PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ugon Harleev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borre Oppeboen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harleev
vs
Oppeboen

185 cm
21
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ugon Harleev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Borre Oppeboen!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oppeboen has a takedown stuffed.
Oppeboen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harleev cracks Oppeboen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oppeboen throws a series of punches but Harleev avoids them all with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Oppeboen as Harleev shoots in.
A good leg kick by Oppeboen.
Oppeboen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harleev.
Harleev looks to land a body kick but Oppeboen moved away.
Oppeboen moves out of range of the body kick from Harleev.
Harleev throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Oppeboen's waist but Oppeboen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harleev off to one side.
Harleev fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ugon Harleev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oppeboen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Harleev counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harleev goes for a takedown attempt but Oppeboen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Oppeboen is looking to clinch.
Oppeboen throws a head kick but Harleev moves out of range.

Oppeboen rushes Harleev and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harleev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harleev is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Oppeboen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harleev misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oppeboen.

Oppeboen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harleev really is a fat lump.
Oppeboen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harleev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Borre Oppeboen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harleev is breathing heavily.
Oppeboen slow jab from Harleev misses its intended target.
Oppeboen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oppeboen drops Harleev with a left and a right! Oh, Harleev is hurt - Oppeboen dives into side control looking to finish!

Harleev is rocked!

Oppeboen decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Oh Harleev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harleev walks straight into a right hand from Oppeboen - that's dropped him! Oppeboen jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Harleev from any more punishment! Harleev complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Borre Oppeboen!