PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Afanas First (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ibra Zlatan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ibra Zlatan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

First
vs
Zlatan

192 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Afanas First!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ibra Zlatan!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
First scores with a nice right hand.

Zlatan has closed the distance and engaged First in a clinch.
Zlatan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but First blocks it with crossed arms.
First tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
First gets through Zlatan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
First pushes Zlatan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
First comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Zlatan is rocked!
Zlatan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zlatan is still on wobbly legs! Can First finish him?
Nice elbow from First.
First swings away with an uppercut that misses.
First unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Zlatan! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but First is unloading with more strikes now! Zlatan drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Afanas First!