PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Zhuravlevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rar Dead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rar Dead is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zhuravlevich
vs
Dead

174 cm
18
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
298 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Konstantin Zhuravlevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rar Dead!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zhuravlevich shoots in and gets a takedown into Dead's guard.
Zhuravlevich postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zhuravlevich controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dead controls Zhuravlevich momentarily but Zhuravlevich frees himself.
Zhuravlevich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dead keeping moving, preventing Zhuravlevich from controlling successfully.
Zhuravlevich could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Zhuravlevich landing with the ground and pound.
Zhuravlevich trying to control but Dead is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Zhuravlevich has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zhuravlevich lands a couple of elbows.
Zhuravlevich scoring with some ground and pound.

Dead looking for a guillotine here but Zhuravlevich defends easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zhuravlevich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zhuravlevich is working Dead over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zhuravlevich throws a big elbow that misses.
Zhuravlevich might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zhuravlevich sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead is pulling down on Zhuravlevich's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zhuravlevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Dead is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zhuravlevich connects with a couple of short punches.
Zhuravlevich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zhuravlevich wants to control from the top but Dead keeps moving.
Zhuravlevich is looking to stand up but Dead won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich is working Dead over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dead utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dead keeping moving, preventing Zhuravlevich from controlling successfully.
Dead trying to keep a closed guard but Zhuravlevich is proving a slippery customer.
Zhuravlevich looking to sit in guard and control but Dead gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dead wants to control from the top but Zhuravlevich keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich looking for a sweep. Not yet Zhuravlevich, not yet.

Zhuravlevich is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dead is aware though and is defending well.
Zhuravlevich manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Zhuravlevich avoids the attempt from Dead to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dead really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dead manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Zhuravlevich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dead's guard.
Dead looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Zhuravlevich lands a couple of digs.
Zhuravlevich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zhuravlevich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dead's head.
Zhuravlevich trying to control but Dead is working from the bottom.
Zhuravlevich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich wants to control from the top but Dead keeps moving.
Zhuravlevich postures up and lands a big shot to Dead's brow.

Dead had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zhuravlevich defends it easily.
Dead keeping moving, preventing Zhuravlevich from controlling successfully.
Zhuravlevich won't allow Dead to sweep him here.
Zhuravlevich controlling from the top position.
Zhuravlevich wants to control from the top but Dead keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Konstantin Zhuravlevich wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Zhuravlevich as Dead shoots in.
Rar Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dead is breathing heavily.
Dead is looking to clinch.
Zhuravlevich pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Zhuravlevich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dead's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhuravlevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Dead is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zhuravlevich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zhuravlevich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Zhuravlevich trying to control but Dead is working from the bottom.
Zhuravlevich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zhuravlevich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Zhuravlevich is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dead is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zhuravlevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Dead is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dead is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich throwing strikes from guard but Dead blocks nicely.
Zhuravlevich looking to sit in guard and control but Dead gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zhuravlevich wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zhuravlevich doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Zhuravlevich looking for a sweep. Not yet Zhuravlevich, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Zhuravlevich dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Zhuravlevich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zhuravlevich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zhuravlevich shoots for a double leg takedown but Dead sprawls well. He's pushed Zhuravlevich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Konstantin Zhuravlevich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhuravlevich shoots in but no luck this time.
Dead lands a slapping body shot.
Dead lands with a cross.

It looks like Konstantin Zhuravlevich has been cut.
Dead tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Zhuravlevich swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zhuravlevich prevents Dead from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead blocking some punches.
Zhuravlevich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zhuravlevich wants to get back to striking at distance but Dead won't allow it.

Zhuravlevich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dead throws a body kick that misses.
Dead throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zhuravlevich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zhuravlevich stuffs the takedown attempt from Dead. Dead gets slowly back to his feet.
Dead shoots in looking for a takedown. Zhuravlevich tries to sprawl out of it but Dead keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zhuravlevich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Zhuravlevich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dead.
Dead tries to clinch but Zhuravlevich moves out of range.

Zhuravlevich gets a takedown into half guard.
Zhuravlevich is trying to control. Dead wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Konstantin Zhuravlevich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dead blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zhuravlevich.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zhuravlevich trying to control the pace.

Zhuravlevich is working for a kimura but Dead is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhuravlevich is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Dead reverses the position - he's now on top in Zhuravlevich's guard.
Dead content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dead looking to pass the guard.
Dead seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rar Dead was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dead shoots and misses

and Zhuravlevich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dead working a defensive guard here.
Zhuravlevich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rar Dead.
I think Zhuravlevich 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konstantin Zhuravlevich!