PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Enriquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Enriquez
vs
Luzhin

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Enriquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Enriquez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luzhin is fending him off so far but Enriquez persists. Nope, Luzhin circles away and we're back to standing.
Enriquez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Enriquez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Enriquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luzhin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ray Enriquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Enriquez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luzhin as he jumps to the side.
Luzhin stuffs the takedown attempt from Enriquez. Enriquez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Enriquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Enriquez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luzhin.
Luzhin stuffs the takedown attempt from Enriquez. Enriquez gets slowly back to his feet.
Enriquez takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Enriquez looks to score with a jab to the body but Luzhin is just out of range.
Luzhin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Enriquez is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Enriquez colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Luzhin as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Enriquez is left battered and dazed whilst Luzhin and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolai Luzhin!