PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Morozov (ranked 2877 p4p, 4096 weight class) and Breno Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirill Morozov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morozov
vs
Bastos

180 cm
25
193
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
195
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Morozov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Breno Bastos!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morozov fails with the takedown
and Bastos counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Morozov closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bastos's guard.
Morozov stopping the sweep attempt from Bastos.

Bastos working for a triangle but Morozov defends it easily.
Morozov stopping the sweep attempt from Bastos.
Morozov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morozov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morozov 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.
Morozov postures up and lands a big shot to Bastos's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morozov lands a couple of elbows.
Morozov pushes down on Bastos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bastos is trying to stand up here but Morozov is controlling him well.
Morozov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov trying to mount his opponent but Bastos defends it.
Morozov working Bastos over with strikes.
Morozov has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bastos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morozov cracks Bastos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morozov raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bastos is bucking up trying to escape but Morozov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Morozov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bastos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morozov looking to finish Bastos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bastos!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastos tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morozov lands a couple of good shots and Bastos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Morozov scores with punches to the body.
Bastos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morozov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bastos takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Morozov lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Morozov lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Bastos.

Bastos is rocked!
Morozov looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Morozov scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Bastos is looking for a way out.
Bastos is still in real trouble! Can Morozov finish him?
Bastos tries to break free.
Bastos seems to have recovered his senses.
Morozov looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Bastos is taking damage to the body and head.
Morozov controlling well, preventing Bastos from escaping the position.
Bastos trying to control but not successfully.
Morozov lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov scores with punches and elbows.
Morozov is landing big shots and Bastos is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirill Morozov!
Kirill Morozov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.