PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mamoru Date (ranked 1135 p4p, 1033 weight class) and Fiyero Lermontov (ranked 137 p4p, 125 weight class). Fiyero Lermontov has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Date
vs
Lermontov

178 cm
38
160
33 - 16 - 3

180 cm
32
159
23 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Aspire Clothing

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 33 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Mamoru Date!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fiyero Lermontov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Date throws the left hand but Lermontov avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Date darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Lermontov misses the target.
Lermontov loads up on a big right hand but Date slips the punch.
Lermontov looks to land a left hand but Date moved out of range nicely.
Lermontov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Date.
Lermontov misses with a straight left.
Lermontov throws a big shot that misses.
Date showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lermontov.
Lermontov misses with a hook. Date ducked under it nicely.
Date with the inside leg kick.
Lermontov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lermontov ducks under a wild hook from Date.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Date throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lermontov tries to counter with a clinch but Date shakes him off and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Lermontov misses the target.
Lermontov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lermontov ducks under a wild hook from Date.
Lermontov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Date cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lermontov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Date manages to avoid it.
Date avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Date quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Date has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lermontov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Date appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Lermontov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Date doesn't seem phased though.
Lermontov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Date.
Lermontov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lermontov avoids a kick to the body.
Date tries a head kick but it misses.
Lermontov throws a shot from downtown. Date moves away and avoids it.
Date ducks under a wild hook from Lermontov.
Date is looking to clinch but Lermontov is avoiding it.
Lermontov misses with a looping right.
Date moves out of range of the body kick from Lermontov.
Date throws out a leg kick but Lermontov moves out of range and Date only half commits.
Date throws a solid leg kick but Lermontov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Date.
Date tries to score with a low kick but Lermontov moves his leg out of the way.
Date with a nice cross.
Date slips a jab and a cross from Lermontov.
Date scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lermontov in his tracks.
Date throws a jab but it's blocked by Lermontov.
Date throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lermontov misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov avoids the body shot from Date.
Date ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lermontov moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Lermontov. Those never looked like landing.
Date tries to close the distance and clinch but Lermontov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Date lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lermontov misses with a two punch combination.
Date thinks about countering with a body kick.
Date takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lermontov misses with a series of wild punches.
Lermontov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lermontov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Date's head.
Lermontov looks to land a right hand but Date moved out of range.
Lermontov misses with a hook.
Lermontov looks to land a right hand but Date moved out of range.
Lermontov scores with a hook to the body. Date takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Date keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lermontov.
Date moves out of range of the body kick.
Lermontov just misses with a punch to the body.
Date throws a sloppy head kick and Lermontov moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov takes a kick to the side of the head.
Date ducks under a wild hook from Lermontov.
Date slips under a jab.
Date just misses with a punch to the body.
Date slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Date misses the target.
Lermontov is looking to land body kicks.
Lermontov slips under a jab from Date.
Lermontov works the jab nicely.
Lermontov connects with a looping right hand.
Lermontov avoids the body shot from Date.
Date swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Date looks to land a body kick but Lermontov moved away.
Lermontov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Date scoring well with a low kick there.
Date fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Date waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lermontov.
Date ducks under a wild hook from Lermontov.
Date throwing a counter right hand but Lermontov manages to avoid it.
Date misses with a wild body shot.
Date is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lermontov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Date is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lermontov.
Lermontov throws a shot from downtown. Date moves away and avoids it.
Date avoids the head kick by Lermontov.
Date is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lermontov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lermontov avoids the head kick by Date.
Date's corner calls for a 1-2. Date obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lermontov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lermontov misses with a few strikes there.
Lermontov cracks Date with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lermontov throws a big shot that misses.
Date with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lermontov to score with a decent uppercut.
Date looks to score with a jab to the body but Lermontov is just out of range.
Date waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lermontov.
Date ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Date staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lermontov throws a body shot but no joy.
Lermontov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Date ducks under a wild hook from Lermontov.
Good leg kick by Date.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fiyero Lermontov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Date cracks Lermontov with an open hand slap.
Fiyero Lermontov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Date misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lermontov.
Date 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.
Lermontov throws a shot to the body.
Lermontov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Date.
Lermontov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Date's head.
Lermontov throws a head kick but Date moves out of range.
Date lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lermontov at a distance.
Fiyero Lermontov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good standup being displayed there by Date as he connects with a hook.
Lermontov avoids the head kick by Date.
Lermontov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Date.
Date throws a body punch but Lermontov moves out of range.
Date throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lermontov throws a push kick but Date slaps the foot to one side.
Date just misses with a punch to the body.
Lermontov avoids the body shot from Date.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Date looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lermontov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Date was well out of range. Poor timing from Lermontov.
Nice defenses there by Lermontov.
Date swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lermontov throws the left hand but Date avoids the punch easily.
Date lands a nice hook to Lermontov's body. Lermontov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Date tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lermontov was well out of range. Poor timing from Date.
Lermontov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Date manages to avoid it.
Lermontov connects with a single shot there.
Lermontov throws a nice looking combination but Date bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Date throws a head kick but Lermontov moves out of range.
Date misses with a head kick.
Lermontov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Date misses with an uppercut. Lermontov saw that one coming.
Lermontov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Date scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lermontov looks to land a right hand but Date moved out of range.
Date drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lermontov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Date throws a sloppy head kick and Lermontov moves out of range easily.
Lermontov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Date is out of range.
The fighters circling - Date throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lermontov tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Date looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Date on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Lermontov misses.
Date takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lermontov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Date fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lermontov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Date.
A big right from Lermontov misses.
Lermontov walks into a jab.
Lermontov misses with a straight left.
Lermontov throws a shot from downtown. Date moves away and avoids it.
Date works the jab nicely.
A head kick misses from Lermontov.
Date throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Date tests Lermontov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Date looks to score with a jab to the body but Lermontov is just out of range.
Date bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Date.
Date looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lermontov throws a body shot but no joy.
Lermontov slips a straight right by Date.
Date on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Date throws a jab when Lermontov was well out of range.
Lermontov throws a lazy right hand but Date sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lermontov takes a swing at Date's ribcage but misses.
Date was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Date uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lermontov.
Lermontov looks to land a left hand but Date moved out of range nicely.
Date cracks Lermontov with an open hand slap.
Lermontov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lermontov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Date moves away.
Lermontov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Date.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Date might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Date scores with a body shot.
Date misses with an uppercut. Lermontov saw that one coming.
Date is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lermontov.
Lermontov connects with a nice looking jab.
Date throws out a loose jab but Lermontov uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Date slips a straight right by Lermontov.
Date tries a head kick but it misses.
Date looks to score with a jab to the body but Lermontov is just out of range.
Date lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lermontov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Date.
Date misses with a straight right.
Lermontov digs a good hook to Date's body.
Date walks into a left hand.
Lermontov is looking to land body kicks.
Lermontov cracks Date with an open hand slap.
Date looks to score with a jab to the body but Lermontov is just out of range.
Date misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lermontov.
Lermontov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Date.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lermontov throws the left hand but Date avoids the punch easily.
Lermontov scores with a punch to the head.
Lermontov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Date misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lermontov.
Date lands a nice looking body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fiyero Lermontov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Date gets a clinch.
Date misses with a punch on the inside.
Date tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lermontov is trying to push Date away but Date has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lermontov blocks a body shot from Date.

Lermontov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Date misses with a looping left.
Lermontov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Date manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lermontov.
Date waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lermontov.
Lermontov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Date.
Lermontov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Date scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lermontov doesn't seem bothered though.
Lermontov scores with a jab to the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Date. That snapped Lermontov's head back.
Lermontov misses with a kick to the body.
Lermontov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Date has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Date cracks Lermontov with a good jab.
Date swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lermontov throws a big shot that misses.
Date looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Date slips a jab from Lermontov.
It looked like Date was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lermontov.
Date tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lermontov was well out of range. Poor timing from Date.
Date defending well as Lermontov loads up on a big left hand.
Date jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Date looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Date throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lermontov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lermontov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Date is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Crunch! Lermontov slams his shin into Date's torso.
Date throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Date bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Date wants to clinch up but Lermontov keeps it at a distance.
Lermontov is looking to land body kicks.
Date takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lermontov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Date to score with a decent uppercut.
Lermontov looks to throw the jab but Date is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Date misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Date tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lermontov was well out of range. Poor timing from Date.
Lermontov tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lermontov slips a straight right by Date.
Nice defenses there by Date.
Lermontov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Date works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Date misses the target.
Lermontov slips under a jab.
Lermontov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Date connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lermontov scrambles back to his feet.
Lermontov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lermontov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lermontov. Date does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lermontov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Date throws out the jab.
Date takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Date with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice leg kick lands there from Date.
Lermontov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lermontov misses with an uppercut.
Date lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lermontov looks to score with a jab to the body but Date is just out of range.
Date uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lermontov.
Date swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Date jabs Lermontov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice jab there from Lermontov.
Date with a jab.
Date blocks the body kick.
Lermontov throws a jab when Date was well out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mamoru Date has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Date blocks a body shot from Lermontov.

Lermontov breaks the clinch.
Lermontov throws an overhand right that lands on Date's shoulder, as Date tries to avoid the shot.
Date walks into a jab.
Date wants to clinch up but Lermontov keeps it at a distance.
Date lands with a hook. Lermontov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lermontov ducks under a wild hook from Date.
Fiyero Lermontov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Date uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lermontov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Date with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Date has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lermontov.
Lermontov defending well as Date loads up on a big left hand.
Lermontov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Date throws out the jab.
Lermontov throws a lazy right hand but Date sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Date looks for the body kick but Lermontov saw that one coming.
Date will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jab by Date.
Lermontov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slow jab from Date misses its intended target.
Lermontov works Date's body with a nice hook.
Lermontov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lermontov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Date is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lermontov misses the jab.
Date looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Lermontov swinging wildly here.
Date throws an overhand right that lands on Lermontov's shoulder, as Lermontov tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Fiyero Lermontov.
I've got Lermontov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Fiyero Lermontov!
Fiyero Lermontov was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.