PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Houston Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Chekhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alexander
vs
Chekhov

186 cm
20
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Houston Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Chekhov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander fails with an attempt to clinch.

Chekhov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Alexander is looking to escape.

Alexander manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Alexander moves into range and clinches up with Chekhov.
Chekhov lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Alexander.
Chekhov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Alexander avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Chekhov looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alexander managing to block the knees to the body from Chekhov.
Chekhov taking a breather.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but Alexander blocks it.
Chekhov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Alexander avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alexander with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexander with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alexander is breathing heavily.
Alexander blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but Alexander blocks it.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Alexander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chekhov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chekhov lands a knee to the body.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Chekhov goes for a takedown attempt but Alexander pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Houston Alexander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Chekhov.

Chekhov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alexander, pushing him back against the cage.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alexander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chekhov is trying to stall.
Alexander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chekhov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chekhov.
Chekhov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Alexander misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexander's face.
Chekhov landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Chekhov manages to break the clinch.
Alexander tries to bum rush Chekhov with a series of wild strikes but Chekhov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Chekhov clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chekhov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alexander just stands there and leans against the cage.
Alexander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chekhov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alexander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chekhov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chekhov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chekhov tries to land a knee to the head but Alexander blocks with his arms.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Chekhov breaks from the clinch.
Chekhov tries to clinch but Alexander moves away

and Alexander counters by clinching up.
Chekhov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexander throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chekhov blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexander with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexander blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chekhov misses with an elbow strike.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Chekhov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexander's face.
Alexander with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chekhov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alexander has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Chekhov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Chekhov drives through and clinches with Alexander against the cage.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Chekhov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chekhov darts in trying to clinch

and Alexander counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chekhov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chekhov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander with a knee to the head.
Chekhov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Alexander with a knee to the head.
Alexander lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Alexander misses with a knee to the head.
Chekhov looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chekhov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov tries to pull guard but Alexander won't allow it.
Alexander misses with a knee to the head.
Alexander throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chekhov blocks it with crossed arms.

Chekhov manages to break the clinch.
Chekhov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alexander swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chekhov tries to clinch but Alexander moves away
and Alexander counters with a stiff right hand.

Chekhov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Alexander with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Alexander misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Chekhov scores with a shot to the side of Alexander's head.
Chekhov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Chekhov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alexander throws a right and a left that Chekhov avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alexander doesn't manage to clinch there - Chekhov circles away.

Chekhov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Alexander!
Chekhov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alexander wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Alexander tries to buck Chekhov off but Chekhov takes his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Chekhov dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chekhov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chekhov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chekhov wants to clinch.
Chekhov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chekhov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chekhov wants to clinch but Alexander slips to the side

and Alexander holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Chekhov tries to pull guard but Alexander holds him up against the cage and eventually Chekhov drops back down to his feet.
Alexander prevents Chekhov from breaking the clinch.
Chekhov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.
Alexander with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chekhov is looking to control Alexander's arms but Alexander gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chekhov has his back to the cage.
Chekhov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Alexander walks away with a smile on his face. Chekhov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Houston Alexander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Chekhov.
Chekhov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alexander moves in looking to clinch but Chekhov pushes him off.
Alexander with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice straight punches there by Alexander. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alexander.
Alexander wants to clinch up but Chekhov keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Alexander misses.

Alexander closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chekhov.
Alexander prevents Chekhov from breaking the clinch.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov controlling the action here for a moment.

Chekhov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chekhov tries to clinch but Alexander moves out of range.
Chekhov fails to land the takedown.
Chekhov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chekhov moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Chekhov tries to clinch but Alexander is having none of it.
Chekhov blocks a head kick by Alexander.
A head kick from Chekhov lands but Alexander takes it in his stride.
Chekhov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alexander paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Alexander tries to close the distance and clinch but Chekhov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chekhov swats away the attempt to clinch by Alexander.
Alexander has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Chekhov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Chekhov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Chekhov is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Alexander is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chekhov controlling from the full mount.
Alexander is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Alexander is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Chekhov has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Alexander wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Houston Alexander will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Chekhov tries to close the distance and clinch but Alexander swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chekhov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alexander fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chekhov clinches but Alexander breaks the clinch

and Alexander counters by clinching up.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but Alexander blocks it.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Chekhov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chekhov landing knees to the head.
Chekhov scores with a knee to the head.

Chekhov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chekhov keeps the fight on the outside.
Chekhov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alexander gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chekhov tries for a takedown but Alexander manages to get underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.
Alexander with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexander misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chekhov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chekhov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but Alexander blocks it.
Chekhov looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.

Chekhov manages to break the clinch.
Houston Alexander is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chekhov is looking to clinch but Alexander is avoiding it.
Alexander is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chekhov tries to clinch up but Alexander circles away and keeps his distance.

Chekhov instigates a clinch.
A short right from Chekhov on the inside.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chekhov landing knees to the head.
Chekhov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.
Alexander with a knee to the head.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.

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.
Alexander throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chekhov blocks it with crossed arms.
Chekhov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chekhov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chekhov pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chekhov misses with a knee strike.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.

Chekhov breaks from the clinch.
Alexander is looking to clinch.
Chekhov is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alexander looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Chekhov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chekhov looking to stall.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chekhov.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks it.
Alexander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chekhov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chekhov pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chekhov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chekhov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alexander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Chekhov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chekhov misses with a knee to the head.
Chekhov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Chekhov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chekhov lands a knee to the head.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chekhov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Houston Alexander has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Chekhov.
Alexander with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alexander looking to throw knees to the head but Chekhov is blocking nicely.

Chekhov jumps guard and drags Alexander to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Chekhov is working an open guard so Alexander takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Alexander misses with a low kick.
Chekhov tries to clinch there but Alexander circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chekhov throws a head kick that misses.
Chekhov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alexander throws a right hand that Chekhov ducks under and follows up with a left that Chekhov also avoids with ease.

Chekhov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Chekhov with a knee to the head.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alexander misses with a knee strike.
Alexander misses with a knee to the head.
Chekhov looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Chekhov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alexander has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alexander tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Chekhov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Chekhov has closed the distance and engaged Alexander in a clinch.
Alexander throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chekhov blocks it with crossed arms.
Chekhov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chekhov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chekhov.
Alexander tries to land a knee to the head but Chekhov blocks with his arms.
Alexander throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chekhov blocks it with crossed arms.
Chekhov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alexander has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vladimir Chekhov.
I think Chekhov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Chekhov!