PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilja Vasuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hovanes Avelyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Avelyan has chosen Take him outh. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vasuta has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Ilja Vasuta looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Vasuta
vs
Avelyan

192 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilja Vasuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hovanes Avelyan!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Avelyan gets a takedown into half guard.
Avelyan working the head and body with strikes.
Avelyan working over Vasuta with some ground and pound. Vasuta looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Avelyan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Avelyan wants to pass the guard but Vasuta is defending well.
Avelyan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Ilja Vasuta's cut is getting worse.
Avelyan lands strikes from half guard.
Avelyan lands strikes from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasuta taking some punishment here, with Avelyan in his half guard.

Vasuta actively working from the bottom here.
Vasuta is breathing heavily.

Vasuta looking for submissions off his back.
Avelyan working over Vasuta with some ground and pound. Vasuta looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Avelyan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vasuta taking some punishment here, with Avelyan in his half guard.
Avelyan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Avelyan is keen to just control but Vasuta is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Avelyan connects with a nice short shot to Vasuta's temple.
Avelyan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nice strikes from Avelyan there.
Avelyan slips a nice elbow through Vasuta's hands, connecting with Vasuta's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Avelyan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Avelyan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Avelyan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Avelyan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vasuta has hold of Avelyan's hands but Avelyan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Avelyan is working for a kimura but Vasuta is defending it quite comfortably.
Ground and pound from Avelyan.

Ilja Vasuta's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasuta taking some punishment here, with Avelyan in his half guard.

Jeez, Ilja Vasuta's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ilja Vasuta's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hovanes Avelyan!