PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Seal (ranked 1390 p4p, 1436 weight class) and Yaroslav Rurik (ranked 101 p4p, 109 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Seal
vs
Rurik

165 cm
22
135
3 - 0 - 0

165 cm
24
140
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Seal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yaroslav Rurik!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rurik saw that one coming.
Rurik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seal to score with a decent uppercut.
Seal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rurik swings widly with a right hand
and Seal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rurik saw that one coming.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rurik throws a low kick, looking for Seal's leg but Seal calmly moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seal checks a leg kick.
Rurik misses with a hook
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for Rurik. That snapped Seal's head back.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rurik counters with a thumping low kick.
Rurik lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal moves out of range of the body kick from Rurik.
Seal misses with an uppercut
and Rurik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rurik misses with a body shot.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Rurik counters with a nice kick to the body.
Seal avoids a kick to the body.
Rurik tries a head kick but it misses.
Rurik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rurik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rurik throws a looping overhand right but Seal ducks down to avoid it.
Seal scores with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Seal.
Seal misses with a straight left.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal cracks Rurik with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rurik misses with a double jab.
Seal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rurik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Seal. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rurik takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal lands a jab to Rurik's midsection.
Seal lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Rurik.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal slips a jab from Rurik.
Seal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rurik.
Rurik takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rurik scores with a push kick.
Nice shot lands for Seal.
Rurik with the inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Rurik.
A jab from Seal finds it's way through Rurik's defenses.

Rurik is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seal lands a hook that stumbles Rurik back into the cage. Seal follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Rurik to the canvas! Seal pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Rurik has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Seal!
A victorious Matt Seal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.