PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Firco Nowack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Ladin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ladin has chosen Highway to hell as his entrance music. Firco Nowack has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nowack
vs
Ladin

196 cm
33
240 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

215 cm
26
291 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very quick

TWGC Champion
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Firco Nowack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Ladin!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowack blocks a head kick by Ladin.
Ladin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nowack throws the kick towards the body but Ladin avoids it.
Nice shot lands for Ladin.

Ladin gets tackled into the cage by Nowack. Nowack maintains the clinch.
Nowack pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ladin takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ladin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nowack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ladin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ladin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ladin lands a shot to the body.
Nowack is breathing heavily.
Ladin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nowack misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Ladin.
Ladin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ladin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ladin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nowack in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ladin scores with a hook to the body.
Ladin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ladin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Ladin.
Ladin scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Ladin.
Ladin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ladin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ladin gets through Nowack's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Ladin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ladin obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ladin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Ladin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ladin scores with a nice short uppercut.

Nowack is rocked!
Ladin lands a big knee to the head and Nowack goes down! Ladin pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Ladin!
As Ben Ladin got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Today is just my lucky day. He could have destroyed me easily. I'm a bum pretending to be a fighter just to support my family. Anybody wants to beat me up, just contact my manager..'.