PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Kralaiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rambo has chosen Basic Thugonomics as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kralaiev
vs
Rambo

191 cm
25
240 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

185 cm
27
248 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Kralaiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rambo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rambo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ivan Kralaiev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kralaiev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kralaiev tries to clinch but Rambo moves away
and Rambo counters with a right hand to the body.
Kralaiev swats away the attempt to clinch by Rambo.

Rambo gets a clinch.
Kralaiev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kralaiev is looking to control Rambo's arms but Rambo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kralaiev has his back to the cage.
Kralaiev tries to break the clinch but Rambo is controlling the position.

Kralaiev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kralaiev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rambo.
Rambo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kralaiev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kralaiev closes the distance but Rambo moves to the side
and Rambo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Ivan Kralaiev has been cut.
Rambo moves out of range as Kralaiev throws a body kick.
Kralaiev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kralaiev is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Rambo gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Rambo gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Rambo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rambo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rambo is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo lands strikes from half guard.
Rambo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rambo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rambo controlling the action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rambo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rambo is looking to take a break and control but Kralaiev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rambo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rambo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Ivan Kralaiev's cut is getting worse.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rambo lands a nice short elbow.

Kralaiev is rocked!
Kralaiev taking some punishment here, with Rambo in his half guard.
Oh Kralaiev is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rambo drops an elbow to the side of Kralaiev's head.
Rambo lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Kralaiev! More strikes land and this one is all over! Rambo jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Rambo!