PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Anzar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petyr Maximoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anzar's entrance music is The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Anzar
vs
Maximoff

188 cm
26
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Anzar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petyr Maximoff!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maximoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anzar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Maximoff dodges the punch combination from Anzar.

Maximoff lands a big head kick that sends Anzar tumbling to the mat! Maximoff takes a step backwards and waves Anzar back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like George Anzar has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Anzar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maximoff throws a lazy head kick
and Anzar counters with an inside leg kick.
Maximoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Anzar circles away.
Maximoff throws a lazy head kick
and Anzar counters with a three punch combo that has Maximoff backing up. Maximoff nods at Anzar to acknowledge the strikes.
Anzar lands a body shot.
Anzar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maximoff's sensitive parts.
Nice jab there from Anzar.
A head kick by Maximoff misses
and Anzar counters with a three punch combo that has Maximoff backing up. Maximoff nods at Anzar to acknowledge the strikes.
Maximoff wants to clinch.
Anzar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Anzar.
Anzar throws a lazy right hand but Maximoff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maximoff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maximoff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Anzar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Anzar lands with an overhand left.
Maximoff throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Anzar is looking for a counter combo.
Anzar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Maximoff.
Anzar connects with a right hand. Maximoff shakes it off.

Maximoff is rocked!
Anzar throws an overhand right that drops Maximoff like a sack of potatoes! Anzar dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Anzar!
A very excited looking George Anzar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.