PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Igor Abramov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Affe Vanhanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vanhanen's choice of entrance music: Medieval pagan music - Runestones. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Abramov
vs
Vanhanen

165 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Shinobi

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Abramov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Affe Vanhanen!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Abramov, as that shot connected.
Vanhanen connects with a crisp jab.
Abramov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Abramov avoids the body shot from Vanhanen.
Abramov slips under a jab.
Vanhanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abramov throws out the jab.
Abramov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Abramov misses with an uppercut
and Vanhanen counters with a right hand to the body.
Abramov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vanhanen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Vanhanen connects with a looping right hand.
Vanhanen swings for the body but Abramov moves out of range.
Abramov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Abramov throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Vanhanen to counter with a crisp jab.
Abramov could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abramov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Affe Vanhanen has been cut.
Vanhanen takes a swing at Abramov's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abramov looks to throw the jab but Vanhanen is out of range.
Vanhanen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Abramov loads up on a big right hand but Vanhanen slips the punch.
Vanhanen lands an overhand right.
Abramov throws an overhand right that lands on Vanhanen's shoulder, as Vanhanen tries to avoid the shot.
Abramov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vanhanen to score with a decent uppercut.
Abramov missing with a left hand there. Vanhanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abramov swings widly with a right hand
and Vanhanen counters with a straight right hand.

Abramov is rocked!
Vanhanen blocks a jab.
Vanhanen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Vanhanen lands an overhand right.
Oh Abramov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vanhanen swings for the body but Abramov moves out of range.
Abramov seems to have got his legs back now.
Vanhanen throws an overhand right that lands on Abramov's shoulder, as Abramov tries to avoid the shot.
Abramov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abramov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vanhanen misses with a straight right.
Abramov cracks Vanhanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Abramov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vanhanen takes a swing at Abramov's ribcage but misses.
Abramov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Abramov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vanhanen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vanhanen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Vanhanen misses with the combination.
Nice defenses there by Vanhanen.
Sloppy strikes from Abramov. Those never looked like landing.
Vanhanen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Abramov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vanhanen.
Abramov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Igor Abramov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanhanen misses with a body shot.
Abramov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abramov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Abramov loads up on a big right hand but Vanhanen slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Vanhanen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Abramov.
Vanhanen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vanhanen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abramov throws out the jab.
Abramov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Vanhanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for Vanhanen. That snapped Abramov's head back.
Abramov takes one to the side of the head.
Abramov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Vanhanen misses.
Vanhanen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vanhanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vanhanen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vanhanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Abramov. Abramov obviously looking to wear him down.
Vanhanen slips under a jab.
Abramov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vanhanen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Abramov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Abramov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Vanhanen counter with a right hand.
Vanhanen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vanhanen throws a body shot but no joy.
Abramov scores with a three punch combo!
Abramov is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vanhanen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Abramov tries a head kick but it misses.
Vanhanen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Affe Vanhanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Affe Vanhanen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vanhanen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abramov manages to avoid it.
Abramov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vanhanen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Abramov jabs Vanhanen right on the nose. Vanhanen blinks but takes it well.
Abramov pushes Vanhanen away with a front kick.
A combination from Abramov does no damage.
A countering left hand to the body from Vanhanen misses.
A big right from Vanhanen misses.
Abramov lunges at Vanhanen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vanhanen's hand.
Vanhanen moves away from the strike by Abramov.
Abramov throws a shot from downtown. Vanhanen moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanhanen misses with a body shot.
Abramov takes one on the button.
Abramov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vanhanen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanhanen avoids the body shot from Abramov.
Abramov lands a high kick!
Abramov misses with a shot to the body
and Vanhanen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vanhanen misses with a body shot.
Abramov misses with a jab to the body
and Vanhanen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vanhanen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abramov.
Abramov fails to land with a series of punches.
Vanhanen with a jab.
Abramov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Abramov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Vanhanen counters with a nice uppercut.
Abramov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vanhanen.
Abramov dodges the punch combination from Vanhanen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abramov misses with an uppercut
and Vanhanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vanhanen throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Abramov crashing down! Abramov tries to stagger back to his feet but Vanhanen just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Abramov asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Affe Vanhanen!
Affe Vanhanen is the new lightweight champion!
Affe Vanhanen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.