PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abe Reles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Russovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Abe Reles has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Abe Reles seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Reles
vs
Russovich

178 cm
19
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
183 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abe Reles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Russovich!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reles feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Reles keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Russovich's head.
Reles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reles throwing strikes from guard but Russovich blocks nicely.
Reles advances to half guard.
Reles content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Reles 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.
Reles lands strikes from half guard.
Russovich looks gassed!
Reles not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reles seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Reles is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Russovich!
Reles is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Russovich can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Russovich really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reles. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russovich is bucking up trying to escape but Reles cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Reles with the ground and pound from mount.

Russovich is rocked!
Reles lands a big shot to the head and Russovich winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Abe Reles!