PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Hellmuth Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Juravlev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hellmuth Jr
vs
Juravlev

188 cm
29
260 lbs
17 - 2 - 0

182 cm
32
240 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Hellmuth Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Juravlev!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juravlev swats away the attempt to clinch by Hellmuth Jr.
Hellmuth Jr tries to clinch there but Juravlev circles away.
Hellmuth Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Private Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A shot to the body from Hellmuth Jr misses
and Juravlev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Phil Hellmuth Jr has been cut.
Hellmuth Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Juravlev.
Juravlev slips under a jab from Hellmuth Jr.
Juravlev moves out of range as Hellmuth Jr strikes.
Hellmuth Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Juravlev wants to counter the offense by Hellmuth Jr and move into the clinch position.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a straight left.

Hellmuth Jr closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hellmuth Jr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Juravlev's brow.
Hellmuth Jr working aggressively here.
Juravlev blocks an elbow strike from Hellmuth Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Hellmuth Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Alexey Juravlev has been cut.
Hellmuth Jr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hellmuth Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Juravlev lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hellmuth Jr throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Juravlev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Juravlev takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Juravlev.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hellmuth Jr.
Juravlev lands a hook that snaps the head of Hellmuth Jr backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Juravlev.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Juravlev dodges an elbow strike from Hellmuth Jr.
Hellmuth Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Juravlev's defenses.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Juravlev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hellmuth Jr pushes off an throws an elbow but Juravlev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Juravlev tries to throw a body punch but Hellmuth Jr avoids it by throwing Juravlev back against the cage.
Juravlev takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hellmuth Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Juravlev throws a head punch that misses.
Juravlev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hellmuth Jrs head.
A nice left hand lands by Juravlev.
Juravlev misses with a punch to the body.
Juravlev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hellmuth Jr backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellmuth Jr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Alexey Juravlev's cut even more.
Juravlev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Juravlev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hellmuth Jr pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hellmuth Jr blocking some punches.
Juravlev lands a nice uppercut.
Hellmuth Jr pushes Juravlev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

The cut above Alexey Juravlev's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hellmuth Jr throws an elbow but misses.
Hellmuth Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Juravlev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hellmuth Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Juravlev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Hellmuth Jr.
Hellmuth Jr takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jab from Hellmuth Jr.
Juravlev keeps the fight on the outside.
Juravlev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Juravlev gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hellmuth Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Alexey Juravlev's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Juravlev blocks an uppercut.
Juravlev blocks an elbow strike from Hellmuth Jr.
Hellmuth Jr gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alexey Juravlev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Phil Hellmuth Jr!
Phil Hellmuth Jr is the new heavyweight champion!
Phil Hellmuth Jr spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.