PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Zelensky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ezra Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zelensky
vs
Ray

180 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
40
181 lbs
30 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Zelensky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ezra Ray!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray cracks Zelensky with an open hand slap.
Ray steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zelensky.
Ray throws a head kick that misses.
Ray scores with a head kick.
Zelensky misses with a series of wild punches.
Ray tries a head kick but it misses.
Zelensky takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zelensky fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zelensky throws a sloppy head kick and Ray moves out of range easily.
Ray throws a head kick but Zelensky moves out of range.
Zelensky looks to throw the jab but Ray is out of range.
A head kick by Zelensky misses
and Ray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ray plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A low kick from Zelensky misses
and Ray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zelensky throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zelensky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been informed that Ray has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Zelensky misses with a head kick.
Zelensky misses with a lunging right hand
and Ray counters with a nice body kick.
Ray lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zelensky takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick from Ray lands but Zelensky takes it in his stride.

Zelensky is rocked!
Zelensky walks into a stiff left hand from Ray.
Oh Zelensky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ray cracks Zelensky with an open hand slap.
Ray lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Zelensky up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Ray from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Zelensky's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ezra Ray!
A victorious Ezra Ray thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.