PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vova Klimov (ranked 1826 p4p, 224 weight class) and Kemal Ubunthur (ranked 2417 p4p, 279 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ubunthur's choice of entrance music: Kodak Black - No Flockin. This should be fireworks!

Klimov
vs
Ubunthur

181 cm
30
203 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

183 cm
32
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vova Klimov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kemal Ubunthur!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klimov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ubunthur catches Klimov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Klimov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ubunthur throws a lazy uppercut
and Klimov counters with a right hand to the body.
Klimov checks a leg kick nicely.
Klimov misses with a straight left.
Klimov sets himself, and Ubunthur steps forward looking for the clinch! Klimov avoids it this time.
Ubunthur cracks Klimov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Klimov thuds his right hand into Ubunthur's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ubunthur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Klimov.
Good work by Klimov as he checks the leg kick.
Klimov is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ubunthur.
Klimov takes a swing at Ubunthur's ribcage but misses.
Ubunthur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klimov.
Ubunthur throws a shot from downtown. Klimov moves away and avoids it.
As Ubunthur tries to get set, Klimov tries to push him back and clinch up but Ubunthur manages to avoid the attempt.
Klimov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cats Killers Academy Mma in the buildup to the fight.
Vova Klimov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klimov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Klimov throws out a loose jab but Ubunthur uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubunthur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klimov.
Klimov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ubunthur moves away.
Klimov lands with a nice body punch.
Ubunthur misses with an uppercut.
Klimov misses with an uppercut
and Ubunthur counters with a nice uppercut.
Klimov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klimov.
Ubunthur looks to land a left hand but Klimov moved out of range nicely.
Klimov is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Ubunthur.
Some bone on bone action there as Klimov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Klimov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ubunthur throws a nice looking combination but Klimov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Klimov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ubunthur at a distance.
Klimov throws an overhand right that lands on Ubunthur's shoulder, as Ubunthur tries to avoid the shot.
Ubunthur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klimov was well out of range. Poor timing from Ubunthur.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klimov lands an uppercut.
Ubunthur trying to land knees to the body.
Ubunthur has a couple of punches blocked by Klimov.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ubunthur misses with a body punch.
Ubunthur scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ubunthur struggles to land a body shot inside as Klimov controls his hands.
Klimov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ubunthur throws a head punch that misses.
Ubunthur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Klimov tries to work over Ubunthur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ubunthur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Klimov avoids it.
Ubunthur throws a head punch that misses.
Ubunthur lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Ubunthur.
Klimov lands with a light punch inside.
Klimov pushes Ubunthur back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ubunthur blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Klimov fails to land.
Ubunthur blocking some punches.
Ubunthur scores with a hook to the body.
Klimov wants to stall.
Ubunthur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Klimov managing to block the knees to the body from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Klimov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ubunthur misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ubunthur fails to land.
Klimov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Klimov throws an elbow that misses.
Ubunthur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ubunthur lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Vova Klimov has been cut.
Ubunthur tries to throw a body punch but Klimov avoids it by throwing Ubunthur back against the cage.
Klimov blocks the elbow strike.
Klimov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ubunthur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klimov throws a punch but it's blocked by Ubunthur.
Ubunthur has a couple of punches blocked by Klimov.
Klimov avoiding damage as Ubunthur throws knees to the body.
Klimov takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klimov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ubunthur tries to land knees in the clinch but Klimov avoids the damage to the body.
Ubunthur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klimov.
Ubunthur tries to throw a body punch but Klimov avoids it by throwing Ubunthur back against the cage.
The referee calls for Klimov to work.
Ubunthur working aggressively here.
Ubunthur misses with a punch to the body.
Klimov lands a body punch.
Klimov managing to block the knees to the body from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur trying to land knees to the body.
Ubunthur blocks an uppercut.
Ubunthur pushes off an throws an elbow but Klimov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ubunthur blocking some punches.
Ubunthur throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kemal Ubunthur will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vova Klimov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Klimov scores with a nice right hand.
Ubunthur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klimov.
Ubunthur connects with a good right hand that stumbles Klimov. Klimov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ubunthur ducks under a wild hook from Klimov.
Ubunthur pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Klimov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Klimov misses with a hook.
Ubunthur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ubunthur swats away the attempt to clinch by Klimov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klimov is looking to clinch but Ubunthur is avoiding it.
Ubunthur wants to counter with a clinch but Klimov pushes him away.
Klimov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klimov slips a straight right by Ubunthur.
Klimov loads up on a big right hand but Ubunthur slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klimov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ubunthur.
Nice defenses there by Ubunthur.
Klimov throws a body shot but no joy.
Klimov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Klimov wants to clinch up but Ubunthur keeps it at a distance.
Klimov throws a lazy uppercut
and Ubunthur counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Klimov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab from Klimov.
Ubunthur connects with the punch.
Klimov throws an overhand right that lands on Ubunthur's shoulder, as Ubunthur tries to avoid the shot.
Ubunthur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ubunthur throws a sloppy head kick and Klimov moves out of range easily.
Klimov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ubunthur slips a jab from Klimov.
Ubunthur misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Ubunthur.
Klimov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ubunthur.
Klimov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ubunthur lands a body shot.
Klimov swings for the body but Ubunthur moves out of range.
Ubunthur misses with a head kick.
Klimov looks to land a right hand but Ubunthur moved out of range.
Klimov misses with a straight right.
Ubunthur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A left lands for Klimov.
Ubunthur blocks a jab.
Ubunthur scores with a leg kick.
Ubunthur throws the kick towards the body but Klimov avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubunthur moves out of range as Klimov strikes.
Ubunthur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klimov.
Klimov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ubunthur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Klimov misses the target.
Ubunthur is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ubunthur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klimov throws out the jab.
Klimov avoids the head kick by Ubunthur.
Ubunthur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ubunthur throws the kick towards the body but Klimov avoids it.
Klimov looks to land a right hand but Ubunthur moved out of range.
Klimov looks to land a right hand but Ubunthur moved out of range.
Klimov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ubunthur.
Klimov throws the left hand but Ubunthur avoids the punch easily.
Ubunthur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klimov throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ubunthur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Klimov avoids the head kick by Ubunthur.
Ubunthur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klimov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ubunthur connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ubunthur throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Ubunthur.
Klimov just misses with a punch to the body.
Ubunthur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klimov.
A clash of legs there as Klimov blocks the low kick.
Klimov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ubunthur darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ubunthur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ubunthur misses with a straight right.
It looked like Klimov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kemal Ubunthur will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vova Klimov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Ubunthur misses with an uppercut.
Klimov is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ubunthur misses with a low kick.
Klimov throws a body shot but no joy.
Ubunthur rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Klimov moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ubunthur fails to land.
Klimov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ubunthur trying to land knees to the body.
Klimov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klimov blocks an uppercut.
Klimov tries to throw a body punch but Ubunthur avoids it by throwing Klimov back against the cage.
Klimov throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ubunthur misses with some punches.
Klimov pushes Ubunthur back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ubunthur letting Klimov take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ubunthur.
Ubunthur throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klimov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ubunthur throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ubunthur.
Ubunthur misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ubunthur throws an elbow but misses.
Klimov blocks the elbow strike.
Klimov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ubunthur throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Klimov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ubunthur's elbow.
Klimov lands with a left to the head.
Kemal Ubunthur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Klimov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Klimov avoids a wild elbow strike from Ubunthur.
A short right from Klimov.
Ubunthur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Klimov.
Klimov throws an elbow but it misses.
Klimov avoids the elbow strike from Ubunthur, against the cage.
Ubunthur swings wildly with an uppercut but Klimov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Ubunthur.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ubunthur working aggressively here.
Klimov misses with a punch on the inside.
Ubunthur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Klimov cracks Ubunthur with a nice body shot.
Ubunthur takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Klimov pushes Ubunthur back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Klimov can't find room to land a body shot as Ubunthur controls the action.
Klimov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ubunthur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klimov's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ubunthur.
Klimov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Klimov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Klimov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Klimov prevents a body shot from Ubunthur.
A short right from Klimov on the inside.
Klimov stalling against the cage.
Klimov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Klimov.
Klimov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klimov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ubunthur is keeping busy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Klimov.
Klimov lands a left hand.
Ubunthur misses with a punch to the body.
Vova Klimov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ubunthur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klimov.
Ubunthur trying to land knees to the body.
Ubunthur pushes off an throws an elbow but Klimov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Klimov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Klimov.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ubunthur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Klimov's brow.
Klimov lands an uppercut.
Ubunthur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klimov's elbow.
Ubunthur is working Klimov over against the cage.
Ubunthur struggles to land a body shot inside as Klimov controls his hands.
Klimov holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubunthur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Klimov scores with a shot to the side of Ubunthur's head.
Ubunthur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ubunthur trying to land knees to the body.
Klimov lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ubunthur lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Klimov.
Klimov presses Ubunthur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Klimov presses Ubunthur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Klimov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ubunthur up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ubunthur just misses with a elbow thrown towards Klimov's brow.
Klimov working aggressively here.
Ubunthur tries to work over Klimov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Klimov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Klimov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ubunthur pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Klimov lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vova Klimov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ubunthur has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kemal Ubunthur!
The defeated Vova Klimov had this to say: 'Fuck you!'.