PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bastian Berzerker (ranked 3293 p4p, 2086 weight class) and Volodymyr Pravda (ranked 372 p4p, 247 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pravda's choice of entrance music: Korobushka. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Berzerker
vs
Pravda

188 cm
20
165
5 - 1 - 0

173 cm
20
158
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bastian Berzerker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Volodymyr Pravda!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pravda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Pravda tries to get set, Berzerker tries to push him back and clinch up but Pravda manages to avoid the attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Pravda as he connects with a hook.
Berzerker lands a nice shot to the body.
Pravda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berzerker.
Berzerker looks to land a combination but Pravda avoids it well.
Berzerker tries to clinch there but Pravda circles away.
Pravda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Berzerker misses with a hook
and Pravda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Berzerker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pravda's head.
Pravda moves into range and connects with a jab.
Berzerker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pravda. Berzerker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berzerker throws a body punch but Pravda moves out of range.
Berzerker misses with a two punch combination.
Berzerker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Berzerker is looking to chop away at Pravda's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berzerker throws a series of punches but Pravda moves out of range.
It seemed like Pravda was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pravda keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berzerker misses the body punch
and Pravda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Berzerker seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Berzerker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pravda.
Berzerker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Berzerker is looking to wear down Pravda with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pravda throws a jab when Berzerker was well out of range.
Berzerker tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pravda manages to circle out of the way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berzerker. Pravda does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Pravda releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Pravda pushes Berzerker up against the cage in a clinch.
Berzerker looking to throw knees to the head but Pravda is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Pravda.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pravda.
A head punch on the inside from Pravda fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Pravda.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pravda.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pravda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pravda gets through Berzerker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Berzerker is rocked!
Pravda cracks Berzerker with a nice body shot.
Oh Berzerker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pravda has Berzerker pressed against the cage, preventing Berzerker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Pravda on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berzerker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Berzerker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pravda is keeping busy.
Pravda creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Berzerker's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Berzerker drops to his knees and Pravda pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Volodymyr Pravda!
Volodymyr Pravda decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.