PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Egor Kuznecov (ranked 2767 p4p, 3216 weight class) and Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic (ranked 335 p4p, 369 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kuznecov
vs
Dobrosavljevic

193 cm
19
277
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
280
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Champion Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egor Kuznecov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aleksandar Dobrosavljevic!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuznecov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kuznecov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kuznecov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dobrosavljevic circles away quickly and effectively.
Dobrosavljevic tests Kuznecov's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Kuznecov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dobrosavljevic to the mat! Dobrosavljevic manages to get full guard.
Dobrosavljevic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuznecov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dobrosavljevic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kuznecov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kuznecov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kuznecov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dobrosavljevic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kuznecov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kuznecov is looking to pass into half guard but Dobrosavljevic pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dobrosavljevic is in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznecov trying to control the position here.
Dobrosavljevic trying to control but Kuznecov is working from the bottom.
Kuznecov has his hands on Dobrosavljevic's head, controlling the position.
Kuznecov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dobrosavljevic passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kuznecov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dobrosavljevic.
Kuznecov struggling a bit here.
Dobrosavljevic avoids the strikes from the bottom by Kuznecov.
Kuznecov tries to bench press Dobrosavljevic off him but Dobrosavljevic keeps the position.
Kuznecov sneaks back into half guard.
Kuznecov is refusing to be controlled, as Dobrosavljevic sits in half guard.
Kuznecov controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznecov wants to improve his position but Dobrosavljevic is controlling well.
Kuznecov moves into full guard.
Dobrosavljevic being controlled here momentarily.
Kuznecov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kuznecov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dobrosavljevic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kuznecov with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dobrosavljevic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kuznecov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kuznecov connects with a body shot.
Kuznecov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dobrosavljevic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dobrosavljevic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznecov.
No joy there for Kuznecov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kuznecov lands with a right hand.
A jab lands there for Dobrosavljevic.
Kuznecov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dobrosavljevic but Dobrosavljevic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Egor Kuznecov will probably get the nod.
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.

Kuznecov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dobrosavljevic's waist but Dobrosavljevic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kuznecov off to one side.
Kuznecov tries to move into range but Dobrosavljevic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kuznecov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kuznecov misses with a right hand
letting Dobrosavljevic counter with a right hand.
Kuznecov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dobrosavljevic.
Kuznecov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dobrosavljevic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dobrosavljevic throws a lazy right hand but Kuznecov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Kuznecov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dobrosavljevic did well to prevent Kuznecov getting side control.
Kuznecov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dobrosavljevic trying to control here.
Kuznecov working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Kuznecov there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dobrosavljevic is staying active underneath Kuznecov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kuznecov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kuznecov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kuznecov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dobrosavljevic is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuznecov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kuznecov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Egor Kuznecov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dobrosavljevic blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kuznecov.
Kuznecov not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznecov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kuznecov thows a huge punch but Dobrosavljevic dodges it nicely.
Dobrosavljevic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kuznecov.
Kuznecov drops an elbow to the side of Dobrosavljevic's head.
Kuznecov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kuznecov is looking to stall here but Dobrosavljevic recovers full guard.
Kuznecov throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznecov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dobrosavljevic's head.
Kuznecov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kuznecov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kuznecov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dobrosavljevic's head.
Kuznecov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dobrosavljevic's head.
Kuznecov lands a couple of digs.
Kuznecov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kuznecov lands a couple of elbows.

Dobrosavljevic is rocked!
Kuznecov loads up on a big left hand. Dobrosavljevic felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Kuznecov looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Dobrosavljevic can't hide his disappointment, as Kuznecov celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Egor Kuznecov!
Egor Kuznecov thanked the fans post fight for their support.