PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sasa skarstan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). skarstan has chosen tensta as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Paul Power has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Paul Power seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Power
vs
skarstan

205 cm
19
218 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
256 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Power!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sasa skarstan!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
skarstan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Power paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Power fails with a takedown attempt.

skarstan instigates a clinch.
skarstan misses with the head strike.

skarstan manages to break the clinch.
Power ducks under a wild hook from skarstan.

skarstan has Power up against the cage in a clinch.
skarstan throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for skarstan.
skarstan lands a right hand.
skarstan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, skarstan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

skarstan has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Power uses from the top position.
skarstan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
skarstan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
skarstan with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Power can't handle though.
skarstan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Power has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Power preventing the sweep.
skarstan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
skarstan lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
skarstan trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Power tries to keep at a distance but skarstan has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short left from skarstan.
Power pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Power blocking some punches.
skarstan dodges an elbow strike from Power.
A head punch on the inside from Power fails to land.
Power wants a takedown but no success here.

skarstan pulls guard effortlessly.
skarstan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
skarstan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Power wanted to stand there but skarstan had control of the position.
skarstan wants to sweep but no luck.
skarstan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Power tries to stand but skarstan is controlling from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
skarstan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Power, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

skarstan clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
skarstan lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from skarstan fails to land.

Power escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
skarstan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Power has time to react.
skarstan doesn't manage to clinch there - Power circles away.
Power tries to bum rush skarstan with a series of wild strikes but skarstan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Power is breathing heavily.
skarstan is looking to clinch.
skarstan doesn't manage to clinch there - Power circles away.
skarstan leaves Power with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Power. That's going to take a lot out of him.

skarstan forces Power back against the cage and clinches.
skarstan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Power is rocked!
skarstan swings wildly with an uppercut but Power uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Power is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
skarstan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Power blocking some punches.
skarstan lands a body shot.
skarstan throws a punch but it's blocked by Power.
skarstan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

skarstan breaks from the clinch.

skarstan moves into range and clinches up with Power.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for skarstan.
Power seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
skarstan scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for skarstan.
skarstan throws a big uppercut that drops Power! More strikes from skarstan and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Power lies dazed against the cage as skarstan celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). sasa skarstan!