PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bayden Wood Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Islamanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wood Jr
vs
Islamanov

178 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 1

181 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bayden Wood Jr !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruslan Islamanov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wood Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Bayden Wood Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Islamanov slips a jab and a cross from Wood Jr .

Wood Jr closes the distance and clinches.

Wood Jr breaks the clinch.
Wood Jr has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Islamanov needs to keep his hands up - Wood Jr had a free shot at his head there.
Wood Jr throws a right and a left that Islamanov avoids nicely.
Islamanov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Islamanov's coach down at Dragon MMA Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Islamanov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Islamanov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wood Jr .
Wood Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood Jr works the jab nicely.
Some wild striking there from Wood Jr .

Wood Jr lands a left and a right that send Islamanov crashing to the mat, dazed. Wood Jr thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Ruslan Islamanov has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood Jr lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Islamanov can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Wood Jr and Islamanov drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Wood Jr .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bayden Wood Jr !