PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladik Fedotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter Rose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fedotov
vs
Rose

184 cm
26
184 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

170 cm
29
181 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladik Fedotov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hunter Rose!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose looks to land a body kick but Fedotov moved away.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fedotov.
Rose digs a good hook to Fedotov's body.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rose throws a jab but it's blocked by Fedotov.
Fedotov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rose throws a jab when Fedotov was well out of range.
Rose throws a head kick but Fedotov moves out of range.
Fedotov scores with a push kick.
Rose misses with a hook.
Fedotov delivers a nice body kick.
Fedotov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Fedotov.
Fedotov tries to land a front kick but Rose steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fedotov scores with a push kick.
Good leg kick by Fedotov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose misses with a hook. Fedotov ducked under it nicely.
Rose tries to land a front kick but Fedotov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fedotov throws a head kick but Rose moves out of range.
Fedotov slips under a jab.
Fedotov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fedotov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fedotov.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fedotov.
Fedotov pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Fedotov rushes Rose and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fedotov backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov prevents a body shot from Rose.
Fedotov prevents Rose from breaking the clinch.
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fedotov throws an elbow but misses.
Rose is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fedotov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Fedotov.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rose misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov with a knee to the head.

Rose manages to break the clinch.
Fedotov throws the kick towards the body but Rose avoids it.
Fedotov tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fedotov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rose.
Rose looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Both fighters circling a little - Fedotov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fedotov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A leg kick checked by Rose.
Fedotov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rose is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Fedotov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rose checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Fedotov clinches up with Rose and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
Rose lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fedotov or not.
Rose can't break the clinch.
Rose can't break the clinch.

Rose's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fedotov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rose to score with a decent uppercut.
Rose throws a hook but Fedotov avoids it easily.
Fedotov walks into a left hand.
Rose throws the left hand but Fedotov avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rose misses with a body shot.
Rose throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rose throws a sloppy head kick and Fedotov moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vladik Fedotov will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fedotov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fedotov lands a damaging elbow.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fedotov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fedotov prevents a body shot from Rose.
Rose tries to circle away but Fedotov has him pinned against the cage.
Rose digs a right hand underneath Fedotov's ribcage. Fedotov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fedotov prevents a body shot from Rose.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rose lands a right hand.
Rose blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov lands a knee to the head.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
Rose is pushing Fedotov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is trying to stall.
Fedotov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rose's defenses.
Fedotov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rose's face.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fedotov lands an elbow that stopped Rose in his tracks for a moment.
Rose blocks an elbow strike.
Fedotov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fedotov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.
Fedotov prevents a body shot from Rose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov throws an elbow that misses.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Rose has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fedotov as Rose tries to tie him up.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Rose throws a head punch that misses.
Rose tries to throw a body punch but Fedotov avoids it by throwing Rose back against the cage.
Rose tries to work over Fedotov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunter Rose seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fedotov prevents a body shot from Rose.
Rose wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose is struggling to control the position.
Rose tries to circle away but Fedotov has him pinned against the cage.
Fedotov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rose's face.
Rose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fedotov's elbow.
Fedotov blocks an uppercut.
Fedotov lands a damaging elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rose.
Fedotov pushes off an throws an elbow but Rose leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fedotov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow.
Fedotov throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rose is looking to control Fedotov's arms but Fedotov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rose has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov has Rose pressed against the cage, preventing Rose from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fedotov being controlled against the cage.
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Fedotov prevents a body shot from Rose.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fedotov avoids a wild elbow strike from Rose.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside.
Fedotov missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hunter Rose will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fedotov throws a chopping leg kick but Rose manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fedotov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rose lands a jab to Fedotov's midsection.
Fedotov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rose.
Rose misses with a hook.
Rose tries to score with a low kick but Fedotov moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd cheers as Rose lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fedotov doesn't seem phased though.
Fedotov throws a head kick but Rose moves out of range.
Fedotov slips under a jab.
Hunter Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose looks to throw the jab but Fedotov is out of range.
Fedotov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rose scores with a kick to the body.
Fedotov staying out of range there.
Fedotov ducks under a wild hook from Rose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedotov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fedotov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rose.
Rose misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fedotov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rose misses the body punch
and Fedotov counters with a thumping low kick.

Fedotov takes the fight into the clinch.
Fedotov misses with a knee strike.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fedotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fedotov throws an elbow but misses.
Fedotov lands a nice knee to the body.
Rose has had enough of the clinch but Fedotov keeps him there for the moment.
Rose is trying to break the clinch but Fedotov is controlling him.
Fedotov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fedotov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fedotov blocking some punches.
Fedotov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rose misses with a punch on the inside.
Fedotov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fedotov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fedotov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rose avoids a wild elbow strike from Fedotov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedotov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fedotov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Fedotov controls the action.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fedotov looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.
Fedotov keeps control of Rose as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Fedotov pushes off an throws an elbow but Rose leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fedotov trying to land knees to the body.
Fedotov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fedotov lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Hunter Rose has been cut.
Fedotov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fedotov looking to throw knees to the head but Rose is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Fedotov controls the action.
Fedotov lands a nice elbow.
Fedotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rose is defending well for now.
Rose blocks an elbow strike from Fedotov.
Fedotov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rose blocks it with crossed arms.

Rose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good leg kick by Fedotov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rose keeps the fight on the outside.
Fedotov throws a leg kick that misses.
Rose scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedotov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big right from Rose misses.
Fedotov moves out of range of the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladik Fedotov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fedotov 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Vladik Fedotov!
After the fight, Vladik Fedotov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.