PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alekzandr Borikav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borikav has chosen Pelican - Bliss in Concrete as his entrance music. Jeff Stroud looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Stroud
vs
Borikav

178 cm
27
208 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

192 cm
21
212 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeff Stroud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alekzandr Borikav!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stroud uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borikav.
Jeff Stroud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borikav lands a nice shot to the body.
Stroud misses with a looping left.
Stroud moves away from the strike by Borikav.
Borikav takes a swing at Stroud's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borikav. Stroud does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borikav with a hook.

It looks like Jeff Stroud has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stroud walks into a left hand.

Stroud is rocked!
Borikav lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Stroud up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Borikav from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Stroud's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alekzandr Borikav!
Alekzandr Borikav thanked the fans post fight for their support.