PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yegor Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Bernstein (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.

Klitschko
vs
Bernstein

200 cm
18
248 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 Tokyo, Yegor Klitschko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eli Bernstein!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klitschko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bernstein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klitschko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Klitschko moves to clinch but Bernstein breaks away

and Bernstein counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Bernstein maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Klitschko could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Bernstein has cracked it and Klitschko is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Bernstein!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eli Bernstein!
Eli Bernstein decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.