PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Valery Georgievich Karpin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuck Fou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Georgievich Karpin
vs
Fou

170 cm
23
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valery Georgievich Karpin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuck Fou!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fou lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Karpin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fou.
Karpin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fou.
Fou misses with a series of wild punches.
Yuck Fou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fou scores with a one two! Karpin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fou lands a right hook to the body.
Fou connects with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Fou.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin moves out of range.
Fou lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fou.
Fou lands with an uppercut that bounces Karpin off the cage and back into rage.
Fou swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fou looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karpin tries to close the distance and clinch but Fou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Fou.
Fou lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fou.
Fou swinging wilding here.
Karpin takes one on the button.
Fou misses with a two punch combination.
Fou bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karpin's head.
A combination from Fou does no damage.
Fou scores with a nice strike.
Karpin gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karpin tries to clinch but Fou moves out of range.
Karpin tries to close the distance and clinch but Fou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karpin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin avoids them all with ease.
Karpin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Fou.
Fou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karpin circles away quickly and effectively.
Fou tries to bum rush Karpin with a series of wild strikes but Karpin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fou displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fou misses with a double jab.
Fou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Fou scores with a four punch combination!
Fou tries to bum rush Karpin with a series of wild strikes but Karpin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Fou, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karpin dodges the punch combination from Fou.
Fou looks to land a combination but Karpin avoids it well.
Karpin is looking to clinch.
Karpin slips a jab and a cross from Fou.
Fou misses with a wild body shot.
Fou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good shot there by Fou.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fou.
Fou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fou misses with a few strikes there.
Fou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin moves out of range.
Karpin wants to clinch up but Fou keeps it at a distance.
Fou swinging wilding here.

Karpin darts in and clinches Fou up against the cage.
Karpin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karpin tries to land a knee to the head but Fou blocks with his arms.
Karpin landing knees to the body.
Fou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karpin tries a knee to the head but Fou blocks it.
Karpin misses with a knee to the head.
Karpin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karpin misses with a knee strike.
Karpin misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuck Fou dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Fou.
Fou scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karpin doesn't seem bothered though.
Fou throws a right and a left that Karpin avoids nicely.
Karpin walks into a left hand.
Fou misses with a double jab.
Fou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karpin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body punch from Fou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karpin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fou fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fou throws a series of strikes that have Karpin backpedaling.
Karpin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fou swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Karpin.
Karpin slips a jab and a cross from Fou.
Fou tries to bum rush Karpin with a series of wild strikes but Karpin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karpin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fou, as that shot connected.
A punch combination from Fou misses.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin avoids them all with ease.
Fou jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fou throws a nice looking combination but Karpin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karpin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fou throws a nice looking combination but Karpin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fou connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fou works the jab nicely.
Valery Georgievich Karpin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fou tries to bum rush Karpin with a series of wild strikes but Karpin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fou misses with a series of wild punches.
Fou scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fou looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fou lands with a nice body punch.
Jab by Fou.
Fou thows a body shot but no joy.
Fou stalks Karpin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karpin's face. Karpin staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Fou.
Karpin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fou lands with a hook. Karpin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fou swinging wilding here.
Fou throws a shot to the body.
A combination from Fou does no damage.
Fou stuns Karpin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fou scores with a one two! Karpin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fou paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fou catches Karpin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Karpin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpin doesn't manage to clinch there - Fou circles away.
Fou throws a right hand that Karpin ducks under and follows up with a left that Karpin also avoids with ease.
Fou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karpin circles away quickly and effectively.
Fou throws a right and a left that Karpin avoids nicely.
Karpin slips a jab and a cross from Fou.
Fou throws a one two combo.
Yuck Fou seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin moves out of range.
Fou misses with a wild combination.
Fou is working the combinations to good effect here.
Karpin tries to clinch there but Fou circles away.
Fou tries to bum rush Karpin with a series of wild strikes but Karpin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karpin avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuck Fou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Fou lands a right hook to the body.
A punch combination from Fou misses.
Fou throws a right and a left that Karpin avoids nicely.
Fou misses with a double jab.
Fou throws a shot to the body.
Fou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karpin circles away quickly and effectively.
Fou misses with the combination.
Fou misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Fou.
Fou lands a jab to Karpin's midsection.
Fou lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karpin wants to clinch up but Fou keeps it at a distance.
Fou looks to land a combination. Karpin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Some wild striking there from Fou.
A punch combination from Fou misses.
Karpin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fou lands a nice shot that snaps Karpin's head back.
Fou lands a nice looking body shot.
Karpin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Karpin dodges the punch combination from Fou.
Fou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karpin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karpin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Karpin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karpin 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Karpin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karpin.
No joy there for Fou, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fou throws a series of punches but Karpin moves out of range.
Fou keeps the fight on the outside.
Fou lands a nice looking body shot.
Fou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fou lands with a shot to the body.
Fou stalks Karpin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karpin's face. Karpin staggers backwards, shaken.
Fou scores with a punch to the head.
Fou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karpin doesn't manage to clinch there - Fou circles away.
Karpin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Fou.
Fou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karpin circles away quickly and effectively.
Fou throws a right and a left that Karpin avoids nicely.
Yuck Fou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Fou does no damage.
Fou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fou lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fou.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fou!
Fou stalks Karpin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karpin's face. Karpin staggers backwards, shaken.
Fou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fou throws a right and a left that Karpin avoids nicely.
Fou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karpin circles away quickly and effectively.
Fou misses with the combination.
Fou misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fou lands with an overhand left.
Fou tests Karpin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fou throws a right hand that Karpin ducks under and follows up with a left that Karpin also avoids with ease.
Fou scores with a jab to the body.
Fou misses with a two punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fou!
Fou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karpin.
Karpin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fou throws a right and a left that Karpin avoids nicely.
Valery Georgievich Karpin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fou misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuck Fou comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fou 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuck Fou!