PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olaf Van Gutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Verhnevolsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergey Verhnevolsky is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Van Gutten
vs
Verhnevolsky

195 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
21
234 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Olaf Van Gutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Verhnevolsky!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verhnevolsky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Verhnevolsky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Gutten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Verhnevolsky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Gutten throws a head kick that misses.
Van Gutten changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Verhnevolsky tries to avoid it but Van Gutten manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Verhnevolsky to the ground. Verhnevolsky escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Verhnevolsky throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Verhnevolsky tries a head kick but it misses.

Verhnevolsky gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Van Gutten trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Gutten is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Verhnevolsky working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Van Gutten doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Van Gutten manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Verhnevolsky looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Van Gutten passes into side control.
Van Gutten just content to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Verhnevolsky's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Van Gutten cracks Verhnevolsky with a big right hand but Verhnevolsky just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Van Gutten could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Verhnevolsky looks gassed!
Verhnevolsky prevents Van Gutten from moving into mount.
Van Gutten sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Verhnevolsky is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Van Gutten stands up and beckons Verhnevolsky to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhnevolsky throws a head kick that misses.

Van Gutten moves into the clinch successfully.
Verhnevolsky lands a damaging elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Van Gutten drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Verhnevolsky gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Van Gutten is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Verhnevolsky throws an elbow but misses.
Verhnevolsky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Verhnevolsky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Gutten is defending well for now.
Van Gutten avoiding damage as Verhnevolsky throws knees to the body.
Van Gutten tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Verhnevolsky smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olaf Van Gutten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Gutten moves in looking to clinch but Verhnevolsky pushes him off.

Van Gutten feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Gutten decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Van Gutten throws a low kick but Verhnevolsky moves out of range easily.

Van Gutten scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Van Gutten thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Van Gutten taking a breather here.
Van Gutten seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Verhnevolsky for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten tries to advance to mount but can't.
Van Gutten knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Verhnevolsky on the ground.
Van Gutten moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Van Gutten stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Van Gutten throws a head kick that misses.

Van Gutten moves into the clinch.
Verhnevolsky has Van Gutten pressed against the cage, preventing Van Gutten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Gutten is trying to break free.
Van Gutten works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Gutten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Van Gutten breaks from the clinch.
Van Gutten misses with a takedown attempt - Verhnevolsky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Van Gutten shoots for a takedown but Verhnevolsky saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olaf Van Gutten dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Van Gutten tries for a takedown but Verhnevolsky sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Verhnevolsky tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Gutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Gutten takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Olaf Van Gutten has been cut.
Van Gutten closes the distance and clinches up with Verhnevolsky, looking for a takedown. Van Gutten pushes Verhnevolsky against the cage but Verhnevolsky circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Verhnevolsky throws a sloppy head kick and Van Gutten moves out of range easily.
Verhnevolsky tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Gutten fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olaf Van Gutten. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Van Gutten clinches.
Van Gutten tries to pull guard but Verhnevolsky won't allow it.

Van Gutten breaks from the clinch.
Van Gutten lands a jab-cross combination.
Verhnevolsky blocks a head kick by Van Gutten.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Gutten tries to score a power double leg takedown but Verhnevolsky sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Van Gutten somewhat.
Verhnevolsky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Van Gutten.
Van Gutten shoots in looking for a takedown. Verhnevolsky tries to sprawl out of it but Van Gutten keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Verhnevolsky manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Verhnevolsky keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Verhnevolsky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Van Gutten's head.

Van Gutten shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Van Gutten showed some decent athleticism there.
Van Gutten keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Van Gutten wants to lay and pray for a moment but Verhnevolsky keeps working.
Verhnevolsky is looking to control Van Gutten's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Verhnevolsky avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten passes to full mount!
Van Gutten tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Verhnevolsky tries to hold on but Van Gutten pushes him away.
Van Gutten controlling the pace for now.
Van Gutten dominating with strikes here.
Van Gutten working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten controlling the position easily from mount.
Verhnevolsky in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Van Gutten looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Van Gutten is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Verhnevolsky to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Verhnevolsky shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten looking to finish Verhnevolsky with some ground and pound. This is bad for Verhnevolsky!
Van Gutten avoids the attempt from Verhnevolsky to control.

Verhnevolsky defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Van Gutten.
Verhnevolsky tries to hold on but Van Gutten postures up.
Van Gutten lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Van Gutten scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Verhnevolsky?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olaf Van Gutten dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Olaf Van Gutten's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Van Gutten.
Van Gutten throws a low kick but Verhnevolsky moves out of range easily.
Van Gutten wants to clinch.
Van Gutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Verhnevolsky swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Van Gutten shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Van Gutten content just to control the position here.
Van Gutten has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Verhnevolsky tries to hold on but Van Gutten postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Gutten looking to control and managing it successfully.
Verhnevolsky takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Gutten get's back to his feet.

Van Gutten drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Van Gutten controls the position.
Van Gutten working away.
Van Gutten has control of an arm but Verhnevolsky manages to advance to Van Gutten's back!
Van Gutten's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling Verhnevolsky's hands.
Van Gutten turns into Verhnevolsky and is now in his guard.
Olaf Van Gutten overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gutten is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Van Gutten would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Van Gutten slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Olaf Van Gutten has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Van Gutten tries to close the distance and clinch but Verhnevolsky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Van Gutten is defended easily by Verhnevolsky.

Van Gutten shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Verhnevolsky's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Verhnevolsky looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Van Gutten trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Verhnevolsky is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Van Gutten is aware though and is defending well.
Verhnevolsky looking to control.
Van Gutten working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Verhnevolsky's head.
Van Gutten controlling from the top position.
Van Gutten trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Gutten controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Van Gutten has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Verhnevolsky is proving hard to escape from.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Van Gutten controlling from the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Olaf Van Gutten.
Van Gutten fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olaf Van Gutten. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Van Gutten throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Verhnevolsky was covering up waiting for the punch and Van Gutten finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Verhnevolsky looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olaf Van Gutten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Van Gutten, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olaf Van Gutten!