PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Cadmea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Sichev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cadmea
vs
Sichev

192 cm
30
207 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

207 cm
34
221 lbs
27 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Cadmea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Sichev!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Cadmea.
Sichev throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cadmea's waist but Cadmea gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sichev off to one side.
Sichev has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cadmea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cadmea tries to bum rush Sichev with a series of wild strikes but Sichev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sichev wants to clinch.
Sichev lands with a good body shot.
Cadmea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sichev.
Cadmea is looking to slow Sichev down with leg kicks.
Cadmea on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cadmea avoids the body shot from Sichev.
Sichev shoots for a double leg takedown but Cadmea sprawls well. He's pushed Sichev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cadmea's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sichev under the eye.
Sichev wants to clinch up but Cadmea keeps it at a distance.
Sichev gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cadmea.
Sichev misses with a two punch combination.
Sichev lands with an overhand left.
Sichev is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sichev fails with the takedown
and Cadmea counters with a leg kick.
Victor Cadmea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuri Sichev.
Sichev on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cadmea. Cadmea obviously looking to wear him down.
Cadmea misses with a series of wild punches.
Sichev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Cadmea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sichev avoids the body shot from Cadmea.

Oooooh!!! Cadmea has knocked Sichev down with a huge combo! Cadmea steps away and waves a wobbly Sichev back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Sichev is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sichev is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Cadmea just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Sichev has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Victor Cadmea!
Victor Cadmea decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.