PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sigurmann Vignisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kantemir Khashukaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vignisson comes into the arena with Hustle Bones-Death Grips blaring out of the sound system. Kantemir Khashukaev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Vignisson
vs
Khashukaev

165 cm
20
142 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

166 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sigurmann Vignisson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kantemir Khashukaev!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khashukaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khashukaev shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vignisson defends it nicely.
Khashukaev has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Vignisson is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Vignisson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vignisson crunches a lovely knee into Khashukaev's ribcage.
Khashukaev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khashukaev drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vignisson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Khashukaev lands a nice hook to Vignisson's body. Vignisson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khashukaev fails with the takedown.
Sigurmann Vignisson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kantemir Khashukaev.
Khashukaev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vignisson swivels and escapes.
Vignisson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Vignisson pushes Khashukaev up against the cage in a clinch.
Vignisson landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vignisson scores a nice knee to the body.
Vignisson misses with a knee strike.
Vignisson prevents Khashukaev from breaking the clinch.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khashukaev is defending well for now.
Vignisson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khashukaev looks winded!

Khashukaev breaks from the clinch.

Vignisson clinches with his opponent.
Vignisson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Khashukaev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vignisson gets underhooks to prevent Khashukaev's takedown attempt.
Vignisson lands a knee to the body.
Vignisson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khashukaev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vignisson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khashukaev avoids it.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khashukaev is defending well for now.
Khashukaev throws a punch but it's blocked by Vignisson.
Vignisson has Khashukaev pressed against the cage, preventing Khashukaev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vignisson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vignisson trying to land knees to the body.
Vignisson lands a nice knee to the body.
Vignisson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vignisson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vignisson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khashukaev.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khashukaev is defending well for now.
Vignisson working Khashukaev over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vignisson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vignisson taking a breather.
Vignisson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Khashukaev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khashukaev managing to block the knees to the body from Vignisson.
Vignisson missing with knees to the body.
Vignisson tries to land a knee to the head but Khashukaev blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khashukaev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vignisson slowing the pace effectively.

Khashukaev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vignisson tries to clinch there but Khashukaev circles away.
Khashukaev fails with a takedown attempt.
Vignisson looks to clinch

and Khashukaev counters with a shoot takedown. Vignisson fights it but they end up in guard.
Vignisson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vignisson tries to get out of the position.
Khashukaev working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Khashukaev is working Vignisson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khashukaev is looking to work some ground and pound but Vignisson has wrist control.
Khashukaev chips away with some ground and pound.
Khashukaev prevents Vignisson from getting back to his feet.
Khashukaev controls from within his opponent's guard.
Vignisson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Khashukaev is controlling him.
Vignisson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Khashukaev on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev is in close to Vignisson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Khashukaev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khashukaev with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khashukaev is working Vignisson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khashukaev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khashukaev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vignisson wants to stand and escape but Khashukaev is having none of it.
Khashukaev connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Khashukaev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khashukaev is in close to Vignisson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Khashukaev cracks Vignisson with a solid left hand.
Khashukaev sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Khashukaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Vignisson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurmann Vignisson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vignisson clinches with his opponent.
Khashukaev is trying to break free.
Vignisson missing with knees to the body.
Vignisson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khashukaev is keeping busy.
Khashukaev is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vignisson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khashukaev blocks it with crossed arms.
Vignisson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Vignisson.
Vignisson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khashukaev can do to turn this around?
Vignisson throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vignisson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khashukaev is defending well for now.
Khashukaev is breathing heavily.
Vignisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Khashukaev avoids the damage to the body.
Khashukaev tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vignisson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vignisson looking to throw knees to the head but Khashukaev is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vignisson with a knee to the head.
Vignisson connects with a knee to the head.
Vignisson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khashukaev.
Vignisson lands a good knee to the midsection. Khashukaev won't want to take too many of those.
Sigurmann Vignisson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vignisson taking a breather.
Vignisson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vignisson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khashukaev wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khashukaev is defending well for now.
Khashukaev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vignisson missing with knees to the body.
Vignisson taking a breather.
Vignisson has Khashukaev pressed against the cage.
Vignisson missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khashukaev managing to block the knees to the body from Vignisson.
Khashukaev managing to block the knees to the body from Vignisson.

Khashukaev has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Vignisson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vignisson covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Vignisson is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Khashukaev scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Can Vignisson hold on?! Khashukaev is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Khashukaev controlling the position well here. Vignisson rolled but Khashukaev kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Khashukaev connects with a big shot to the side of Vignisson's head.
Khashukaev punches Vignisson on the ear.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Khashukaev. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can Vignisson hold on?! Khashukaev is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Khashukaev scores with strikes from the back.
Vignisson is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Khashukaev lands with a hammerfist to the side of Vignisson's head.

Khashukaev is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Vignisson has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Khashukaev has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Vignisson taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Khashukaev doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kantemir Khashukaev!
A very excited looking Kantemir Khashukaev 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.