PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Electro Stalin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dariusz Ruslan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stalin comes to the cage accompanied by Hell March. Ruslan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hester Prynne kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Stalin
vs
Ruslan

190 cm
23
205 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

198 cm
27
219 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Next Level Nutrition

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Electro Stalin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dariusz Ruslan!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stalin throws a lazy right hand but Ruslan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruslan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ruslan thuds his right hand into Stalin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ruslan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stalin.
Ruslan lands a jab-cross combination.
Ruslan misses with a left hand
letting Stalin counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Stalin catches Ruslan right on the button with a cross.
Ruslan staying out of range there.
Ruslan defending well as Stalin loads up on a big left hand.
Stalin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruslan was well out of range. Poor timing from Stalin.
A swing and a miss from Ruslan.
Nice body punch from Ruslan.
Stalin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stalin drops his hands momentarily and Ruslan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ruslan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stalin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ruslan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruslan throws out a powerful jab.
Ruslan throws a big shot that misses.
Ruslan misses with an uppercut
and Stalin counters with a nice body shot.
Ruslan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stalin on the side of the head.
Stalin gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Stalin tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Ruslan is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Stalin buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Stalin!! Stalin is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Ruslan throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dariusz Ruslan!
Dariusz Ruslan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.