PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between ChoLo From The Grave (ranked 4713 p4p, 4650 weight class) and Boryenka Stepanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stepanov has chosen ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð¶ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ (2 Remix) as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

From The Grave
vs
Stepanov

175 cm
23
180
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
181
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, ChoLo From The Grave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boryenka Stepanov!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

From The Grave scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
From The Grave missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stepanov is looking to escape.
From The Grave scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Stepanov has one foot on From The Grave's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
ChoLo From The Grave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

From The Grave shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stepanov manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stepanov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
From The Grave in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
From The Grave working some strikes from top position.
From The Grave stops Stepanov from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
From The Grave working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stepanov's head.
From The Grave stops Stepanov from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
From The Grave throws a big elbow that misses.
From The Grave scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stepanov wants to get back to his feet but From The Grave is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
From The Grave cracks Stepanov with a solid left hand.
Stepanov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
From The Grave knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stepanov on the ground.
From The Grave chips away with some ground and pound.
Stepanov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst From The Grave is controlling him.
From The Grave might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stepanov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from From The Grave.
Stepanov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
From The Grave stops Stepanov from standing up.
Stepanov has momentary wrist control but From The Grave slips an elbow through the middle.
From The Grave is in close to Stepanov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
From The Grave prevents Stepanov from getting back to his feet.
From The Grave postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
From The Grave loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
From The Grave cracks Stepanov with a solid left hand.
Stepanov wants to stand but From The Grave is controlling the position.
From The Grave is looking to work some ground and pound but Stepanov has wrist control.
Stepanov wants to stand but From The Grave is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stepanov wants to stand and escape but From The Grave is having none of it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
From The Grave shoots in for a takedown but Stepanov shows good takedown defense.
Stepanov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stepanov fails with the takedown.

From The Grave gets the takedown into side control.
From The Grave is breathing heavily.
Stepanov is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, From The Grave asserts his dominance and retains side control.
From The Grave working the ground and pound but Stepanov is defending the strikes.
From The Grave throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stepanov wants to get back to his feet but From The Grave drags him back down.
From The Grave scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stepanov to see if he's OK.
Stepanov pushes From The Grave away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, From The Grave gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Stepanov is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
From The Grave working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Stepanov is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

ChoLo From The Grave 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.

Stepanov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stepanov with the counter takedown but From The Grave avoids it easily.

Stepanov manages to get an easy takedown there - catching From The Grave on his heels. He'll look to pass From The Grave's guard now, I'm sure.
From The Grave keeping moving, preventing Stepanov from controlling successfully.
Stepanov forces his way into half guard.
Stepanov is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for From The Grave!
Stepanov with the ground and pound from mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You get the feeling that From The Grave really doesn't like being in this position too much.
From The Grave on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if From The Grave tries to get out of the position.
Stepanov breaks from From The Grave's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Stepanov lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stepanov working the ground and pound effectively.
Stepanov lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

From The Grave is rocked!
ChoLo From The Grave overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stepanov lands a big shot there that rocks From The Grave but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh From The Grave is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stepanov loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have From The Grave scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Stepanov land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Stepanov stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boryenka Stepanov!
A victorious Boryenka Stepanov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.