PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between SB Yol (ranked 1955 p4p, 265 weight class) and Alexander Pichushkin (ranked 1798 p4p, 239 weight class). Yol comes to the cage accompanied by Spectre: Scorpion Intro. Alexander Pichushkin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yol
vs
Pichushkin

193 cm
28
194 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, SB Yol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Pichushkin!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pichushkin misses with a wild body shot.
Yol tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pichushkin throws a body punch but Yol moves out of range.
Yol tries to land a body kick
and Pichushkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yol throws a head kick but Pichushkin moves out of range.
Yol looks to throw a body kick
and Pichushkin counters with a nice body shot.
Pichushkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yol connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yol throws a lazy body kick
and Pichushkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yol walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pichushkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yol.
A head kick from Yol lands but Pichushkin takes it in his stride.

It looks like Alexander Pichushkin has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yol connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yol throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pichushkin.
Yol bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yol swings for the body but Pichushkin moves out of range.
Yol misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pichushkin counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pichushkin scores with a jab to the body.
Yol ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yol uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pichushkin.
SB Yol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pichushkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yol throws out a loose jab but Pichushkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yol missing with a left hand there. Pichushkin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pichushkin throws a looping overhand right but Yol ducks down to avoid it.
Yol lands a nice hook to Pichushkin's body. Pichushkin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pichushkin lands a jab to Yol's midsection.
Yol misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Pichushkin misses the target.
Pichushkin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pichushkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yol moves away.
Pichushkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yol moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Pichushkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pichushkin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yol connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pichushkin scrambles back to his feet.
Yol misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pichushkin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yol staying out of range there.
Pichushkin swinging wildly here.
Yol slips under a jab.
As Pichushkin backs away, Yol returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pichushkin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yol looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pichushkin swings for the body but Yol moves out of range.
Pichushkin works Yol's body with a nice hook.
Yol misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pichushkin throws the kick towards the body but Yol avoids it.
Yol half committed to a counter leg kick.
Yol misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yol on the side of the head.
Yol ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yol takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Yol chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pichushkin can pounce on him.
Pichushkin throws the kick towards the body but Yol avoids it.
Yol feints and then cracks Pichushkin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pichushkin down.

Yol instigates a clinch.
Yol holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yol lands with a short shot to the head.
Pichushkin misses with some punches.
Yol working aggressively here.
The referee calls for Pichushkin to work.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Yol doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yol misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yol blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Yol scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yol working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pichushkin.
Yol throws a punch but it's blocked by Pichushkin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pichushkin throws a head punch that misses.
Yol lands with a right to the head.
Pichushkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yol throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pichushkins head.
A right hand to the body from Yol.
A right handed body shot lands from Yol.
Pichushkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yol throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pichushkins head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yol tries to throw a body punch but Pichushkin avoids it by throwing Yol back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Pichushkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexander Pichushkin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Pichushkin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pichushkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pichushkin avoids a kick to the body.
Pichushkin misses with a lunging right hand
and Yol counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pichushkin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yol fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pichushkin manages to avoid it.
Pichushkin lands a nice hook to Yol's body. Yol takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pichushkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yol takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yol uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pichushkin.

Yol darts in and clinches Pichushkin up against the cage.
Yol has Pichushkin pressed against the cage, preventing Pichushkin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yol lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yol throws a head punch that misses.
Yol scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yol scores with a hook to the body.
Yol lands with a short shot to the head.
Pichushkin is trying to break the clinch but Yol has him pressed against the cage.

Yol escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yol cracks Pichushkin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yol misses the shot to the body.
Yol lands a nice looking body kick.
Yol is looking to wear down Pichushkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yol avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yol scores with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pichushkin, as that shot connected.
Yol misses with the combination.
Yol misses with a combination
and Yol takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yol throws a body punch but Pichushkin moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yol looks to throw the jab but Pichushkin is out of range.
Yol just misses with a punch to the body.
Yol uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pichushkin.
Yol tries to land a body kick
and Pichushkin counters with a nice body shot.
Yol is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Yol misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pichushkin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pichushkin cracks a nice hook into Yol's ribs.
Pichushkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Yol is just out of range.
Pichushkin checks a leg kick nicely.
Pichushkin swinging wildly here.

Yol moves into the clinch successfully.
Pichushkin lands with a short shot to the head.
SB Yol has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pichushkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pichushkin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pichushkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Yol closes the distance and clinches.
Yol cracks Pichushkin with a nice body shot.
Yol pushes Pichushkin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pichushkin blocks an uppercut.
Pichushkin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yol backwards.
Yol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Yol.
Yol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yol misses with a punch to the body.
Pichushkin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pichushkin.
Still in the clinch, Pichushkin scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Pichushkin.
A head punch on the inside from Pichushkin fails to land.
Yol scores with a shot to the side of Pichushkin's head.
Yol scores with a shoulder strike.
Yol prevents a body shot from Pichushkin.
Yol scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yol tries a body shot but Pichushkin blocks it.
Yol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pichushkin misses with a punch to the body.
Pichushkin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yol seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pichushkin can turn it around.
Pichushkin slows down the pace here.
Yol tries to stall but Pichushkin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SB Yol dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Pichushkin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Yol misses with a body kick.
Yol connects with a jab.
Pichushkin tries to move into range but Yol moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yol misses with a hook. Pichushkin ducked under it nicely.
Alexander Pichushkin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pichushkin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yol cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yol connects with a leg kick. Pichushkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pichushkin misses with an uppercut. Yol saw that one coming.

Yol moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Yol.
Pichushkin lands an uppercut.
Yol misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pichushkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Yol controls his hands.

Pichushkin manages to break the clinch.
Yol throws a lazy right hand but Pichushkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pichushkin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pichushkin slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Pichushkin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yol tries to close the distance and clinch but Pichushkin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pichushkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yol.
Yol throws a lazy head kick
and Pichushkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick from Yol misses.
Yol throws a head kick that misses.
Yol throws a jab but it's blocked by Pichushkin.
Pichushkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Yol sizes up Pichushkin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pichushkin misses with a looping right.
Yol quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pichushkin scores with a shot to the body.
Yol throws a sloppy head kick
and Pichushkin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yol throws a body shot but no joy.
Yol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yol throws a lazy uppercut
and Pichushkin counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Yol is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pichushkin cracks Yol with a hook to the temple - Yol is on wobbly legs here! Pichushkin swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Yol falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Pichushkin wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alexander Pichushkin!
Alexander Pichushkin thanked the fans post fight for their support.
SB Yol was interviewed post fight and said 'Vengeance will be mine'.