PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilia Kosarev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rainer Zufall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zufall is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rammstein - Sonne. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kosarev
vs
Zufall

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
213 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ilia Kosarev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rainer Zufall!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zufall gets a double leg takedown into Kosarev's guard.
Kosarev looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Zufall looking to pass the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zufall's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Zufall decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kosarev, up you get!

Zufall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zufall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zufall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zufall slows down the pace here.
Kosarev tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Zufall lands a left hand.
Zufall lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Zufall gets control of Kosarev's arms and successfully pulls guard. Zufall will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Zufall pulls Kosarev in close to prevent any damage.
Zufall lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kosarev!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zufall connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kosarev is working to get back to half guard.
Zufall controlling from mount.
Zufall avoids the attempt from Kosarev to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zufall controlling the pace for now.
Kosarev tries to hold on but Zufall postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zufall looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Zufall is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kosarev has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kosarev working to try and regain half guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zufall has hold of Kosarev's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kosarev manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Zufall has control of Kosarev's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kosarev regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Kosarev taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zufall with a couple of short strikes.
Zufall scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zufall landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zufall postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kosarev looks a forlorn figure.

Kosarev is rocked!

Zufall is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kosarev to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kosarev shrugs it off.
Oh Kosarev is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zufall landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Zufall! Kosarev is hurt baaadly! Zufall is firing away with more strikes - Kosarev is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rainer Zufall!