PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oleg Basaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Butch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Basaev
vs
Butch

200 cm
18
234 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
266 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Basaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harold Butch!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butch is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Harold Butch has been cut.
Basaev connects with a crisp jab.
Basaev punishes Butch's body with a nice straight punch.
Butch looks winded!
Basaev digs a good hook to Butch's body.

Basaev lands a big right hand that sends Butch crashing to the mat! Basaev stays standing though and waves Butch back to his feet!

Butch is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Basaev throws an uppercut from hell that sends Butch clean off his feet! He's out cold! Basaev stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oleg Basaev!