PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ullas Aslan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Raouf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Aslan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Agnostic Front - For My Family. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Aslan
vs
Raouf

179 cm
24
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 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 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan Raouf!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Raouf rushes Aslan and presses him up against the cage.
Raouf tries to circle away but Aslan has him pinned against the cage.
Raouf tries a body shot but Aslan blocks it.
Raouf looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aslan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raouf's efforts to push away.
Aslan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raouf's efforts to push away.
Aslan keeps control of Raouf as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aslan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Raouf pulls his leg out and moves away.

Aslan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aslan looks up at the clock and then as Raouf takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Aslan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Raouf taking a bit of punishment here - Aslan scoring with strikes.
Aslan landing strikes.
Aslan lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aslan landing a few strikes.
Aslan lands an elbow.

Raouf is rocked!
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.
Aslan working the body and head with strikes.
Raouf is still in real trouble! Can Aslan finish him?
Aslan lands an elbow.
Aslan lands an elbow.

Aslan stands up.

Aslan scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Aslan drops an elbow to the side of Raouf's head.
Raouf seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aslan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Aslan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aslan winds up and cracks Raouf with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
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. Aslan connects with a nice short shot to Raouf's temple.
Ground and pound from Aslan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aslan works his way into full mount!
Raouf looks gassed!
Aslan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Aslan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Raouf takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Aslan postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Raouf badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Aslan around the waist but Aslan pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Aslan is the winner by TKO! Aslan jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ullas Aslan!