PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fionn MacCumhaill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Volkov comes to the cage accompanied by Parkway Drive - Dark Days. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Volkov
vs
MacCumhaill

202 cm
27
287 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

M.O. Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Volkov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fionn MacCumhaill!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

MacCumhaill sends Volkov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! MacCumhaill is motioning to the referee to let Volkov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Volkov is rocked!

It looks like William Volkov has been cut.
MacCumhaill misses with a combination
and MacCumhaill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Volkov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Volkov has MacCumhaill up against the cage in a clinch.
Volkov seems to have got his legs back now.
Volkov scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Volkov is leaning against MacCumhaill and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Volkov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
MacCumhaill looks winded!
Volkov lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacCumhaill backwards.
Volkov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Volkov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Volkov - that landed with a thud.
Volkov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Volkov.
Volkov lands a shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Volkov.
MacCumhaill takes a shot to the head.
Volkov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Volkov works on MacCumhaill's body with a couple of short punches.
Volkov has MacCumhaill pressed against the cage, preventing MacCumhaill from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Volkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
MacCumhaill looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Volkov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Volkov.
Volkov gets through MacCumhaill's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
MacCumhaill has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Volkov.
MacCumhaill's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Volkov is working MacCumhaill over against the cage.
Volkov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Volkov is leaning against MacCumhaill and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Volkov is leaning against MacCumhaill and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Volkov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Volkov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

MacCumhaill is rocked!
Volkov dips a shoulder and cracks MacCumhaill with a mighty uppercut! MacCumhaill falls back against the cage and Volkov unloads with a barrage of strikes! MacCumhaill is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Volkov screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Volkov!
William Volkov retains his super heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, William Volkov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.