PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel King (ranked 3239 p4p, 3109 weight class) and Vladimir Kalishnikov (ranked 378 p4p, 365 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

King
vs
Kalishnikov

178 cm
25
158
2 - 0 - 1

178 cm
25
165
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Kalishnikov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalishnikov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A quick step to the side and King tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kalishnikov wants to clinch.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalishnikov manages to avoid it.
Kalishnikov scores with a decent looking hook.
Kalishnikov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kalishnikov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kalishnikov scores with a nice right hand.
King definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A shot to the body from King misses
and Kalishnikov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King slips a jab and a cross from Kalishnikov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Kalishnikov.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King lands a jab to the head.
Kalishnikov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kalishnikov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalishnikov looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Kalishnikov tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kalishnikov avoids the body shot from King.
Daniel King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with an uppercut. Kalishnikov saw that one coming.
King takes one to the chin there.
Decent striking displayed by Kalishnikov there.
Kalishnikov lands a nice shot that snaps King's head back.
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
King with a nice cross.
Kalishnikov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice shot by King.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Kalishnikov has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Kalishnikov misses.
King fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kalishnikov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King sets himself, and Kalishnikov steps forward looking for the clinch! King avoids it this time.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kalishnikov moves away.
Kalishnikov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kalishnikov wants to clinch.
King swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kalishnikov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract King.
It looked like King wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
A swing and a miss from Kalishnikov.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalishnikov.
Kalishnikov wants to counter with a clinch but King pushes him away.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kalishnikov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a body punch but Kalishnikov moves out of range.
Kalishnikov tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kalishnikov throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
King was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kalishnikov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Kalishnikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kalishnikov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kalishnikov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalishnikov manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Kalishnikov misses the target.
Kalishnikov wants to clinch.
Kalishnikov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Kalishnikov lands.
King misses with a lunging right hand

and Kalishnikov counters by moving into the clinch.
Kalishnikov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalishnikov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kalishnikov misses with a hook from the clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalishnikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
King trying to stall but Kalishnikov improves his position.
King pushes Kalishnikov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
King is struggling to control the position.
King lands a body punch in the clinch.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
Kalishnikov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kalishnikov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King taking a breather.

King manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Kalishnikov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Kalishnikov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An attempted straight right counter from King misses the target.
King looks to throw the jab but Kalishnikov is out of range.
Vladimir Kalishnikov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kalishnikov to score with a decent uppercut.
King stuns Kalishnikov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
King takes one to the side of the head.
Kalishnikov misses with a straight left.
King is looking to counter punch.
Kalishnikov lands a nice looking body shot.
King throws out a loose jab but Kalishnikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kalishnikov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King misses the shot to the body.
Kalishnikov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kalishnikov is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
King throws a hook but Kalishnikov avoids it easily.
Kalishnikov tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kalishnikov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A quick step to the side and King tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
King tests Kalishnikov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kalishnikov misses with an uppercut.
King scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
King thuds his right hand into Kalishnikov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kalishnikov scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks.
King on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalishnikov looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalishnikov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from King.
A big right from King misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Kalishnikov. That snapped King's head back.
Jab, jab by Kalishnikov - just one landing.
Kalishnikov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kalishnikov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kalishnikov thuds his right hand into King's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kalishnikov tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kalishnikov takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
King takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalishnikov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by King.
King misses the body punch
enabling Kalishnikov to counter with a crisp jab.
Kalishnikov lands a nice looking body shot.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kalishnikov.
King lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kalishnikov at a distance.
King slips under a jab.
King misses the body punch
and Kalishnikov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kalishnikov.
King throws a shot from downtown. Kalishnikov moves away and avoids it.
King lands a really nice looking cross but Kalishnikov seems unphased.
King ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a hook.
Kalishnikov tries to counter with a clinch but King shakes him off and moves away.
King looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kalishnikov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kalishnikov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kalishnikov.
Kalishnikov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kalishnikov cracks King with a good jab.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kalishnikov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
King scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kalishnikov misses with a straight left.
King throws a good cross that connects.
Kalishnikov tries to clinch up.
King appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vladimir Kalishnikov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalishnikov manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Kalishnikov.
King looks to land a right hand but Kalishnikov moved out of range.
Kalishnikov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
King moves away from the strike by Kalishnikov.
King swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kalishnikov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalishnikov.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
King throws a hook to the side of Kalishnikov's head but Kalishnikov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalishnikov thuds a left hand into King's body.
King throws a looping overhand right but Kalishnikov ducks down to avoid it.
Kalishnikov misses with a straight right.

Kalishnikov clinches up with King and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalishnikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from King.
Kalishnikov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kalishnikov can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King ducks under a wild hook from Kalishnikov.
A big left from King misses.
Kalishnikov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kalishnikov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kalishnikov tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kalishnikov throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
Kalishnikov scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a looping right.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Kalishnikov's shoulder, as Kalishnikov tries to avoid the shot.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King misses with a body shot.
King scores with a jab to the head.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
Kalishnikov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
Kalishnikov wants to counter with a clinch but King pushes him away.
King scores with a shot to the body.
Kalishnikov throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, jab by Kalishnikov - just one landing.

Kalishnikov moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalishnikov lands a body punch.
Kalishnikov throws a head punch that misses.
Kalishnikov lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Kalishnikov.
Kalishnikov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kalishnikov lands a right hand.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kalishnikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Kalishnikov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King blocking some punches.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kalishnikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kalishnikov has a couple of punches blocked by King.
A shot in the inside from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalishnikov working aggressively here.
Kalishnikov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kalishnikov misses with a short punch on the inside.
King can't break the clinch.
King tries a body shot but Kalishnikov blocks it.
Kalishnikov misses with a punch on the inside.
King taking a breather.
Kalishnikov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Kalishnikov on the inside.
King is trying to maintain a safe position but Kalishnikov gets an underhook and turns King into the ropes.
Kalishnikov misses with some punches.
Kalishnikov has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Kalishnikov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kings head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kalishnikov struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
Kalishnikov tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daniel King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King prevents a body shot from Kalishnikov.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Kalishnikov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kalishnikov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight for Vladimir Kalishnikov!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Vladimir Kalishnikov!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Vladimir Kalishnikov!

Vladimir Kalishnikov wins by unanimous decision!
Vladimir Kalishnikov took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Concrete Clothing (Laundry Re Stock Coming Soon) for their support in the buildup to the fight.