PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Andersson (ranked 2506 p4p, 3284 weight class) and Maxim Volkov (ranked 322 p4p, 413 weight class). Stefan Andersson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Andersson
vs
Volkov

185 cm
19
216
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
220
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stefan Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Volkov!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersson staying out of range there.
Andersson throwing a counter right hand but Volkov manages to avoid it.
Andersson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Volkov.
Andersson moves away from the strike by Volkov.
Andersson misses with a wild combination.
A shot to the liver by Andersson. Beautiful body shot.
Andersson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Volkov defends it nicely.
Volkov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Andersson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Maxim Volkov has been cut.
Horrible takedown attempt by Andersson or perhaps it was just good defense by Volkov, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Andersson clinches.
Andersson stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Volkov.
A hook to the body from Andersson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Volkov pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Andersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Volkov slaps away a takedown attempt from Andersson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Andersson misses the jab.

Andersson gets a clinch.
Andersson lands with a light punch inside.
Andersson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Volkov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Andersson lands a body punch.
Andersson struggles to land a body shot inside as Volkov controls his hands.
Andersson is stalling here.
Andersson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Andersson wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson tries to score a body lock takedown but Volkov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Andersson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Andersson.
Andersson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Volkov has hold of one of Andersson's legs. Andersson is fighting the takedown attempt but Volkov gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andersson has momentary wrist control but Volkov slips an elbow through the middle.
Volkov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Andersson looking for a sweep. Not yet Andersson, not yet.
Volkov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Andersson has momentary wrist control but Volkov slips an elbow through the middle.
Volkov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Andersson's head.
Andersson wants to sweep here but Volkov controlling him for the moment.
Volkov lands a couple of digs.
Volkov wants to control from the top but Andersson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov stands up over Andersson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Andersson keeping moving, preventing Volkov from controlling successfully.
Volkov won't allow Andersson to sweep him here.
Volkov with a nice head shot there.
Volkov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Volkov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Volkov postures up and lands a big shot to Andersson's brow.
Andersson wants to stand up but Volkov is controlling him.
Volkov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Andersson's head.
Volkov scoring with some ground and pound.
Volkov is in close to Andersson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Volkov chips away with some ground and pound.
Volkov lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Volkov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Volkov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Andersson has momentary wrist control but Volkov slips an elbow through the middle.
Andersson wants to sweep here but Volkov controlling him for the moment.
Volkov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Volkov works over Andersson with some ground and pound from guard.
Volkov with a nice head shot there.
Andersson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Volkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Andersson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Volkov chips away with some ground and pound.
Volkov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Volkov landing some decent shots from guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Maxim Volkov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maxim Volkov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Volkov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Andersson manages to get back to half guard.
Volkov prevents Andersson from improving his position.
Andersson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Andersson tries to get out of the position.
Volkov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Andersson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Volkov is keen to just control but Andersson is a slippery customer.
Volkov lands with a punch from half guard.
Volkov passes the guard and advances to mount!
The referee warns Andersson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andersson is trying to escape the mount.
Volkov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Volkov wants to take a breather but Andersson is having none of it.
Volkov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Volkov passes to full mount!
Volkov prevents Andersson from getting the reversal.
Volkov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Volkov avoids the attempt from Andersson to control.
Volkov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Volkov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov unloading with bombs!

Andersson is rocked!
Andersson tries to hold on but Volkov pushes him away.
Volkov landing punches.
Oh Andersson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Volkov! Andersson is hurt baaadly! Volkov is firing away with more strikes - Andersson is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxim Volkov!