PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ullas Aslan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aslan comes to the cage accompanied by Agnostic Front - For My Family. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Aslan
vs
Sanders

179 cm
23
150 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ullas Aslan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sanders shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sanders throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sanders thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Aslan to regain full guard.
Aslan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Aslan scoring with strikes but Sanders is staying in there.
Aslan looking to ground and pound but Sanders is blocking nicely.
Sanders taking shots to the head.
Aslan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aslan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sanders because Aslan loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders tries to lock up and control but Aslan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sanders avoids a series of strikes thrown by Aslan.
Sanders is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Aslan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Aslan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanders holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Aslan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sanders really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Aslan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanders looks a forlorn figure.
Aslan throws some wild stikes that Sanders manages to avoid easily.
Aslan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanders hang on?

Sanders is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aslan loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sanders scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Aslan land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Aslan stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ullas Aslan!