PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dalinar Kholin (ranked 1397 p4p, 215 weight class) and Stef Power Jr (ranked 2649 p4p, 358 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kholin
vs
Power Jr

187 cm
21
217 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

192 cm
22
224 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dalinar Kholin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Stef Power Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kholin.
Kholin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Power Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kholin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Power Jr's waist but Power Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kholin off to one side.
Power Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Power Jr throws a shot from downtown. Kholin moves away and avoids it.
Power Jr scores with a body shot.
Power Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Power Jr.
Power Jr ducks under a wild hook from Kholin.
Kholin throws out a loose jab but Power Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dalinar Kholin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Power Jr blocks a jab.
Power Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kholin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kholin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Power Jr manages to break the clinch.

Power Jr tries to keep at a distance but Kholin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kholin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Power Jr prevents it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kholin working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kholin keeps control of Power Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kholin is trying to trip Power Jr. He has hold of a leg but Power Jr is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Kholin persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Kholin is working Power Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kholin lands a couple of elbows.
Kholin controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Kholin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Power Jr trying to control the position.
Kholin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kholin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Power Jr is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kholin is stalling in the full guard.
Kholin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kholin working some strikes from top position.

Power Jr has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kholin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Power Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Power Jr has his foot on Kholin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kholin works his way back into a safe position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kholin scoring with some ground and pound.
Kholin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kholin lands a couple of elbows.
Kholin lands a couple of digs.
Kholin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kholin postures up and lands a big shot to Power Jr's brow.
Kholin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Power Jr's head.

Kholin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Power Jr is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power Jr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Power Jr escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kholin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kholin connects with a couple of short punches.
Power Jr keeping moving, preventing Kholin from controlling successfully.

Kholin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Power Jr has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kholin has managed to get both his arms back between Power Jr's legs - danger averted.
Kholin trying to control the position from guard on top but Power Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Power Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kholin postures up.

Kholin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Power Jr has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kholin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kholin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Power Jr is keeping the position for now.

Power Jr is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kholin has his hands clasped together but Power Jr extends and breaks Kholin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Power Jr.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stef Power Jr!
Stef Power Jr bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.