PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladamir Vorchevsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladamir Vorchevsky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Padilla
vs
Vorchevsky

174 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valentin Padilla!
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, Vladamir Vorchevsky !
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Padilla wants to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Still in the clinch, Vorchevsky scores with a nice short uppercut.

Vorchevsky jumps guard.
Padilla scoring with punches to the head and body.
Padilla throws a big right hand that misses.
Vorchevsky looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Padilla 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vorchevsky trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Padilla missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Padilla in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla distracts Vorchevsky with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vorchevsky not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Padilla throws a big right hand that misses.
Padilla scoring with some ground and pound.
Padilla is looking to work some ground and pound but Vorchevsky has wrist control.
Padilla throws an elbow that misses. Vorchevsky uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Padilla's guard. Nice move by Vorchevsky !

Padilla working a defensive guard here.
Padilla working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vorchevsky .
Vorchevsky wants to pass the guard but Padilla is keeping the position.
Padilla is trying to control the position but Vorchevsky postures up.
Vorchevsky won't allow Padilla to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vorchevsky scoring with punches to the head and body.
Padilla avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vorchevsky with a nice head shot there.
Padilla is pulling down on Vorchevsky 's head. It's preventing any offense from Vorchevsky , at least for the moment.
Vorchevsky landing with the ground and pound.
Vorchevsky with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vorchevsky wants to control from the top but Padilla keeps moving.
Vorchevsky showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vorchevsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Padilla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Padilla looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Vorchevsky has Padilla up against the cage in a clinch.

Vorchevsky wants the takedown. Padilla is fighting it off but Vorchevsky persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Padilla's guard against the cage.
Vorchevsky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Padilla is controlling Vorchevsky 's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla is trying to control the position but Vorchevsky postures up.
Vorchevsky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vorchevsky chips away with some ground and pound.
Vorchevsky content to stall in guard here.
Vorchevsky postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vorchevsky won't allow Padilla to sweep him here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vorchevsky trying to control but Padilla is working from the bottom.
Vorchevsky trying to stand up but can't free himself from Padilla's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladamir Vorchevsky dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vorchevsky cracks a nice hook into Padilla's ribs.
Padilla closes the distance but Vorchevsky moves to the side
enabling Vorchevsky to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Valentin Padilla has been cut.

Vorchevsky looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Vorchevsky postures up and lands a big shot to Padilla's brow.

Padilla is rocked!
Vorchevsky postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Padilla covers up, he's hurt! Vorchevsky keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Vorchevsky and the ref steps in to end the fight! Vorchevsky can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladamir Vorchevsky !