PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anton Egorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladik Fedotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Egorov
vs
Fedotov

191 cm
26
186 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

184 cm
22
184 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Firebird Designs

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Egorov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladik Fedotov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedotov lands a front kick.
Egorov throws a lazy right hand but Fedotov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Egorov digs a good body shot into Fedotov's ribs.
Egorov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Fedotov counters with a good, hard body kick but Egorov shrugs it off.
Egorov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fedotov manages to avoid it.
Egorov throws a shot from downtown. Fedotov moves away and avoids it.
Egorov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Fedotov closes the distance and clinches.
Fedotov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Egorov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fedotov backwards.
Fedotov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Egorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Egorov lands with a short shot to the head.
Fedotov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Egorov working aggressively here.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Egorov avoids the damage to the body.
Egorov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egorov pushes Fedotov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Egorov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fedotov smiles and moves away.
Egorov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Egorov. Those never looked like landing.

Fedotov rushes Egorov and presses him up against the cage.
Egorov throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.

Egorov gets control of Fedotov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Egorov will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fedotov looking to pass the guard.
Egorov wants to sweep here but Fedotov controlling him for the moment.

Egorov is working an open guard so Fedotov takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Fedotov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Egorov thuds his right hand into Fedotov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fedotov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fedotov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fedotov avoids the body shot from Egorov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fedotov lands with a nice body kick.
Egorov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fedotov tries to clinch but Egorov is having none of it.
Egorov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Egorov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Egorov is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fedotov. That's going to slow Egorov down.

Fedotov clinches with his opponent.
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Egorov's face.

It looks like Anton Egorov has been cut.
Egorov takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Egorov fails to land.
Egorov misses with a punch on the inside.
Egorov misses with a body punch.
Egorov throws a punch but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fedotov obliges.
Egorov wants a takedown.
Fedotov lands an elbow that stopped Egorov in his tracks for a moment.
Egorov avoiding damage as Fedotov throws knees to the body.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Egorov's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fedotov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Fedotov.

Anton Egorov's cut is getting worse.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Egorov.
Fedotov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Egorov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fedotov lands a nice knee to the body.
Fedotov lands a knee to the body.
Fedotov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fedotov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fedotov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fedotov scores with a knee to the head.

Anton Egorov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside that Egorov shrugs off.
Fedotov scores a nice knee to the body.
Fedotov scores with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Anton Egorov's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Fedotov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Egorov is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Fedotov lands a big elbow that drops Egorov! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Egorov is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladik Fedotov!