PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Bloom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Burov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burov has chosen Russian Rocket as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bloom
vs
Burov

172 cm
27
140 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

171 cm
27
143 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Orlando Bloom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pavel Burov!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bloom is looking to clinch but Burov is avoiding it.
Bloom blocks a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bloom lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Burov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Burov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bloom misses with a wild body shot.
Bloom turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bloom tries to clinch but Burov moves away
and Burov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Orlando Bloom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bloom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burov throws a good cross that connects.
Burov lands with a straight right. Bloom didn't see that one coming.
Bloom walks into a stiff left hand from Burov.
Bloom tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Burov to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burov lands a nice shot that snaps Bloom's head back.

Bloom is rocked!

It looks like Orlando Bloom has been cut.
Burov misses with a low kick.
Oh Bloom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burov misses with a hook.
Bloom seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloom tries to clinch but Burov is having none of it.
Bloom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burov moves away.
Burov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Burov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bloom throws a sloppy head kick and Burov moves out of range easily.
Bloom fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bloom needs to keep his hands up - Burov had a free shot at his head there.
Bloom has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Burov finds it's way round the side to connect with Bloom's head.
Bloom looks to clinch
and Burov counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Bloom falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pavel Burov!
After the fight, Pavel Burov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.