PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Kruzov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulisiaz Crunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruzov's entrance music is All for the motherland. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kruzov
vs
Crunch

185 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
273 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Kruzov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulisiaz Crunch!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruzov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Ulisiaz Crunch has been cut.
Kruzov throws a series of punches but Crunch avoids them all with ease.
Crunch misses with a takedown attempt - Kruzov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kruzov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kruzov throws a series of punches but Crunch avoids them all with ease.
Crunch shoots for a takedown but Kruzov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kruzov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Kruzov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kruzov showed some decent athleticism there.
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!
Crunch moves into full guard.
Crunch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kruzov wanted to stand there but Crunch had control of the position.

Crunch has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Kruzov doesn't defend quickly enough and Crunch has managed to lock this one up! Can Kruzov escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Crunch on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ulisiaz Crunch!
A relieved looking Ulisiaz Crunch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.