PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antti Kivinkoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Klitscho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kivinkoski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jon Lajoie - Show Me Your Genitals. Ivan Klitscho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kivinkoski
vs
Klitscho

192 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

187 cm
21
214 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antti Kivinkoski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Klitscho!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klitscho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Antti Kivinkoski has been cut.
Kivinkoski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Klitscho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kivinkoski manages to avoid it.
Klitscho throws a right and a left that Kivinkoski avoids nicely.
Kivinkoski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Klitscho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kivinkoski doesn't seem bothered though.

Klitscho shoots in and bounces Kivinkoski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Kivinkoski looking for a guillotine here but Klitscho defends easily.
Klitscho sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Klitscho stands and steps away. Kivinkoski gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Klitscho lands a left and a right that send Kivinkoski crashing to the mat, dazed. Klitscho thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kivinkoski is rocked!
Kivinkoski is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Klitscho moves into range and clinches up with Kivinkoski.
Oh Kivinkoski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Klitscho breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kivinkoski seems to have got his legs back now.
Ivan Klitscho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klitscho cracks Kivinkoski on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Kivinkoski falls backwards against the cage. Klitscho follows up with more strikes that drop Kivinkoski to his knees. Klitscho keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Kivinkoski! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Klitscho!