PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balkan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kosovo is Serbia kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kharitonov
vs
Balkan

207 cm
29
272 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

205 cm
29
266 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Jihad Fight Gear-Cage Wars version

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris Kharitonov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris Balkan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balkan looks to land a body kick but Kharitonov moved away.
A lazy body kick from Balkan
and Kharitonov counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Boris Balkan has been cut.
Balkan fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Balkan with that takedown attempt.
Kharitonov avoids a kick to the body.
Kharitonov tries a head kick but it misses.
Balkan misses with a head kick.
Balkan misses with a kick to the body.
Balkan is looking to clinch.
Boris Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balkan misses with a body kick.
Balkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kharitonov.
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!
Kharitonov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan misses with an uppercut
and Kharitonov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kharitonov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kharitonov misses with a jab, cross combination.

Balkan pushes Kharitonov up against the cage in a clinch.
Balkan misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balkan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kharitonov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balkan is leaning against Kharitonov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balkan swings wildly with an uppercut but Kharitonov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balkan blocks an uppercut.
Kharitonov takes an elbow to the temple.
Balkan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kharitonov backwards.
Kharitonov working aggressively here.
Balkan lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kharitonov as Balkan tries to tie him up.
A nice left hand lands by Balkan.
Balkan lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Balkan.
Kharitonov is breathing heavily.
Balkan pushes Kharitonov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balkan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kharitonov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Balkan misses with some punches.
A short right from Balkan.
Balkan blocks an uppercut.
Balkan stalling in the clinch.
Kharitonov scores with a shot to the side of Balkan's head.
Balkan avoiding damage.
Balkan scores with a hook to the body.
Kharitonov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kharitonov throws a head punch that misses.
Kharitonov blocking some punches.

Balkan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balkan looks to land a body kick but Kharitonov moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses.
Balkan throws a body kick the misses
enabling Kharitonov to counter with a crisp jab.
Good exchange - Balkan coming out on top.

It looks like Boris Kharitonov has been cut.
Balkan looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Balkan has Kharitonov up against the cage in a clinch.
Balkan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Kharitonov.
Still in the clinch, Kharitonov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kharitonov lands an uppercut.
Balkan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Kharitonov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balkan.
Kharitonov prevents a body shot from Balkan.
Kharitonov lands with a light punch inside.
Balkan tries a body shot but Kharitonov blocks it.
Balkan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balkan lands a body punch.
Balkan connects with a knee to the head.
Kharitonov swings wildly with an uppercut but Balkan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Balkan.
Balkan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Balkan misses with a punch on the inside.
Balkan lands an uppercut.

Kharitonov is rocked!
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Kharitonov.
Oh Kharitonov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balkan misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balkan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balkan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balkan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Balkan fails to land.
Kharitonov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balkan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balkan misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balkan.
Clinched against the cage, Balkan lands a big elbow that drops Kharitonov! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Kharitonov is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Balkan!
Boris Balkan is the new heavyweight champion!