PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carl Maywho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasiliy Zadov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zadov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hu Ha. Vasiliy Zadov has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Maywho
vs
Zadov

164 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carl Maywho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasiliy Zadov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maywho wants to clinch.
Zadov throws a front kick that sends Maywho stumbling back into the cage.
We've been told by Maywho's head coaches at Elite MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Zadov lands with a kick to the ribs.
Maywho doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Zadov counters with a nice kick to the body.
Maywho is breathing heavily.
Maywho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Zadov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Carl Maywho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maywho misses with a takedown attempt

and Zadov counters by moving into the clinch.
Maywho has had enough of the clinch but Zadov keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zadov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zadov lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Carl Maywho has been cut.
Zadov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zadov lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zadov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Maywho in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zadov landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Zadov.

Zadov breaks from the clinch.
Maywho takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zadov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Maywho is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Zadov clinches with his opponent.
Zadov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zadov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maywho is trying to break the clinch but Zadov is controlling him.
Zadov lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zadov obliges.
Zadov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maywho lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zadov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zadov landing knees to the head.

Maywho is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zadov misses with a knee strike.
Oh Maywho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Zadov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zadov lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Maywho crumples to the floor! Zadov milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vasiliy Zadov!
After the fight, Vasiliy Zadov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.