PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Lepikhin (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.

Oliveira
vs
Lepikhin

186 cm
23
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
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 Tokyo, Ricardo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikhail Lepikhin!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira lands a leg kick that knocks Lepikhin off balance momentarily.
Lepikhin swats away the attempt to clinch by Oliveira.
Oliveira blocks a jab.
Lepikhin blocks the body kick.
Oliveira lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lepikhin's sensitive parts.

Lepikhin gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lepikhin is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Oliveira!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lepikhin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oliveira is working to get back to half guard.
Oliveira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lepikhin on the ground.
Lepikhin lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Lepikhin.
Lepikhin with a couple of short strikes.

Oliveira is rocked!
Oliveira is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Oh Oliveira is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lepikhin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Oliveira looks a forlorn figure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Lepikhin's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikhail Lepikhin!
Mikhail Lepikhin tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.