PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artur Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quest Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ross might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pain - Shut your mouth. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ross
vs
Love

183 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quest Love!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters circling a little - Ross finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Ross sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ross tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Love lands with a nice body punch.
Donk. Ross catches Love right on the button with a cross.
Ross scores with a kick to the body.
A jab from Love misses.
Love misses with a straight left.

Ross moves into the clinch successfully.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Love working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Ross.
Ross lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Ross has Love pressed against the cage, preventing Love from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Love has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ross misses with a knee strike.
Ross lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ross lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ross tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ross keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Love's efforts to push away.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Ross is controlling him.
Love can't get the takedown.
A shot in the inside from Ross.
Ross misses with a knee to the head.
Love misses with a punch on the inside.
Ross throws a knee to the head but misses.
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Ross throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Love blocks it with crossed arms.
Ross keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Love's efforts to push away.
Love has had enough of the clinch but Ross keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Love.
Love is looking to break free of the clinch but Ross has double underhooks.
Love is looking to break free of the clinch but Ross has double underhooks.
Ross lands an uppercut.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ross has Love pressed against the cage, preventing Love from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Love working hard to break the clinch.
Ross lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Love takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Ross lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Love backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Love is trying to pull guard but Ross turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Artur Ross has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quest Love.
Ross lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is looking to control Ross's arms but Ross gets an underhook and turns him. Now Love has his back to the cage.
Ross dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ross throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ross has Love pressed against the cage, preventing Love from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ross stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Artur Ross.
Ross fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Love lands a jab to the head.
Ross scores with a head kick. Love tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Love checks a leg kick nicely.
Ross gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Love looking to stall.
Love wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Love is trying to break free.
A short body shot lands from Ross as the two fighters clinch.
Love is trying to break free.
Ross controlling the action here for a moment.
Love wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Love taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ross landing knees to the head.
Ross with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ross.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Ross is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artur Ross dominated that round.
That's time! Ross's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ross uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Ross takes a jab right on the kisser.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ross.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ross.
Ross scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
Ross attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ross avoids the body shot from Love.

Love tries to keep at a distance but Ross has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ross pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ross gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Love is trying to push Ross away but Ross has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ross with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ross taking a breather.
Ross has Love pressed against the cage, preventing Love from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ross scores with a knee to the head.
Ross displaying some good clinch control by pressing Love up against the cage.
Ross tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ross with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ross throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Love blocks it with crossed arms.
Love wants to get back to striking at distance but Ross won't allow it.
A bit of stalling here from Ross.
Artur Ross has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ross throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loves head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross looking to throw knees to the head but Love is blocking nicely.
Come on Ross - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Artur Ross.
Ross is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Love drops his hands momentarily and Ross takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ross uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Love scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love misses with a looping left.
Ross is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.
Ross fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Love feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rosss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ross throws a quick inside leg kick.
Love misses with a few strikes there.

Ross darts in and clinches Love up against the cage.
Ross will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Love up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to break free but Ross pushes him back against the cage.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Ross is controlling him.
Ross connects with a nasty looking knee right to Love's face.
Ross lands a left hand.
Ross scores with a knee to the head.
Love tries to break free but Ross pushes him back against the cage.
Love being controlled against the cage.
Love wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Ross.
Ross stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ross taking a breather.
Love has had enough of the clinch but Ross keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ross obliges.
Love's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ross throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loves head.
Love wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Ross as the two fighters clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ross pushes Love back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Love has had enough of the clinch but Ross keeps him there for the moment.
Love is trying to push Ross away but Ross has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ross stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ross lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Love or not.
Love is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Love is trying to push Ross away but Ross has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Love is trying to maintain a safe position but Ross gets an underhook and turns Love into the cage.
Ross lands a nice uppercut.
Ross prevents Love from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artur Ross dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ross's corner calls for a 1-2. Ross obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Love swings widly with a right hand
and Ross cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ross was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Love misses with a looping right.
Ross is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Love walks into a jab.
Ross lands with a kick to the ribs.
A swing and a miss from Love.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ross.
Ross throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Love is rocked!
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love is still on wobbly legs! Can Ross finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love looks to land a right hand but Ross moved out of range.
Ross takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ross connects with a leg kick. Love looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ross fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.
Ross circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Love to the canvas! Love doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Ross keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artur Ross!
Artur Ross seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.