PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Aslamanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Best Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Aslamanov
vs
Man

188 cm
27
185 lbs
11 - 14 - 1

200 cm
27
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ruslan Aslamanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Best Man!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man moves into range and connects with a jab.
Man connects with a crisp jab.
Man connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A right-left combo lands from Man.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Man misses with a double jab.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aslamanov misses with a takedown attempt - Man sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

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

Aslamanov is rocked!
Man misses with the combination.
Man lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aslamanov dives in and grabs Man's left leg, looking for a takedown. Man pushes down on Aslamanov's head and hops out.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
Aslamanov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Man lands a really nice looking cross but Aslamanov seems unphased.
Aslamanov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Man sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aslamanov somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruslan Aslamanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Oooooh!!! Man has knocked Aslamanov down with a huge combo! Man steps away and waves a wobbly Aslamanov back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Oh Aslamanov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aslamanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Aslamanov seems to have got his legs back now.
Man scores with the left hand. Aslamanov knows he should have avoided that one.
Aslamanov slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Best Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

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

Aslamanov is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Man catches Aslamanov right on the button with a cross.
Oh Aslamanov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Man catches Aslamanov with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Aslamanov forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Best Man!
Best Man spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.