PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between fjodor king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Kuriliv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

king
vs
Kuriliv

185 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Poweful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, fjodor king!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Kuriliv!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
king stuffs the takedown attempt from Kuriliv. Kuriliv gets slowly back to his feet.

Kuriliv scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kuriliv really doesn't want to stay on the ground with king. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
king wants to improve his position but Kuriliv is controlling well.
Kuriliv performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

king looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

king looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kuriliv missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

king looking for submissions off his back.
Kuriliv not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
king is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kuriliv is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by king.
Kuriliv shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts king as he jumps to the side.
Kuriliv misses the shot to the body.
Kuriliv wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Kuriliv drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

king has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kuriliv should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, king has tightened it up now! Kuriliv should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). fjodor king!
fjodor king is the new heavyweight champion!