PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Andreev (ranked 52 p4p, 8 weight class) and Dasha Karimov (ranked 18 p4p, 4 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Karimov's choice of entrance music: ACDC - Hells Bells. Alexey Andreev could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dasha Karimov's chin.

Andreev
vs
Karimov

175 cm
27
187 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

185 cm
36
192 lbs
36 - 12 - 2

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Andreev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dasha Karimov!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andreev throws a series of punches but Karimov moves out of range.
Karimov tries to close the distance and clinch but Andreev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Andreev.
Andreev misses with a left hand
and Karimov counters with a nice leg kick.
Andreev has his takedown stuffed

and Karimov counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karimov trying to land knees to the body.
Andreev is trying to break the clinch but Karimov is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Andreev.

Andreev has hold of one of Karimov's legs. Karimov is fighting the takedown attempt but Andreev gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karimov is trying to control the position but Andreev postures up.
Andreev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andreev postures up.
Andreev trying to control but Karimov is working from the bottom.
Andreev chips away with some ground and pound.
Andreev 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.
Karimov controlling the position.
Andreev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Karimov wants to control the position but Andreev says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Karimov is trying to get back to full guard.
Karimov wants to control but Andreev is keeping busy.
Andreev looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karimov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karimov is trying to stand up here but Andreev is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karimov trying to hold on to Andreev's head to control him but Andreev postures up.
Andreev working Karimov over with strikes.
Karimov won't allow Andreev to pass to mount.
Andreev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Andreev thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Karimov's head.
Karimov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Andreev is keen to just control but Karimov is a slippery customer.
Karimov has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Brazilian Elite Team. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

Andreev is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Karimov has managed to free his arm - good work.
Andreev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karimov is looking to control Andreev's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Karimov avoid being mounted?

Karimov makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreev scores with a nice strike.
Karimov wants to clinch

and Andreev counters with a takedown into side control.
Andreev lands a few punches from side control.
Andreev advances to mount.
Karimov is trying to escape the mount.
Andreev working Karimov over with strikes here.
Andreev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Karimov hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andreev lands a heavy elbow.

Karimov is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karimov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Karimov is still in real trouble! Can Andreev finish him?
Andreev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Karimov wants to hold on but Andreev pushes him away.
Andreev looking to control but Karimov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Andreev working Karimov over with strikes here.
Andreev cracks Karimov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Andreev controlling from mount.
Karimov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Andreev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Andreev postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Karimov bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Andreev and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexey Andreev!
Alexey Andreev is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Alexey Andreev, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Dasha Karimov stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you all for the support. This was my last fight. I had a great time and a great career. Jestem najlepszy!'.