PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Graham England (ranked 6851 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Shytaw (ranked 5840 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

England
vs
Shytaw

167 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Graham England!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Shytaw!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Shytaw.
England tries to counter with a takedown but Shytaw is quick to defend against it.

Shytaw shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

England makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Shytaw tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and England counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shytaw is trying to maintain the position but England is very close to passing his half guard.
Ground and pound from England.

That's one minute gone in the round.

England is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Shytaw has managed to free his arm - good work.
Shytaw is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shytaw wants to get back to full guard but England has passed into side control.
Shytaw is trying to control England's posture but England avoids it.
Shytaw parries the strikes from England easily there. England is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shytaw to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Check out the look on England's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
England in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

England is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Shytaw is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Shytaw manages to get back to half guard.
Shytaw gets back to full guard.
England stands up over Shytaw, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
England is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
England cracks Shytaw with a solid left hand.
England trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Shytaw can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as England controls the pace.
England 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.
England postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Shytaw scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Shytaw scores with a takedown into England's guard.
England is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shytaw would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Shytaw with a flurry of punches that miss.
England manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shytaw manages to get himself to full guard.

Shytaw avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
England is standing up over Shytaw. Shytaw looks to escape but England dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham England dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A chopping leg kick lands by Shytaw.
England misses with the combination.
England is looking to clinch but Shytaw is avoiding it.

Shytaw looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shytaw wants to pass to mount but England is defending the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
England is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
England makes his way to full guard. A much better position for England.
England looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shytaw is one step ahead there.
England is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shytaw can do to turn this around?
Shytaw controlling from the top position.

England looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
England trying to keep a closed guard but Shytaw is proving a slippery customer.
Shytaw wants to control from the top but England keeps moving.

Shytaw content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because England has locked up a guillotine! England's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Shytaw is holding on here and England must be using up a lot of energy. Shytaw has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! England gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Graham England!