PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nes Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilia Kosarev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ilia Kosarev will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Quick
vs
Kosarev

190 cm
21
255 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

192 cm
23
225 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nes Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ilia Kosarev!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick dips to his left and cracks Kosarev with an uppercut!

Quick shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Quick looking to finish with strikes here!
Quick working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Quick punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kosarev looks gassed!
Quick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Quick has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Quick lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Quick with good strikes from the mount here!
Quick is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kosarev can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Quick cracks Kosarev with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Quick in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Quick lands a big shot there that rocks Kosarev but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Quick pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quick with shots to the head and body - Kosarev looks very uncomfortable down there.
Quick working Kosarev over with strikes here.

Kosarev is rocked!
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!
Quick postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Kosarev in real trouble here! The ref calls for Kosarev to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nes Quick!