PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaromir Marek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulf Minutsak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marek comes to the cage accompanied by Riot by Three Days Grace. Jaromir Marek has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Marek
vs
Minutsak

187 cm
25
176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
24
171 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaromir Marek !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulf Minutsak!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Minutsak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Minutsak fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marek dodges an elbow strike from Minutsak.

Minutsak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Minutsak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Minutsak throws a head kick that misses.
Minutsak gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Minutsak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Minutsak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Minutsak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marek staying out of range there.
Minutsak slips under a jab from Marek .
Marek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Minutsak defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marek .
Minutsak tries to close the distance and clinch but Marek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marek scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marek misses with an uppercut. Minutsak saw that one coming.
Minutsak shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marek as he avoids it easily.

Minutsak gets a clinch.
Marek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The referee calls for Minutsak to work.
Minutsak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marek 's efforts to push away.
Minutsak taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Minutsak takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minutsak taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Marek 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marek misses with a punch to the body.
Minutsak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Minutsak is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marek wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marek struggles to land a body shot inside as Minutsak controls his hands.
Minutsak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marek tries to break the clinch but Minutsak is controlling the position.
Minutsak putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marek in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Minutsak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Minutsak throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marek shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Minutsak pinned against the cage. Minutsak gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Minutsak clinches with his opponent.
Marek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Minutsak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marek .

Minutsak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Minutsak misses with a series of wild punches.
Marek scores with a nice strike.
Minutsak lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marek is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marek throws a nice looking combination but Minutsak bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Minutsak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Minutsak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Marek , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Minutsak swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Marek to counter with a crisp jab.
Minutsak looks gassed!
Marek lands with an overhand left.

Minutsak is rocked!
Minutsak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marek shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Minutsak sprawls well. Minutsak wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Marek gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jaromir Marek . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minutsak slips a jab from Marek .
Marek lands an overhand right.
Minutsak bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
BOOM! Marek lands a beautiful left hook that drops Minutsak. Minutsak tries to recover but Marek is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Minutsak lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaromir Marek !