PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jami Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Sarnavskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Balkan
vs
Sarnavskiy

177 cm
19
152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
154 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Balkan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Sarnavskiy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balkan misses with an uppercut. Sarnavskiy saw that one coming.
Balkan throws a jab when Sarnavskiy was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Balkan.
Sarnavskiy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Balkan misses with a hook. Sarnavskiy ducked under it nicely.
Sarnavskiy throws a big shot that misses.
Sarnavskiy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balkan throws out the jab.
Balkan lands a lovely overhand right.
A head kick misses from Sarnavskiy.
Balkan moves away from the strike by Sarnavskiy.
Sarnavskiy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sarnavskiy throws a head kick that misses.
Sarnavskiy misses the shot to the body.
Sarnavskiy throws a lazy right hand but Balkan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balkan connects with a jab.
Sarnavskiy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balkan moves away.
Sarnavskiy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balkan.
Sarnavskiy throws a looping overhand right but Balkan ducks down to avoid it.
Balkan connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balkan connects with a jab.

Sarnavskiy is rocked!
Sarnavskiy throws a right and a left that Balkan avoids nicely.
Sarnavskiy slips a straight right by Balkan.
Sarnavskiy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sarnavskiy throws a head kick but Balkan moves out of range.
Sarnavskiy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Balkan counter with a right hand.
Sarnavskiy is still on wobbly legs! Can Balkan finish him?
Balkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sarnavskiy.
Sarnavskiy misses with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Sarnavskiy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Balkan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sarnavskiy.
Sarnavskiy throws a lazy head kick
and Balkan counters with a big right hand! Oh Sarnavskiy is in trouble here! Balkan follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jami Balkan!
A relieved looking Jami Balkan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.