PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Cleveland (ranked 24893 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Lavanatski (ranked 4949 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cleveland
vs
Lavanatski

153 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

187 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Augustus Cleveland!
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, Ruben Lavanatski!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lavanatski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cleveland stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lavanatski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lavanatski lands with a shot to the body.
Lavanatski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lavanatski keeps Cleveland at a distance using the push kick.
Lavanatski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cleveland circles away quickly and effectively.
Ruben Lavanatski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lavanatski works Cleveland's body with a nice hook.
Cleveland takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cleveland swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleveland steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lavanatski. That one must have hurt.
Lavanatski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cleveland takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cleveland takes one to the chin there.
Lavanatski lands a nice looking body shot.
Lavanatski clobbers Cleveland with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lavanatski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lavanatski lands a front kick.
Lavanatski's corner calls for a 1-2. Lavanatski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lavanatski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Augustus Cleveland has been cut.
Lavanatski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ruben Lavanatski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lavanatski connects with a jab.
Cleveland could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cleveland looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lavanatski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lavanatski throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Cleveland counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lavanatski trying to control from the bottom.
Lavanatski is looking to improve his position.

Cleveland wants to work for an arm triangle but Lavanatski is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cleveland is controlling the pace.

Cleveland wants to work for an arm triangle but Lavanatski is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cleveland decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Cleveland misses with a double jab
and Lavanatski counters with a nice uppercut.
Cleveland walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lavanatski.
A nice combination there by Lavanatski.

Cleveland is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Lavanatski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Augustus Cleveland's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lavanatski drops Cleveland with a big left hand! Cleveland is injured, injured bad! Lavanatski jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruben Lavanatski!