PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Boytsov (ranked 1565 p4p, 1630 weight class) and Dude Dudeson (ranked 217 p4p, 222 weight class). Boytsov comes to the cage accompanied by AMAZING. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Boytsov
vs
Dudeson

178 cm
27
222
12 - 15 - 0

193 cm
32
212
21 - 20 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Boytsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dude Dudeson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudeson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dudeson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dudeson throws a head kick that misses
enabling Boytsov to counter with a crisp jab.
Boytsov missing with a left hand there. Dudeson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dudeson with the counter takedown but Boytsov avoids it easily.
Dudeson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Boytsov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dudeson lands with a nice body punch.
Boytsov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dudeson.
Dudeson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Boytsov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dudeson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boytsov fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dudeson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Boytsov to the mat! Boytsov manages to get full guard.

Boytsov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dudeson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dudeson wants to control from the top but Boytsov keeps moving.
Dudeson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boytsov swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boytsov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dudeson throws an elbow that misses. Boytsov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dudeson's guard. Nice move by Boytsov!

Boytsov has gone for a leg lock! Dudeson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Boytsov's guard.

Dudeson cracks Boytsov with a solid left hand.
Dudeson cracks Boytsov with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dudeson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boytsov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dudeson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boytsov has his hands on Dudeson's head, controlling the position.
Boytsov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dudeson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dudeson trying to control the action but Boytsov is working from the bottom.
Dudeson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dudeson is stalling here. Boytsov is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Dudeson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Boytsov has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
A bit of a lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boytsov is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dudeson has escaped the position, nice work there.

Boytsov tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Boytsov tries to move into full mount but can't pass Dudeson's legs.
Dudeson is trying to get back to half guard.
Dudeson can't do much from the bottom here.
Dudeson is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dudeson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Boytsov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Boytsov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dudeson sees it coming and defends easily.

Boytsov has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Dudeson defend it? Boytsov steps over the head and cranks it - Dudeson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Boytsov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dmitry Boytsov!
After winning the bout, Dmitry Boytsov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Dude Dudeson was interviewed post fight and said 'What can I say, im still the king between the sheets. Ladies hit me up 904-The-Dude!!!'.