PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alastair Gridlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilya Mstislav Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gridlock comes to the cage accompanied by Robbie Williams - Come Undone. Volkov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Россия kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gridlock
vs
Mstislav Volkov

190 cm
37
185 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

183 cm
29
184 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alastair Gridlock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilya Mstislav Volkov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gridlock moves out of range of the body kick from Volkov.
Gridlock throws a sloppy head kick
and Volkov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Volkov tries a low kick but Gridlock avoids it.
Gridlock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Volkov throws a low kick, looking for Gridlock's leg but Gridlock calmly moves out of range.
Gridlock scores with a decent looking hook.
Volkov thows a leg kick but Gridlock checks it
and Volkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gridlock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Volkov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gridlock throws a series of punches but Volkov moves out of range.
Gridlock thuds his shin into the meat of Volkov's side.
Gridlock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Volkov misses with a body shot.
Gridlock shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Volkov eats them both and turns towards Gridlock to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Volkov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Alastair Gridlock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Volkov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gridlock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gridlock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov dips to his left and cracks Gridlock with an uppercut!
Volkov throws a right hand that misses
and Gridlock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Volkov.
Gridlock avoids the body shot from Volkov.
Gridlock misses with a body kick.
Volkov misses with a right hand
and Gridlock finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gridlock throws a hook but Volkov avoids it easily.
Gridlock tries to score with a low kick but Volkov moves his leg out of the way.
Volkov lands a leg kick that knocks Gridlock off balance momentarily.
Gridlock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Volkov.
Gridlock moves out of range of the body kick from Volkov.
Gridlock feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Volkov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gridlock manages to avoid it.
Gridlock throws a body punch but Volkov moves out of range.
Volkov scores with a body shot.
Gridlock throws a jab when Volkov was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Volkov misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov misses with a straight left.
Volkov lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Volkov wants to slow Gridlock down by chopping away at his legs.
Volkov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gridlock misses with a shot to the body
and Volkov counters with a low kick, right behind Gridlock 's knee.
Gridlock throws a head kick that misses.
Gridlock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A shot to the liver by Gridlock. Beautiful body shot.
Gridlock misses with a lunging right hand
and Volkov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gridlock has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Volkov connects with a leg kick. Gridlock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gridlock is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Volkov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Volkov takes a swing at Gridlock's ribcage but misses.
Gridlock throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Volkov tried to score with a low kick but Gridlock checks it.
Volkov checks a low kick from Gridlock.
Volkov sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Volkov scores with a jab to the head.
Gridlock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gridlock throws a leg kick
enabling Volkov to counter with a crisp jab.
Gridlock scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Volkov.
Gridlock tests Volkov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Volkov fakes the leg kick and cracks Gridlock in the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gridlock.
Volkov checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock tries to clinch but Volkov is having none of it.
Volkov throws out a counter right but Gridlock avoids it with no problem.

Volkov lands a big head kick that sends Gridlock tumbling to the mat! Volkov takes a step backwards and waves Gridlock back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Gridlock is rocked!

It looks like Alastair Gridlock has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Volkov misses.
Oh Gridlock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Volkov! Gridlock is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilya Mstislav Volkov!
A very excited looking Ilya Mstislav Volkov 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.