PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Gorbatsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Padilla
vs
Gorbatsov

174 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
23
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 3 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Gorbatsov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorbatsov tries a head kick but it misses.
Gorbatsov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Valentin Padilla has been cut.

Gorbatsov moves into the clinch.

Gorbatsov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gorbatsov misses with a body shot.
Padilla is looking to clinch but Gorbatsov is avoiding it.
Gorbatsov throws a shot from downtown. Padilla moves away and avoids it.

Gorbatsov is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Padilla's half guard.
Gorbatsov is pressing down on Padilla's thigh, looking to free his foot. Padilla is holding on for now.
Gorbatsov prevents Padilla from improving his position.
Padilla is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gorbatsov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gorbatsov's back!
Gorbatsov looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Padilla is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Gorbatsov defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Padilla really is a fat lump.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla missing with punches from the back.

Padilla is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Gorbatsov defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Padilla looking for the choke from the back.

Gorbatsov showing good submission defense here.
Gorbatsov is really stuck here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla wants to control the position but Gorbatsov frees himself and scrambles - Padilla manages to regain control in side control.
Padilla working the head and body with strikes.

Padilla tries for a kimura but Gorbatsov is defending well.
Gorbatsov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Padilla tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Padilla wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gorbatsov, who protects the arm well.
Padilla looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gorbatsov is avoiding damage well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Padilla landing a few strikes.

Padilla wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gorbatsov, who protects the arm well.
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.
Padilla lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Padilla is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gorbatsov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Padilla is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gorbatsov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Padilla is looking to take a break and control but Gorbatsov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Padilla working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentin Padilla dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Valentin Padilla's cut.
That's time! Padilla's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gorbatsov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Gorbatsov tries to keep at a distance but Padilla has taken the fight into the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Padilla - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Gorbatsov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gorbatsov closes the distance and clinches.

Gorbatsov breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Gorbatsov does no damage.
Padilla seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Gorbatsov clinches.
Gorbatsov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Padilla breaks the clinch.

Gorbatsov decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Padilla slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Padilla seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Gorbatsov is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorbatsov stopping the sweep attempt from Padilla.
Gorbatsov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gorbatsov postures up.
Padilla pulls Gorbatsov in close to his closed guard and prevents Gorbatsov from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Padilla has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

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.

Gorbatsov closes the distance and clinches.
Padilla tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gorbatsov's elbow.

Padilla pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Padilla blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Gorbatsov misses.
Padilla ducks under a wild hook from Gorbatsov.
Padilla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valentin Padilla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Padilla blocks a head kick by Gorbatsov.
Padilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla tries to clinch up.
Padilla backing away here, and Gorbatsov unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Padilla tries to close the distance and clinch but Gorbatsov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Padilla wants to clinch.
Gorbatsov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Padilla moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Padilla fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gorbatsov just manages to avoid it.
Gorbatsov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Padilla tries to clinch up but Gorbatsov circles away and keeps his distance.
Gorbatsov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gorbatsov misses with a body shot.
Padilla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gorbatsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gorbatsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Padilla moves away.
Padilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Padilla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gorbatsov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Padilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Padilla doesn't manage to clinch there - Gorbatsov circles away.
Padilla tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gorbatsov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Padilla is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valentin Padilla is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Padilla tries to close the distance and clinch but Gorbatsov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Padilla gets tackled into the cage by Gorbatsov. Gorbatsov maintains the clinch.

Padilla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Padilla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gorbatsov swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Gorbatsov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Valentin Padilla's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Gorbatsov swats away the attempt to clinch by Padilla.
Padilla closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gorbatsov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Padilla forces Gorbatsov back against the cage and clinches.

Gorbatsov turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Padilla is trying to get back to half guard.
Padilla sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Padilla wants to improve his position but Gorbatsov is controlling well.
Gorbatsov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Padilla preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorbatsov is stalling here. Padilla is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Gorbatsov seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Padilla has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The strikes coming from Padilla are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Padilla in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Gorbatsov is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Valentin Padilla!