PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vasiliy Zadov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugeniy Akulenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zadov's entrance music is Hu Ha. A fine choice. Akulenko has chosen Cowboys From Hell as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vasiliy Zadov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Zadov
vs
Akulenko

170 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

170 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasiliy Zadov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugeniy Akulenko!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Akulenko.
A big right from Zadov misses.
Zadov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A head kick misses from Akulenko.
Akulenko scores with a head kick. Zadov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Akulenko moves away from the strike by Zadov.
Zadov takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zadov just misses with a punch to the body.
Zadov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Zadov is rocked!
Akulenko seems to be stalking Zadov here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Zadov drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Eugeniy Akulenko!
Our winner, Eugeniy Akulenko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.