PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Goran Iliantovjic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iliantovjic comes to the cage accompanied by Iggy Pop - The Passenger. Vincent Valentine struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Iliantovjic
vs
Valentine

175 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
149 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goran Iliantovjic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vincent Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine dodges the punch combination from Iliantovjic.
Valentine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iliantovjic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valentine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iliantovjic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Vincent Valentine has been cut.
Iliantovjic is looking to clinch.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch there but Valentine circles away.
Valentine misses with an uppercut. Iliantovjic saw that one coming.

Iliantovjic drops Valentine with a beautiful combination! Valentine stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Iliantovjic is looking for the KO!
Valentine looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine misses with a wild body shot.
Valentine misses with a wild combination.
Iliantovjic is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iliantovjic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Valentine throws a body punch but Iliantovjic moves out of range.
Valentine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Iliantovjic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valentine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch up but Valentine circles away and keeps his distance.
Iliantovjic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Iliantovjic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iliantovjic wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Iliantovjic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valentine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iliantovjic tries to close the distance and clinch but Valentine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valentine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Iliantovjic lands a big head kick that sends Valentine tumbling to the mat! Iliantovjic takes a step backwards and waves Valentine back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Iliantovjic grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Valentine takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Iliantovjic cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Goran Iliantovjic!