PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robero Tejada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Ernst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Tejada
vs
Ernst

175 cm
23
135 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

150 cm
20
138 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robero Tejada!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carl Ernst!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tejada fails with the takedown.
Tejada really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ernst bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tejada is trying to control Ernst's posture but Ernst avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ernst working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tejada is trying to control Ernst's posture but Ernst avoids it.
Ernst working the body and head with strikes.

Tejada is rocked!
Tejada can't do much from the bottom here.
Oh Tejada is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Ernst! That's hurt Tejada! Will he recover? Ernst fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Ernst!
Carl Ernst is the new bantamweight champion!