PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cody Chalke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Kuznetsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Chalke
vs
Kuznetsov

175 cm
22
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

178 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Cody Chalke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolai Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kuznetsov misses.
Chalke half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A swing and a miss from Chalke.
Chalke looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kuznetsov is fending him off so far but Chalke persists. Nope, Kuznetsov circles away and we're back to standing.
Kuznetsov throws a shot from downtown. Chalke moves away and avoids it.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chalke attempts a counter takedown but Kuznetsov avoids it well and moves away.
Kuznetsov cracks a nice hook into Chalke's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chalke slips a jab from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Chalke moves away from the strike by Kuznetsov.
Chalke feinted with a counter takedown.
Nikolai Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chalke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kuznetsov.
Chalke slips a jab from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Chalke staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chalke feinted with a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chalke staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov swings for the body but Chalke moves out of range.
Kuznetsov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kuznetsov lands with an overhand left.
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuznetsov misses the target.
Kuznetsov misses the jab.
A jab from Kuznetsov misses.
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
Chalke tries to counter with a takedown but Kuznetsov is quick to defend against it.
Chalke avoids the body shot from Kuznetsov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Chalke is just out of range.
Kuznetsov lands a right hook to the body.
Kuznetsov throws a body shot but no joy.
Chalke changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuznetsov punishes Chalke's body with a nice straight punch.
Chalke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Chalke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov throws a jab but it's blocked by Chalke.
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chalke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuznetsov connects with the punch.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetsov. Chalke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chalke attempts a counter takedown but Kuznetsov avoids it well and moves away.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Chalke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chalke feinted with a counter takedown.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Chalke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Chalke scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai Kuznetsov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chalke moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chalke scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Chalke moves out of range of the strikes.
Chalke drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kuznetsov sprawls and moves away.
Kuznetsov throws a body punch but Chalke moves out of range.
Chalke moves forwards but Kuznetsov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kuznetsov throws a big shot that misses.
Chalke drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kuznetsov sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chalke moves away.
Chalke appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kuznetsov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kuznetsov misses the jab.
Chalke feinted with a counter takedown.
Kuznetsov lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chalke slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.
Chalke shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kuznetsov as he jumps to the side.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chalke.
Chalke slips under a jab from Kuznetsov.
Chalke throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chalke blocks a jab.
Chalke is looking to counter punch.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot.
Kuznetsov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chalke ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Chalke feinted with a counter takedown.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot

and Chalke counters with a single leg into guard. Kuznetsov didn't expect that.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kuznetsov trying to control the position here.
Kuznetsov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chalke 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.
Kuznetsov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chalke is one step ahead there.
Chalke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kuznetsov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chalke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kuznetsov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chalke preventing the sweep.
Kuznetsov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Chalke is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chalke chips away with some ground and pound.
Kuznetsov keeping moving, preventing Chalke from controlling successfully.
Chalke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chalke with a nice head shot there.
Chalke is stalling in the full guard.
Chalke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kuznetsov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kuznetsov is looking to stand up but Chalke isn't so interested in that idea.
Chalke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chalke stops Kuznetsov from standing up.
Chalke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chalke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chalke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chalke cracks Kuznetsov with a solid left hand.
Chalke lands a couple of digs.
Chalke trying to control but Kuznetsov is working from the bottom.
Chalke works over Kuznetsov with some ground and pound from guard.
Kuznetsov wants to get back to his feet but Chalke is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Kuznetsov has his feet on Chalke's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Nice cross by Kuznetsov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Kuznetsov misses the target.
Kuznetsov throws a body shot but no joy.
Chalke half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nikolai Kuznetsov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetsov. Chalke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chalke moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov moves out of range as Chalke strikes.
Chalke takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chalke moves out of range as Kuznetsov strikes.
Chalke half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chalke swings widly with a right hand
and Kuznetsov counters with a stiff right hand.
Chalke walks into a left hand.
Kuznetsov misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Chalke avoids it easily.
Chalke changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Chalke slips under a jab.
Nikolai Kuznetsov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Chalke avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Chalke moved out of range nicely.
Chalke tries to counter with a takedown but Kuznetsov is quick to defend against it.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuznetsov misses the target.
Kuznetsov cracks Chalke with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Chalke ducks right into an uppercut from Kuznetsov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov drops Chalke with a naaaaasty hook - Chalke is in real trouble here! Kuznetsov dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolai Kuznetsov!
Our winner, Nikolai Kuznetsov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.