PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Uzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Czesio Niemen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uzi comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Iron Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Uzi
vs
Niemen

203 cm
26
270 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

196 cm
22
270 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Uzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Czesio Niemen!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niemen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Uzi in his tracks.
Uzi tries to clinch up
and Niemen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Uzi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Uzi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Uzi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Uzi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Uzi moves in looking to clinch but Niemen pushes him off.
Niemen misses with a hook. Uzi ducked under it nicely.
Uzi tests Niemen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niemen keeps the fight on the outside.
Niemen misses with a kick to the body.
Niemen throws a looping overhand right but Uzi ducks down to avoid it.
Niemen swings widly with a right hand

and Uzi counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Uzi.
Uzi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Niemen's efforts to push away.
Uzi tries to land knees in the clinch but Niemen avoids the damage to the body.
Uzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Uzi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Niemen avoids it.
Niemen tries to break the clinch but Uzi is controlling the position.
Uzi tries a knee to the head but Niemen blocks it.
Niemen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Niemen working hard to break the clinch.
Niemen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Uzi has Niemen pressed against the cage, preventing Niemen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Uzi tries a knee to the head but Niemen blocks it.
Uzi scores with a shot to the side of Niemen's head.
Uzi with a knee to the head.
Niemen tries to break free but Uzi pushes him back against the cage.

Niemen breaks the clinch.
Uzi moves forwards but Niemen connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uzi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Uzi slips under a jab from Niemen.
Niemen swats away the attempt to clinch by Uzi.
Uzi misses with the combination.
Uzi lands a nice looking body shot.
Uzi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Niemen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Niemen lands with a nice combination. Uzi backs away looking to recover.

Uzi moves into the clinch successfully.
Uzi tries to land a knee to the head but Niemen blocks with his arms.
Niemen is looking to break free of the clinch but Uzi has double underhooks.
Uzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Niemen tries to break free but Uzi pushes him back against the cage.
Niemen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uzi lands a nice knee to the body.
Niemen looks gassed!
Uzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Niemen blocks it with crossed arms.
Uzi lands a good knee to the midsection. Niemen won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uzi scores with a shoulder strike.
Uzi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Uzi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Uzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Niemen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Uzi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Niemen's face.
Uzi working the clinch nicely. Niemen is working for position but Uzi cracks him with a big knee to the head! Niemen crumples up against the cage and Uzi lands two more shots before the ref can save Niemen! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Lasse Uzi!