PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Branislav Popov (ranked 3407 p4p, 5741 weight class) and Tre Davis (ranked 369 p4p, 489 weight class). Popov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Petrov - Bane. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Popov
vs
Davis

182 cm
22
180
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
175
0 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Branislav Popov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tre Davis!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Popov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Davis pushes Popov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Davis blocks an elbow strike.
Popov misses with the head strike.
Popov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davis's efforts to push away.
Davis tries a body shot but Popov blocks it.
Popov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Popov lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Davis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Popov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Popov lands an elbow just above Davis 's eye.
Davis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Popov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Davis looks winded!
Nice elbow from Popov.
A knee to the head by Popov.
Popov lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Popov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Popov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Popov tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Popov back against the cage.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Popov controls his hands.

Popov lands a vicious elbow to the side of Davis's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Popov tries to finish him with strikes but Davis still seems able to defend himself so Popov steps back and lets Davis get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

Davis is rocked!

It looks like Tre Davis has been cut.

Popov closes the distance and clinches.
Davis is still on wobbly legs! Can Popov finish him?
Popov pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Davis! Popov unloads with more strikes and Davis sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Branislav Popov!
After the fight, Branislav Popov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.