PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ejh Por Kvartir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Yurinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ejh Por Kvartir has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Por Kvartir
vs
Yurinov

175 cm
24
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ejh Por Kvartir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Yurinov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yurinov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yurinov is looking to clinch but Por Kvartir is avoiding it.
Por Kvartir throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Por Kvartir tries to clinch up.
Por Kvartir scores with a head kick.

It looks like Boris Yurinov has been cut.
Yurinov looks to land a combination but Por Kvartir avoids it well.

Yurinov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Por Kvartir is trying to defend but Yurinov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Por Kvartir wants to get back to his feet.
Yurinov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Por Kvartir does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yurinov thows a huge punch but Por Kvartir dodges it nicely.
Yurinov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yurinov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Por Kvartir wants to get back to his feet.
Yurinov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yurinov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Yurinov shoots in for a takedown but Por Kvartir shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ejh Por Kvartir is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yurinov looks gassed!
Por Kvartir throws a head kick that Yurinov semi-blocks.
Por Kvartir moves in looking to clinch but Yurinov pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Por Kvartir displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yurinov.
Ejh Por Kvartir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Yurinov.
Por Kvartir tries to clinch up

and Yurinov moves into the clinch.
Por Kvartir could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Yurinov working hard to break the clinch.
Yurinov fails to pull guard.
Por Kvartir is trying to break the clinch but Yurinov has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Por Kvartir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yurinov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Por Kvartir has Yurinov pressed against the cage, preventing Yurinov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Yurinov manages to break the clinch.
Yurinov wants to clinch.
Por Kvartir misses with a head kick.
Boris Yurinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Por Kvartir lands with a slapping head kick.
Por Kvartir plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Por Kvartir avoids a punch combination nicely.
Por Kvartir tries to close the distance and clinch but Yurinov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yurinov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Por Kvartir as he jumps to the side.
Por Kvartir wants to clinch.
Por Kvartir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yurinov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ejh Por Kvartir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Yurinov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yurinov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Por Kvartir napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Yurinov is trying to ground and pound but Por Kvartir uses the momentary lack of control by Yurinov to regain half guard.
Yurinov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yurinov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yurinov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Por Kvartir looks like he's trying to stand up.
Yurinov is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Kvartir regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Yurinov.
Por Kvartir is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yurinov is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yurinov has a takedown stuffed.
Por Kvartir stuffs the takedown attempt from Yurinov. Yurinov gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two 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.
Yurinov blocks a head kick by Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir tries to clinch but Yurinov moves out of range.
Yurinov keeps the fight on the outside.
Yurinov tries to clinch there but Por Kvartir circles away.
Por Kvartir turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Por Kvartir tries to clinch up but Yurinov circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Por Kvartir swivels and escapes.
Ejh Por Kvartir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boris Yurinov.
A head kick misses from Por Kvartir.
Yurinov lands with a nice body punch.
Por Kvartir throws the kick towards the body but Yurinov avoids it.
Por Kvartir lands a head kick!
Por Kvartir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yurinov swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Por Kvartir connects with a solid leg kick.
Yurinov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Por Kvartir throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Por Kvartir darts in and clinches Yurinov up against the cage.
Por Kvartir taking a breather.
Yurinov is trying to break the clinch but Por Kvartir is controlling him.
Yurinov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Por Kvartir breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ejh Por Kvartir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Boris Yurinov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Por Kvartir throws a head kick that Yurinov semi-blocks.
Por Kvartir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Por Kvartir clinches but Yurinov breaks the clinch
and Yurinov counters with a stiff right hand.
Por Kvartir wants to clinch

and Yurinov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Por Kvartir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yurinov won't allow Por Kvartir to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yurinov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Por Kvartir works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yurinov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Por Kvartir avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Por Kvartir has momentary wrist control but Yurinov slips an elbow through the middle.
Yurinov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yurinov with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Por Kvartir.
Por Kvartir keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two 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.
Yurinov lands a body shot.

Yurinov feints and as Por Kvartir raises his hands in defense, Yurinov changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Por Kvartir wants to get back to his feet but Yurinov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yurinov wants to control from the top but Por Kvartir keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yurinov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yurinov throwing strikes from guard but Por Kvartir blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yurinov throwing strikes but missing.
Yurinov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yurinov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yurinov is looking to work some ground and pound but Por Kvartir has wrist control.
Por Kvartir wants to stand but Yurinov is controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Por Kvartir gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ejh Por Kvartir is winning the standup battle so far.

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.
Por Kvartir misses with an attempted mid kick.
Boris Yurinov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Yurinov pushes Por Kvartir up against the cage in a clinch.

Yurinov jumps guard and drags Por Kvartir to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Yurinov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yurinov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boris Yurinov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Por Kvartir has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ejh Por Kvartir!