PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Lepdev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lepdev
vs
Velasquez

199 cm
23
273 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
255 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

PhoQus Sports Clothing Line

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Lepdev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cain Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lepdev scores with a nice right hand.
Velasquez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice shot by Lepdev.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velasquez avoids the body shot from Lepdev.

Lepdev drives through and clinches with Velasquez against the cage.
Lepdev has Velasquez pushed against the cage.
Velasquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lepdev stops a takedown attempt from Velasquez.
Lepdev creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lepdev creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velasquez's defenses.

It looks like Cain Velasquez has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lepdev.
Lepdev stalling in the clinch.
Lepdev lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velasquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lepdev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lepdev lands with a light punch inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lepdev gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lepdev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lepdev lands an elbow inside that Velasquez shrugs off.

Velasquez is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lepdev.
Velasquez is still on wobbly legs! Can Lepdev finish him?
Lepdev creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Velasquez's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Velasquez drops to his knees and Lepdev pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vlad Lepdev!