PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigori Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasputin comes to the cage accompanied by Bas Beats. The key to victory for Grigori Rasputin has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Rasputin
vs
James

196 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

194 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grigori Rasputin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam James!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for James with that takedown attempt.
Rasputin lands a high kick!

It looks like Liam James has been cut.
James misses with a takedown attempt
and Rasputin counters with an outside leg kick.
Rasputin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice takedown defense from Rasputin. No joy for James on that attempt.
Grigori Rasputin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam James.
James scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Rasputin closes the distance and clinches.
Rasputin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rasputin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt James or not.
James looks gassed!
Rasputin trying to land knees to the body.
Rasputin just leaning against James, taking a breather.
Rasputin throws an elbow but it misses.
James avoids the elbow strike from Rasputin, against the cage.
Rasputin tries to land knees in the clinch but James avoids the damage to the body.
Rasputin crunches a lovely knee into James's ribcage.
Rasputin lands an elbow that stopped James in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Liam James's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rasputin looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
Rasputin digs a right hand into James's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on James's gas tank.
Rasputin misses with a knee strike.
Rasputin missing with knees to the body.
Rasputin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rasputin.

Rasputin drops James with a big knee straight up the middle! James is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rasputin takes the fight into the clinch.
Rasputin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rasputin is defending well.
Rasputin lands a knee to the body.
James takes an elbow to the forehead.

Liam James's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Liam James's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Grigori Rasputin!
A relieved looking Grigori Rasputin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.