PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Tugarinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Milkovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Sasha Tugarinov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tugarinov
vs
Milkovich

183 cm
31
228 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

220 cm
24
255 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sasha Tugarinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Milkovich !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milkovich lands a two punch combo.
Tugarinov is breathing heavily.
Milkovich fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Milkovich lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Sasha Tugarinov has been cut.
Milkovich looks to land a combination but Tugarinov avoids it well.
Milkovich fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tugarinov is out of range.
Alexander Milkovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milkovich looks to land a combination. Tugarinov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milkovich fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tugarinov.
Nice body punch from Milkovich .

Milkovich moves into the clinch.
Milkovich tries a knee to the head but Tugarinov blocks it.
Milkovich tries to throw a body punch but Tugarinov avoids it by throwing Milkovich back against the cage.
Milkovich scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Milkovich 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Milkovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Milkovich lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Milkovich .
Milkovich lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Tugarinov is rocked!
Milkovich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oh Tugarinov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Milkovich misses with an attempted mid kick.
Milkovich scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Milkovich cracks the inside of Tugarinov's front leg.

Milkovich drives through and clinches with Tugarinov against the cage.
Milkovich lands a shoulder strike.
Milkovich is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Milkovich unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tugarinov! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Milkovich is unloading with more strikes now! Tugarinov drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Milkovich !