PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muhamad Alli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolaj Orlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alli comes to the cage accompanied by De la Souls, by POS. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Alli
vs
Orlow

200 cm
25
214 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
19
205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[JMFC] 160!
[JMFC] 160!

Future Pharmaceuticals (144 for $15)

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Muhamad Alli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolaj Orlow!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orlow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orlow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Orlow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alli is looking to slow Orlow down with leg kicks.
Alli lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orlow. Alli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orlow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alli misses with an uppercut. Orlow saw that one coming.
Alli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alli cracks the inside of Orlow's front leg.
Alli is looking to score with low kicks.
Alli tries to close the distance and clinch but Orlow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orlow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alli wants to land a leg kick but Orlow is out of range.

Alli takes the fight into the clinch.
Alli tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Orlow just stands there and leans against the cage.
Alli has Orlow pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Orlow manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Orlow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Alli looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Orlow!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alli avoids the attempt from Orlow to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlow is looking to get to half guard.
Alli cracks Orlow with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alli misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Orlow is working to get back to half guard.
Alli is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alli looking to finish with strikes here!
Alli throws some wild stikes that Orlow manages to avoid easily.
Orlow blocking the ground and pound.
Orlow sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Orlow's head.
Alli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Orlow's head.

Alli is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Orlow is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Muhamad Alli!