with a hook. Harfager ducked under it nicely.
Suvorov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harfager staying out of range there.
Harfager tries to clinch but Suvorov moves out of range.
Harfager is looking to clinch but Suvorov is avoiding it.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch but Suvorov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suvorov keeps the fight on the outside.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch but Suvorov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suvorov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Harfager fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harfager moves in looking to clinch but Suvorov pushes him off.
Suvorov misses with a takedown

and Harfager counters by moving into the clinch.
Suvorov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harfager tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Suvorov looking for a takedown.
Suvorov lands a body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Harfager.
Harfager throws an elbow that misses.
Suvorov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harfager.
Suvorov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Suvorov digs a right hand underneath Harfager's ribcage. Harfager let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harfager lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harfager just misses with a elbow thrown towards Suvorov's brow.
Suvorov dodges an elbow strike from Harfager.
Suvorov avoids a wild elbow strike from Harfager.
Harfager stops a takedown attempt from Suvorov.
Harald Harfager has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandr Suvorov.
Harfager lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suvorov backwards.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
Suvorov lands an uppercut.
Harfager controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right hand to the body from Suvorov.
Suvorov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suvorov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Suvorov blocks a body shot from Harfager.
Suvorov swings wildly with an uppercut but Harfager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harfager blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harfager throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harfager throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harfager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harfager throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harfager blocks an uppercut.
Harfager cracks Suvorov with a nice body shot.
Suvorov pushes Harfager back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Suvorov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
Harfager lands an elbow inside that Suvorov shrugs off.
Suvorov managing to block the knees to the body from Harfager.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Suvorov.
Suvorov swings wildly with an uppercut but Harfager uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Harfager.

Suvorov breaks the clinch.
Suvorov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suvorov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Suvorov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harald Harfager is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suvorov throws a shot from downtown. Harfager moves away and avoids it.
Harfager is looking to clinch but Suvorov is avoiding it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harfager throws a head kick but Suvorov moves out of range.
Harfager tries to clinch but Suvorov moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Harfager clearly takes 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.

Harfager rushes Suvorov and presses him up against the cage.
Harfager lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harfager missing with knees to the body.
Suvorov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harfager is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Suvorov is keeping busy.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Suvorov avoids the damage to the body.
Suvorov wants to get back to striking at distance but Harfager won't allow it.
Harfager content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harfager scores with a shoulder strike.
Suvorov lands with a right to the head.
Harfager looking to stall.
Harfager has Suvorov pushed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Suvorov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harfager trying to control the position but instead, Suvorov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harfager into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harald Harfager.
Suvorov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfager doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harfager takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harfager will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suvorov misses with a straight right.
Harfager takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suvorov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suvorov throws the left hand but Harfager avoids the punch easily.
Harfager tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harfager is looking to clinch but Suvorov is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harfager throws a combination that misses
and Suvorov counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Suvorov does no damage.
Suvorov misses with a series of wild punches.
Suvorov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harfager misses with a series of wild punches.
Harfager tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Suvorov counters with a nice uppercut.
Harfager on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Suvorov avoids the head kick by Harfager.
Suvorov throws a shot from downtown. Harfager moves away and avoids it.
Harfager dodges the punch combination from Suvorov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harfager clinches up against the cage.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Suvorov avoids the damage to the body.
Harfager with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harfager lands an elbow inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Suvorov.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Suvorov blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from Suvorov.
Harfager looking to stall.
Knees to the body from Harfager.
A short uppercut from Suvorov.
Harfager lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Suvorov.
Suvorov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Harfager fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Harfager slips a jab from Suvorov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harfager clinches but Suvorov breaks the clinch
and Suvorov counters with a left and a right that stings Harfager.
Harfager tries to clinch up
and Suvorov counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick by Harfager misses
and Suvorov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Suvorov swats away the attempt to clinch by Harfager.
Suvorov moves out of range of the body kick from Harfager.
Harfager closes the distance looking to clinch
and Suvorov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandr Suvorov dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suvorov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harfager walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A good leg kick by Harfager.
Harfager tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Suvorov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Suvorov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harfager looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Suvorov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Suvorov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harfager stuffs the takedown attempt from Suvorov. Suvorov gets slowly back to his feet.
Harfager throws a lazy right hand but Suvorov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suvorov shoots in and drives through. Harfager sprawls well.
Suvorov is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfager throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harfager throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harfager tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Suvorov counters with a stiff right hand.
Harfager lands with a slapping head kick.
Suvorov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harfager lands a nice looking kick to the body. Suvorov takes a step back to recover.
Harfager is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harfager looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alexandr Suvorov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harfager takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Harfager clinches but Suvorov breaks the clinch
and Suvorov counters with a nice uppercut.
Suvorov tries for a takedown but Harfager circles away easily
and Harfager counters with a head kick. That will keep Suvorov thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Harald Harfager has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandr Suvorov.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suvorov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harfager fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harfager punishes Suvorov's body with a nice straight punch.
Harfager wants to clinch
and Suvorov counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harfager closes the distance looking to clinch

so Suvorov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harfager controls Suvorov momentarily but Suvorov frees himself.
Suvorov looking to sit in guard and control but Harfager gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harfager has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harfager is looking to stand up but Suvorov won't let him.
Harfager loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Suvorov working for a triangle but Harfager defends it easily.

Harfager gets to his feet. Suvorov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Harfager pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harfager doesn't manage to clinch there - Suvorov circles away.
Suvorov misses with a looping right.
Harfager lands a really nice looking cross but Suvorov seems unphased.
Harald Harfager is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Suvorov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Harald Harfager.
I think Harfager has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 48:47
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harald Harfager!
Harald Harfager retains his middleweight title!