PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Breezy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremiah Russel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Breezy
vs
Russel

182 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Breezy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeremiah Russel!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Breezy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Russel circles away quickly and effectively.
Breezy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Russel avoids it really well and circles away.
Breezy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Breezy fails with a takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Russel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Russel scores with a body shot.
Jab by Russel.
A punch lands to the side of Breezy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Russel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Breezy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Breezy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Russel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Russel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Breezy.
Breezy throws a head kick that misses.
Breezy shoots in and drives through. Russel sprawls well.
Breezy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Russel's waist but Russel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Breezy off to one side.
Breezy is breathing heavily.
Russel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Breezy wants to clinch.
Breezy misses with a jab to the body
and Russel counters with a stiff right hand.
Breezy fails with a takedown attempt.
Russel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Russel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breezy clinches but Russel breaks the clinch
and Russel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Breezy thinking.
Chris Breezy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Russel scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russel works Breezy's body with a nice hook.
Russel swinging wildly here.
Breezy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Russel.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Breezy. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Breezy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Russel scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breezy shoots in looking for a takedown. Russel tries to sprawl out of it but Breezy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Russel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Russel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Breezy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Russel.
Russel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Russel scores with a three punch combo!

Breezy is rocked!
Breezy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oh Breezy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Russel drops Breezy with a beautiful combination! Breezy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Russel is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russel misses with a combination
and Breezy counters with a big head kick but Russel shrugs it off.
Russel throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Breezy stumbling backwards into the cage! Breezy bounces back off the cage towards Russel, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Russel lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Russel celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jeremiah Russel!