PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonid Dyachkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Powell
vs
Dyachkov

180 cm
20
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
174 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taylor Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonid Dyachkov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell stuns Dyachkov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Powell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dyachkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Powell has Dyachkov pushed against the cage.
Dyachkov looking to slow down the pace here.
Dyachkov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dyachkov lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Powell breaks the clinch.
Taylor Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dyachkov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Powell is able to avoid easily.
Dyachkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dyachkov swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell slips under a jab.
Powell shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dyachkov counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Powell darts in and clinches Dyachkov up against the cage.
Dyachkov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Powells head.

Dyachkov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Powell drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Powell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Powell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Powell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Powell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Powell postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Powell throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyachkov trying to control the position.
Dyachkov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Powell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dyachkov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Powell postures up and lands a big shot to Dyachkov's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powell lands a couple of elbows.
Dyachkov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Powell controls the pace.
Powell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Powell working some strikes from top position.
Powell throws a big right hand that misses.
Powell is in close to Dyachkov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Powell throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Powell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Powell is looking to pass into half guard but Dyachkov pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dyachkov is in guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Powell pulls Dyachkov in close to prevent any damage.
Dyachkov wants to control from the top but Powell keeps moving.
Powell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Powell is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dyachkov won't allow Powell to sweep him here.
Powell controlling the position.
Powell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powell has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Powell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dyachkov is trying to stand.
Powell 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.
Powell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dyachkov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Powell scores with a couple of nice shots.
Powell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dyachkov throws a lazy body kick

so Powell counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Powell postures up and lands a big shot to Dyachkov's brow.

Dyachkov is rocked!
Powell arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Dyachkov's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Taylor Powell!
Taylor Powell tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.