PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vick Rub (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Halberstram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halberstram is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Murder The Government. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rub
vs
Halberstram

171 cm
28
152 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
147 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vick Rub!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Halberstram!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rub ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halberstram moves away.
A punch combination from Halberstram misses.

Halberstram moves into the clinch successfully.
Rub is trying to break the clinch but Halberstram has him pressed against the cage.
Rub is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Halberstram scores with a shoulder strike.
Halberstram scores with a hook to the body.
Rub has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rub is trying to break free.
Halberstram looking to stall.
Rub wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Halberstram is struggling to control the position.

Rub breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rub lands with a straight right. Halberstram didn't see that one coming.
Halberstram ducks under a wild hook from Rub.

Halberstram takes the fight into the clinch.
Rub blocks a body shot from Halberstram.
Rub blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halberstram.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rub is trying to break free.

Rub escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Rub misses.
Rub takes one on the button.
Halberstram stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rub swings for the body but Halberstram moves out of range.
Rub fails to land with a series of punches.
Vick Rub seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rub misses the shot to the body.
Halberstram looks to throw the jab but Rub is out of range.
Rub avoids the body shot from Halberstram.
No joy there for Halberstram, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rub swings for the body but Halberstram moves out of range.
Rub throws a hook to the side of Halberstram's head but Halberstram sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Halberstram lands a jab to Rub's midsection.
Rub throws a hook to the side of Halberstram's head but Halberstram sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rub just misses with a punch to the body.
Halberstram throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rub sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rub misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rub misses with a hook to the body
and Halberstram counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rub throws out a loose jab but Halberstram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halberstram digs a good body shot into Rub's ribs.
Rub shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Halberstram moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Halberstram defending well as Rub loads up on a big left hand.
Rub throws a sloppy body shot
and Halberstram counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halberstram misses with a low kick as Rub jumps back.

Halberstram clinches.
Halberstram lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Halberstram.
Rub is trying to break free.
Rub looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Rub manages to break the clinch.
Rub misses with a body shot
and Halberstram counters with a nice uppercut.
Rub throws a body punch but Halberstram moves out of range.
No joy there for Rub, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Halberstram scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rub throws a body punch but Halberstram moves out of range.
Halberstram drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rub. Halberstram does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halberstram throws a leg kick which misses Rub's front leg but catches the back leg as Rub tries to avoid it.
Rub is breathing heavily.
Rub throws a jab but it's blocked by Halberstram.
Halberstram listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rub checks a leg kick.
Halberstram scores with a decent looking hook.
Halberstram misses with a low kick.
Halberstram throws a head kick that half lands.

Rub is rocked!

Halberstram forces Rub back against the cage and clinches.
Oh Rub is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rub blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Rub breaks from the clinch.
Halberstram feints a jab promting Rub to slip. Halberstram then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rub slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Halberstram cracks Rub with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Rub falls to his knees and Halberstram doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Halberstram!