PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Up Yours (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Guseinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yours
vs
Guseinov

170 cm
33
180 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

225 cm
23
178 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Up Yours!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mustafa Guseinov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guseinov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Guseinov lands with a shot to the body.
Guseinov scores with a nice strike.
Guseinov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Guseinov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yours drops his hands momentarily and Guseinov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yours shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Guseinov counters with a big head kick but Yours shrugs it off.
Guseinov throws a sloppy head kick and Yours moves out of range easily.
Mustafa Guseinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Guseinov.
Guseinov connects with a body shot.
Guseinov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guseinov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yours takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Yours 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.
Guseinov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yours momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Guseinov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Guseinov.
Yours takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Guseinov throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Guseinov.
A jab lands there for Guseinov.
Yours on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yours gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yours throws a right and a left that both miss.
Guseinov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yours takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yours's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guseinov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yours scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crunch! Guseinov slams his shin into Yours's torso.
That kick from Guseinov tenderised Yours's leg. Yours is trying to keep his angry face on.
Guseinov lands a leg kick that knocks Yours off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov digs a good hook to Yours's body.
Yours takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yours takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Guseinov.
Yours is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Guseinov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yours on the side of the head.
Guseinov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Guseinov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Yours takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Guseinov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yours shoots in looking for a takedown but Guseinov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Yours's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Guseinov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yourss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Guseinov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yours takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yours has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guseinov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yours crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Guseinov - the referee stops the clock and Yours gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Guseinov. Yours manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Guseinov throws a nice head kick!
Guseinov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yours will feel that in the morning.
Mustafa Guseinov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Guseinov.
Guseinov scores with a jab to the body.
Yours's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guseinov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yours scrambles back to his feet.
Yours tries to close the distance and clinch but Guseinov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yours on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Guseinov. Guseinov obviously looking to wear him down.
Guseinov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Guseinov. That's going to slow Yours down.
A solid body kick from Guseinov.
Guseinov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yours gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Guseinov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yours takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Guseinov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guseinov thuds his shin into the meat of Yours's side.
Yours is breathing heavily.
Guseinov cracks Yours with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Guseinov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Guseinov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yours stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Guseinov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Guseinov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Guseinov.
Yours has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guseinov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yours takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Guseinov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Guseinov scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mustafa Guseinov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Guseinov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guseinov scores with a jab to the body.
Yours gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Guseinov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guseinov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yours takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yours will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Guseinov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Guseinov throws a head kick that half lands.
Mustafa Guseinov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yours takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Guseinov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guseinov, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guseinov lands a lovely overhand right.
Yours takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guseinov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Guseinov lands with a straight right. Yours didn't see that one coming.
Yours has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Guseinov.
Guseinov digs a good body shot into Yours's ribs.
Yours looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Guseinov is fending him off so far but Yours persists. Nope, Guseinov circles away and we're back to standing.
Yours takes one to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guseinov, right into the meat.
Guseinov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yours takes a jab right on the kisser.
Guseinov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab, jab by Guseinov - just one landing.
Guseinov cracks the inside of Yours's front leg.
Guseinov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Guseinov punishes Yours's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guseinov is looking to slow Yours down with leg kicks.
Yours has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guseinov.
Guseinov scores with a hook.
Guseinov connects with a leg kick. Yours looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yours looks to clinch
and Guseinov counters with a stiff right hand.
Guseinov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yours tries to close the distance and clinch but Guseinov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guseinov lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guseinov scores with a head kick. Yours tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Guseinov lands the left hand.
Good leg kick by Guseinov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Guseinov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov scores with a nice strike.
Guseinov connects with a solid leg kick.
Guseinov scores with a kick to the body.
Yours looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Guseinov scores with a kick to the body.
Guseinov scores with a push kick.
Good leg kick by Guseinov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Yours might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Crunch! Guseinov slams his shin into Yours's torso.
Yours takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Guseinov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yours.
Yours tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guseinov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guseinov delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body punch from Guseinov.
Yours stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guseinov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guseinov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Guseinov connects with an inside leg kick.
Yours takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Guseinov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yours.
Yours stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guseinov.
A slapping body kick lands there for Guseinov.
Guseinov scores with a spinning back kick!
Yours walks into a straight right hand from Guseinov.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Guseinov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guseinov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yours at a distance.
Up Yours is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Guseinov.
Guseinov lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mustafa Guseinov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Yours takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yours tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yours has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guseinov.
Yours tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yours stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guseinov.
Guseinov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Guseinov lands with a nice body punch.
Yours takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Guseinov tests Yours's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yours walks forward, straight into a front kick from Guseinov.
Guseinov lands with a cross.
Yours takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Guseinov.
Guseinov scores with a spinning back kick!
Guseinov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Guseinov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yours.
Guseinov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guseinov lands a head kick!
Guseinov scores with a head kick. Yours tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Guseinov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Guseinov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yours has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Guseinov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Guseinov scores with a leg kick.
Up Yours has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yours stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guseinov.
Yours tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Guseinov makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Yours really felt that one!
A slapping leg kick lands for Guseinov.
Yours 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.
Guseinov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yours's calf.
Guseinov scores with a nice body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Yours crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Guseinov - the referee stops the clock and Yours gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Guseinov. Yours manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yours takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yours takes one to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Guseinov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guseinov.
Yours tries to clinch up.
Both fighters circling a little - Guseinov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yours takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Guseinov throws a good cross that connects.
Guseinov scores with a shot to the body.
Guseinov connects with a body shot.
Guseinov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yours takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Guseinov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yours. Yours circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Guseinov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Yours walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov lands a head shot.
Yours on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Guseinov. Guseinov obviously looking to wear him down.
Guseinov lands a leg kick that knocks Yours off balance momentarily.
Yours throws a jab but it's blocked by Guseinov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yours closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Guseinov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Guseinov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yours.
Guseinov lands a front kick.
Guseinov throws a leg kick which misses Yours's front leg but catches the back leg as Yours tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yours tries to clinch up.
Yours takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Yours 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mustafa Guseinov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Guseinov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 24:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 24:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mustafa Guseinov!
Mustafa Guseinov thanked the fans post fight for their support.