PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentyn Azhur (ranked 4438 p4p, 2393 weight class) and Eric White (ranked 560 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Azhur
vs
White

175 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
215
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valentyn Azhur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric White!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

White clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
White lands a left hand that snaps the head of Azhur backwards.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
Azhur wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A hook to the body from White.
Good body shot from White.
White prevents Azhur from breaking the clinch.
A short right from White on the inside.
White presses Azhur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
White lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
Good body shot from White.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.

Azhur is rocked!
White lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oh Azhur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Azhur is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by White.
White unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Azhur! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but White is unloading with more strikes now! Azhur drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric White!