PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Voronkoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voronkoff has chosen System of a Down-Aerials as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dog
vs
Voronkoff

190 cm
30
255 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

186 cm
36
260 lbs
12 - 19 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Duke Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Voronkoff!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voronkoff throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dog's waist but Dog gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Voronkoff off to one side.
Dog half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dog goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Andrey Voronkoff has been cut.
Dog misses with the combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Voronkoff!
Dog lands a high kick!
Dog throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dog fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dog works over Voronkoff's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dog fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Voronkoff shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Voronkoff showed some decent athleticism there.
Dog is trying to stand.
Voronkoff passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Voronkoff connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Voronkoff landing strikes from the mount and Dog is in trouble!
Voronkoff controlling from mount.
Dog is trying desperately to improve position.
Voronkoff landing shots from mount.
Voronkoff takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Voronkoff cracks Dog with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Voronkoff takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Voronkoff lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dog hang on?

Dog is rocked!

Dog defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Voronkoff.

Voronkoff working for a submission but Dog is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronkoff scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dog?
Oh Dog is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voronkoff softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Dog is out cold! Voronkoff jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrey Voronkoff!
A very excited looking Andrey Voronkoff made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.