PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Sidorov (ranked 191 p4p, 316 weight class) and Anton Krylov (ranked 24 p4p, 41 weight class). Sidorov comes to the cage accompanied by Sidorov's Heart. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sidorov
vs
Krylov

184 cm
30
202
19 - 2 - 0

180 cm
29
195
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Sidorov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Krylov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sidorov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sidorov wants to pass the guard but Krylov is defending well.
Krylov is looking to control Sidorov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Krylov avoid being mounted?
Sidorov tries to pass to full mount but Krylov defends it.
Sidorov slips a nice elbow through Krylov's hands, connecting with Krylov's forehead.
The fighters are battling for position here. Krylov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sidorov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Sidorov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sidorov looking to pass the guard.
Sidorov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sidorov is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Krylov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sidorov is aware though and is defending well.
Krylov keeping full guard, as Sidorov tries to pass.

Krylov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sidorov defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sidorov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sidorov passes Krylov's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sidorov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Krylov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Krylov wants to get back to full guard.
Krylov felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Sidorov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sidorov is looking to advance position but Krylov won't allow it.
Krylov moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Krylov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sidorov is aware though and is defending well.
Sidorov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Krylov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sidorov defends it easily.
Sidorov lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Krylov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sidorov is aware though and is defending well.
Sidorov with a nice head shot there.
Sidorov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Krylov's head.

Krylov working for a triangle but Sidorov defends it easily.
Sidorov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sidorov tries to free his leg and advance position but Krylov is retaining full guard.

Krylov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sidorov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sidorov works his way into full mount!
Krylov working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Sidorov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krylov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sidorov lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Krylov manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Krylov wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Krylov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Krylov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Krylov looking for a guillotine here but Sidorov defends easily.
Krylov looking to control.
Krylov has momentary wrist control but Sidorov slips an elbow through the middle.
Krylov is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Krylov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sidorov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Krylov is looking to cinch up a triangle. Sidorov throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Krylov's body to avoid the submission. Krylov has instead reached around Sidorov's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Krylov arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Anton Krylov!
Anton Krylov is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Anton Krylov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.