PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Kjaer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamil Zavurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kjaer
vs
Zavurov

178 cm
25
181 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

172 cm
32
169 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Edwin Kjaer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shamil Zavurov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zavurov moves into range and clinches up with Kjaer.
Zavurov told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Zavurov swings wildly with an uppercut but Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zavurov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kjaer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kjaer.
Zavurov throws a punch but it's blocked by Kjaer.
Zavurov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kjaer fails to land.
Kjaer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kjaer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zavurov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zavurov lands an elbow just above Kjaer 's eye.
A short right from Zavurov.
Kjaer takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kjaer.
Zavurov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kjaer avoids it.
Zavurov tries to pull guard but Kjaer won't allow it.
A short right from Kjaer on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kjaer has a couple of punches blocked by Zavurov.
Zavurov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kjaer lands with a light punch inside.
Kjaer tries a knee to the head but Zavurov blocks it.
Kjaer tries a knee to the head but Zavurov blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjaer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zavurov's face.
Kjaer missing with knees to the body.

Zavurov breaks the clinch.

Zavurov forces Kjaer back against the cage and clinches.

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

Zavurov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zavurov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Zavurov fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Zavurov fails to land.
Kjaer tries to land a knee to the head but Zavurov blocks with his arms.
Kjaer scores with a shot to the side of Zavurov's head.
Kjaer lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zavurov.
Zavurov blocks an uppercut.
Zavurov has a couple of punches blocked by Kjaer.
Zavurov scores with a shot to the side of Kjaer's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kjaer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zavurov blocks it with crossed arms.
Zavurov misses with a punch on the inside.
Zavurov lands with a short shot to the head.
Zavurov throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov managing to block the knees to the body from Kjaer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zavurov.
Zavurov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kjaer backwards.
Kjaer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kjaer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zavurov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zavurov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kjaer connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Shamil Zavurov has been cut.
Kjaer throws a punch but it's blocked by Zavurov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kjaer.
A short uppercut from Kjaer.
Kjaer trying to land knees to the body.
Kjaer blocking some punches.
Zavurov swings wildly with an uppercut but Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zavurov throws a head punch that misses.
Kjaer looking to throw knees to the head but Zavurov is blocking nicely.
Zavurov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zavurov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kjaer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zavurov is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov has a couple of punches blocked by Kjaer.
Zavurov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kjaers head.
Zavurov blocks an uppercut.
Kjaer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kjaer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kjaer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zavurov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kjaer looking to throw knees to the head but Zavurov is blocking nicely.
Zavurov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kjaer lands a hook that snaps the head of Zavurov backwards.
Kjaer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zavurov swings wildly with an uppercut but Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zavurov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Kjaer fails to land.
Kjaer misses with some punches.
Kjaer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Kjaer fails to land.
Zavurov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kjaer backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zavurov misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kjaer connects with a knee to the head.
Kjaer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kjaer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zavurov blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kjaer.
Kjaer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kjaer lands a good knee to the midsection. Zavurov won't want to take too many of those.
Zavurov looks winded!
Kjaer misses with a knee strike.
Kjaer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zavurov avoids it.
Zavurov lands a nice elbow.
Zavurov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zavurov tries to pull guard but Kjaer forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Zavurov working aggressively here.
Zavurov misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kjaer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zavurov is defending well for now.
Zavurov working aggressively here.
Kjaer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Kjaer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shamil Zavurov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Zavurov closes the distance and clinches.
Zavurov swings wildly with an uppercut but Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Zavurov fails to land.
Zavurov misses with an elbow over the top.
Kjaer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kjaer lands a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Kjaer.
Kjaer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Kjaer.
I was talking to Kjaer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kjaer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A shot in the inside from Kjaer.
Kjaer with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kjaer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Kjaer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zavurov is breathing heavily.
Zavurov lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zavurov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kjaer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zavurov.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kjaer.
Kjaer misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zavurov fails to land.
Kjaer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zavurov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zavurov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kjaer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kjaer.

Zavurov breaks the clinch.
Shamil Zavurov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Zavurov moves into the clinch.

Zavurov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Zavurov has closed the distance and engaged Kjaer in a clinch.
Kjaer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kjaer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zavurov can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kjaer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zavurov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kjaer backwards.
Kjaer blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Kjaer.
Kjaer lands a knee to the head.

Zavurov is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjaer scores with a shoulder strike.
Zavurov is still on wobbly legs! Can Kjaer finish him?
Kjaer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kjaer with a knee to the head.
Kjaer scores with a shot to the side of Zavurov's head.
Kjaer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kjaer unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Zavurov! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Kjaer is unloading with more strikes now! Zavurov drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edwin Kjaer!