PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Pushkin (ranked 49 p4p, 102 weight class) and Anton Krylov (ranked 5 p4p, 10 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pushkin
vs
Krylov

185 cm
27
195
8 - 0 - 0

180 cm
32
195
19 - 6 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Pulling Guard

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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Pushkin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Krylov!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krylov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Krylov misses with an uppercut. Pushkin saw that one coming.
Krylov cracks Pushkin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pushkin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Krylov swivels and escapes.
Krylov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pushkin clinches up against the cage.
Pushkin letting Krylov take a breather here.
Pushkin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Krylov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksandr Pushkin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushkin tries to pull guard but Krylov won't allow it.
Krylov can't break the clinch.
I was talking to Pushkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Pushkin tightens his grip and picks Krylov up, before dumping him to the ground. Krylov manages to land in guard.
Pushkin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Krylov has his feet on Pushkin's thighs here. He's pushed Pushkin off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Pushkin screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anton Krylov!
Anton Krylov is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Anton Krylov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.