PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Lilja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Bolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lilja comes to the cage accompanied by UK subs - Warhead. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Lilja
vs
Bolt

186 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

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Good chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathan Lilja!
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, George Bolt!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Bolt fails with the takedown.
Bolt throws a push kick but Lilja slaps the foot to one side.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Jonathan Lilja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Bolt.
Bolt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bolt misses with a takedown attempt - Lilja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lilja feints and then cracks Bolt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bolt down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by Bolt or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Lilja digs a good hook to Bolt's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt misses with a takedown attempt - Lilja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bolt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bolt misses with the combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lilja.
Bolt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bolt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lilja as he jumps to the side.
Bolt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lilja lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lilja lands a slapping body shot.
Lilja scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lilja moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bolt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lilja throws a right hand that Bolt ducks under and follows up with a left that Bolt also avoids with ease.
Bolt is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lilja.
Lilja is working the combinations to good effect here.
A nice combination there by Lilja.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilja scores with a shot to the body.
Lilja lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lilja.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lilja, right into the meat.
A combination from Lilja does no damage.
Bolt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lilja throws a one two combo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lilja - that will leave a mark!
Lilja lands with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Lilja.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lilja lands a right hook to the body.
Lilja lands a nice looking body shot.
Lilja scores with a three punch combo!
Lilja displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lilja cracks a nice hook into Bolt's ribs.
Lilja throws a right and a left that Bolt avoids nicely.
Lilja is looking to wear down Bolt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lilja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bolt.
Bolt sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A left and a right from Lilja both land. Nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Lilja dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bolt shoots for a takedown but Lilja saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lilja lands a nice shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Lilja.
Bolt has a takedown stuffed.
Lilja lands a right hook to the body.
Bolt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lilja scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bolt doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch lands to the side of Bolt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bolt misses with a takedown attempt - Lilja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jonathan Lilja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Bolt.
Bolt is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolt has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lilja looks to land a combination but Bolt avoids it well.
Lilja feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bolt's calf.
Lilja lands the left hand.
Lilja scores with a three punch combo!
Lilja lands a slapping body shot.
Lilja with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Horrible takedown by Bolt or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Lilja scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bolt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lilja explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lilja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danga de danga de dang - Lilja scores with a four punch combination!
Bolt takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Lilja scores with a jab.
Lilja jabs at Bolt's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Lilja misses.
Nice takedown defense from Lilja. No joy for Bolt on that attempt.
Lilja looks to land a combination. Bolt sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jonathan Lilja is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Lilja - just one landing.
Lilja scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bolt dodges the punch combination from Lilja.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lilja. Bolt shrugs it off though.
Danga de danga de dang - Lilja scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolt slips a jab and a cross from Lilja.
Bolt has a takedown stuffed.
Lilja scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lilja scores with a jab to the body.
Lilja connects with a jab.
Lilja tries to bum rush Bolt with a series of wild strikes but Bolt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lilja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lilja digs a good body shot into Bolt's ribs.
Lilja digs a good hook to Bolt's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Lilja dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lilja scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bolt shoots in for a takedown but Lilja shows good takedown defense.
Lilja scores with a nice body kick.

Bolt scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bolt is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bolt not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bolt working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilja regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bolt.
Bolt takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bolt throws a big right hand that misses.
Bolt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lilja keeping full guard, as Bolt tries to pass.
Lilja thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

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.
Bolt lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bolt passes into half guard.
Bolt prevents Lilja from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilja on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bolt looks to land a strike but Lilja avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Bolt won't allow Lilja to sweep him here.
Bolt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bolt passes Lilja's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bolt not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bolt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bolt lands a nice short elbow.
Bolt looks to land a strike but Lilja avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bolt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
George Bolt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bolt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Bolt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lilja 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Lilja!