PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Chernov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curt Warburton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chernov comes to the cage accompanied by 2rbina 2rista - Brutality. Warburton has chosen Type O Negative as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chernov
vs
Warburton

178 cm
21
160 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

179 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Chernov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Curt Warburton!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warburton shoots in but no luck this time.
Chernov lands a jab to the head.

Chernov shoots in and gets a takedown into Warburton's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Chernov distracts Warburton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Warburton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Warburton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Warburton wants to get back to his feet but Chernov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chernov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chernov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chernov postures up and lands a big shot to Warburton's brow.

Warburton is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chernov connects with a couple of short punches.
Warburton is still in real trouble! Can Chernov finish him?
Warburton wants to stand and escape but Chernov is having none of it.
Chernov 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.
Chernov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Warburton wants to stand up but Chernov is controlling him.
Chernov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Warburton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Warburton is looking to stand up but Chernov isn't so interested in that idea.
Warburton seems to have recovered his senses.
Chernov works over Warburton with some ground and pound from guard.
Chernov landing with the ground and pound.
Warburton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warburton wants to get back to his feet but Chernov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chernov landing some decent shots from guard.
Warburton wants to get back to his feet but Chernov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chernov is working Warburton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chernov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chernov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chernov distracts Warburton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chernov with a nice head shot there.
Chernov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Warburton wants to stand but Chernov is controlling the position.
Warburton can't keep his opponent in guard - Chernov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chernov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chernov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warburton wants to get back to his feet.
Chernov working the head and body with strikes.
Chernov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warburton looks like he's trying to stand up.
Chernov working Warburton over with strikes.
Warburton is trying to stand up here but Chernov is controlling him well.
Chernov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chernov is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Warburton!
Warburton taking shots to the head.
Warburton is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Chernov scoring with strikes but Warburton is staying in there.
Warburton is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Warburton takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Chernov's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Chernov!
An out of breath Mark Chernov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.