PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Dyrdrek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Dyrdrek is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Balboa
vs
Dyrdrek

190 cm
20
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Dyrdrek!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa throws a series of punches but Dyrdrek avoids them all with ease.
Dyrdrek closes the distance and clinches up with Balboa, looking for a takedown. Dyrdrek pushes Balboa against the cage but Balboa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Balboa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Balboa misses with a looping right.

Balboa gets the takedown into side control.
Balboa throws an elbow but Dyrdrek slips to the side and avoids it well.
Balboa working the ground and pound but Dyrdrek is defending the strikes.
Dyrdrek managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Balboa.
Dyrdrek prevents Balboa from improving position.
An elbow from Balboa crashes against the mat.
You can see the frustration on Dyrdrek's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dyrdrek manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dyrdrek looks gassed!
Balboa is pressing down on Dyrdrek's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Balboa is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is wriggling around but Dyrdrek manages to pass to half guard.
Dyrdrek looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Balboa wants to improve his position but Dyrdrek is controlling well.

Dyrdrek is working for a submission of some sort.
Balboa regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dyrdrek won't allow Balboa to get back to his feet.
Balboa pulls Dyrdrek in to control the position.
Balboa keeping moving, preventing Dyrdrek from controlling successfully.

Balboa kicks Dyrdrek off and gets to his feet.
A nice combination there by Balboa.

It looks like Alex Dyrdrek has been cut.
Balboa misses with a straight left.
Dyrdrek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Balboa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dyrdrek.
Balboa lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Dyrdrek falls backwards - clearly groggy! Balboa dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Balboa!