PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitomir Karov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ry Back (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Karov
vs
Back

201 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
231 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vitomir Karov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ry Back!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Back ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Karov blocks the body kick.
Back ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karov moves away.
A punch combination from Karov misses.
Karov slips under a jab from Back.
Back has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karov.
Karov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Back's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Karov misses.
Back misses with a hook.
Back throws a jab but it's blocked by Karov.
Karov misses with a wild combination.
Back misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Karov.
Back misses with a straight right.
Back takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Karov scores with a sloppy right hand. Back should have avoided that one.
Back swings for the body but Karov moves out of range.
Karov throws a jab when Back was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Back keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karov.
Karov throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Back throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Back keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Back thuds a left hand into Karov's body.
A big right from Karov misses.
Karov throws a hook to the side of Back's head but Back sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Back misses with a head kick.
Back throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Karov looks to land a right hand but Back moved out of range.
Karov misses with a lunging right hand
and Back counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karov is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Back dodges the punch combination from Karov.
Back moves out of range of the strikes.
Back just misses with a punch to the body.
Back displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Karov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Back sends Karov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Back is motioning to the referee to let Karov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Karov is rocked!
Back knocks out Karov with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Back before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Back picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ry Back!