PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Chaelsson (ranked 655 p4p, 19 weight class) and Alexei Volkov (ranked 3274 p4p, 121 weight class). Alexei Volkov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Chaelsson
vs
Volkov

185 cm
27
270 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

202 cm
29
288 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Groove Gear
Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Chaelsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexei Volkov!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkov misses with a body shot.
Chaelsson attempts a counter takedown but Volkov avoids it well and moves away.

Volkov gets caught napping as Chaelsson dives in and scores a takedown. Volkov manages to retain guard.
Chaelsson cracks Volkov with a solid left hand.
Chaelsson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chaelsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Chaelsson wants to control from the top but Volkov keeps moving.
Volkov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chaelsson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Chaelsson landing with the ground and pound.
Chaelsson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Chaelsson 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaelsson tries to free his leg and advance position but Volkov is retaining full guard.
Chaelsson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chaelsson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Volkov's head.
Chaelsson trying to control but Volkov is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaelsson is really struggling to control Volkov but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chaelsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Chaelsson with a nice head shot there.

It looks like Alexei Volkov has been cut.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chaelsson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chaelsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Volkov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chaelsson connects with a couple of short punches.
Chaelsson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chaelsson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaelsson stands up over Volkov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Chaelsson lands a couple of digs.
Chaelsson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chaelsson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chaelsson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Volkov's head.
Chaelsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Volkov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chaelsson cracks Volkov with a solid left hand.
Volkov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chaelsson.
Volkov working a defensive guard here.
Chaelsson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chaelsson throwing strikes but missing.
Chaelsson with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Chaelsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexei Volkov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Chaelsson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Volkov did well to prevent Chaelsson getting side control.

That has opened up Alexei Volkov's cut even more.
Chaelsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Volkov can do to turn this around?
Chaelsson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Volkov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

The cut above Alexei Volkov's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Volkov tries to kick Chaelsson off but Chaelsson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Chaelsson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Chaelsson raining down shots from the mount!

Volkov is rocked!

Alexei Volkov's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alexei Volkov's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Patrick Chaelsson!
A very excited looking Patrick Chaelsson 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.