PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Motshan Bogachev (ranked 943 p4p, 1364 weight class) and Fook Man (ranked 142 p4p, 187 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Motshan Bogachev has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Motshan Bogachev seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Bogachev
vs
Man

181 cm
22
174
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
171
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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PWNAGE™

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Motshan Bogachev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fook Man!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bogachev jabs Man right on the nose. Man blinks but takes it well.
Bogachev has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Man throws a jab when Bogachev was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Man misses with a jab to the body
and Bogachev counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the liver by Man. Beautiful body shot.
Bogachev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bogachev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Man keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Man misses with a straight right.
Man misses with an uppercut.
Bogachev misses with a straight left.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Bogachev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bogachev scores with a nice head shot.
Fook Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bogachev jabs Man right on the nose. Man blinks but takes it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bogachev slips under a jab.
Man connects with an inside leg kick.
Man misses with a leg kick.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogachev moves out of range of the strikes.
Man pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Man misses with a kick to the body.
Bogachev moves out of range of the body kick from Man.
Bogachev throwing a counter right hand but Man manages to avoid it.
Man misses with an uppercut. Bogachev saw that one coming.
Man defending well as Bogachev loads up on a big left hand.
Bogachev walks into a left hand.
A slow jab from Bogachev misses its intended target.
Bogachev looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Man slips under a jab from Bogachev.
Man smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bogachev scores with a body shot.
A slow jab from Man misses its intended target.
Man on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bogachev connects with a nice looking jab.

Man closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bogachev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bogachev can't break the clinch.

Bogachev manages to break the clinch.
Bogachev throws a nice outside leg kick.

Man gets a clinch.
Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Bogachev backwards.

Bogachev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bogachev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Man walks into a jab.
Man misses with a hook.
Bogachev catches Man with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Man slips a jab from Bogachev.
Man appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Bogachev blocks the leg kick.
Bogachev feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by Bogachev.
Good work by Man as he checks the leg kick.
Man scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Man lands a jab to the nose.
Bogachev tries to land a leg kick but Man saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogachev jabs Man to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good leg kick by Bogachev.
Man throws out a powerful jab.
Bogachev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
Man throws a hook to the side of Bogachev's head but Bogachev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bogachev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Bogachev lands a nice shot that snaps Man's head back.
Bogachev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Man misses its intended target.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Bogachev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bogachev looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Man tests Bogachev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bogachev counters with a thumping low kick.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bogachev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bogachev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bogachev. That's going to slow Man down.
Bogachev lands a glancing blow to the side of Man's head.
Bogachev moves out of range of the strikes.
Bogachev scores with a nice head shot.
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bogachev.
Man throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bogachev moves out of range as Man strikes.
Man throws a hook to the side of Bogachev's head but Bogachev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bogachev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bogachev blocks a jab.
Bogachev throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Bogachev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bogachev lands with a straight right. Man didn't see that one coming.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bogachev.
Bogachev tried to counter with a leg kick but Man avoided it.
Man lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bogachev is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Bogachev slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fook Man will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bogachev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bogachev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Man.
Man throws a poor cross that misses
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bogachev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Man misses with a kick to the body.
Nice body punch from Man.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Bogachev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bogachev takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Man throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bogachev lunges at Man with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Man's hand.
Bogachev jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Man throws the kick towards the body but Bogachev avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bogachev connects with an inside leg kick.
Man shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Man's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Man cracks Bogachev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Man has closed the distance and engaged Bogachev in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bogachev slows down the pace here.
Bogachev is trying to break free.
Man blocks a body shot from Bogachev.
Bogachev wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bogachev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Man takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bogachev moves out of range as Man strikes.
Good leg kick by Man.
Man lands a jab to the head.
Man throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bogachev misses with a low kick.
Man cracks Bogachev with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bogachev scores with a hook.
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bogachev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man wants to clinch up but Bogachev keeps it at a distance.
It looked like Bogachev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Man ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bogachev misses with a low kick as Man jumps back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bogachev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Man.
Bogachev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Man on the side of the head.
Bogachev takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Man lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Bogachev misses
and Man counters with a low kick, right behind Bogachev 's knee.
Man throws a looping overhand right but Bogachev ducks down to avoid it.
Bogachev throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.
Bogachev throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Man tries a quick counter leg kick but Bogachev is wise to it.
Bogachev tries to work over Man's front leg with a kick but Man checks it.
Motshan Bogachev is winning the standup battle so far.
Man uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bogachev moves away from the strike by Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Bogachev - just one landing.
Bogachev swings widly with a right hand
and Man counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Man misses with a hook
and Bogachev counters with a leg kick.
Bogachev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bogachev lands with a nice body punch.
Man throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bogachev checks a low kick from Man.
A little feinted left hand from Bogachev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bogachev misses with a low kick.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Bogachev counters with a thumping low kick.
Man does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Man throws a leg kick
enabling Bogachev to counter with a crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Man checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bogachev ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Bogachev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Man.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Bogachev swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bogachev takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Man gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bogachev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Man displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bogachev up against the cage.
Bogachev has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.

Bogachev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bogachev tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Man lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Man gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bogachev misses with an uppercut
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Bogachev.
A punch lands to the side of Man 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bogachev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Man is out of range and Bogachev settles back down.
Man misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Bogachev to counter with a crisp jab.
Bogachev is looking to score with low kicks.
Man swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Man pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fook Man will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Bogachev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Man closes the distance and pushes Bogachev back into the cage.
Man misses with a body punch.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bogachev.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bogachev.
Man lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Man looks to land a left hand but Bogachev moved out of range nicely.
Bogachev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bogachev throws a leg kick but Man checks it.
Man scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bogachev ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Man misses with a straight left.
Bogachev throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man slips under a jab.
Man slips under a jab from Bogachev.
Man has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bogachev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Bogachev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Man.
Bogachev throws a looping overhand right but Man ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogachev keeps the fight on the outside.
Bogachev keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bogachev throwing a counter right hand but Man manages to avoid it.
Bogachev connects with the punch.
A big left from Bogachev misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Man! But no joy.
Bogachev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Man's sensitive parts.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Man fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bogachev looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Man throws a leg kick but Bogachev checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Man lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bogachev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bogachev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Man throws a right hand that misses
and Bogachev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bogachev misses with an uppercut. Man saw that one coming.
Man takes a swing at Bogachev's ribcage but misses.
Bogachev throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Bogachev misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a lunging right hand
and Bogachev counters with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Bogachev.
Bogachev moves out of range of the body kick.
Man throws an off balance right hand
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bogachev throws a lazy right hand but Man sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man tries to score with a low kick but Bogachev moves his leg out of the way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bogachev.
Man looks to land a left hand but Bogachev moved out of range nicely.
Man missing with a left hand there. Bogachev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man throws a shot from downtown. Bogachev moves away and avoids it.
Bogachev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Bogachev half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bogachev throws out a loose jab but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bogachev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bogachev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Man looks to throw the jab but Bogachev is out of range.

Man forces Bogachev back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogachev tries a body shot but Man blocks it.

Bogachev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bogachev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bogachev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Man missing with a left hand there. Bogachev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bogachev takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Man finds it's way through Bogachev's defenses.
A low kick from Bogachev misses
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Bogachev throws out a leg kick but Man moves out of range and Bogachev only half commits.
Man is looking to slow Bogachev down with leg kicks.
Bogachev connects with a nice looking jab.
Bogachev throws a leg kick that misses.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bogachev.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Bogachev.
Man lands with a right hand.
Man staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bogachev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bogachev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Man.
Bogachev avoids a kick to the body.
Man tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bogachev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bogachev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fook Man is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bogachev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Man throws a shot from downtown. Bogachev moves away and avoids it.
Man walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bogachev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Man throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Man takes one to the chin there.
Man misses with an uppercut.
Bogachev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.
Motshan Bogachev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bogachev tried to score with a low kick but Man checks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Fook Man.
Well Man 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Fook Man!
Fook Man thanked the fans post fight for their support.