PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gulun Shulun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Lopatin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopatin has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shulun
vs
Lopatin

188 cm
26
155 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

180 cm
25
155 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Gulun Shulun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexei Lopatin!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopatin is looking to clinch.
Shulun ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lopatin tries to clinch but Shulun moves away
and Shulun counters with a nice body shot.
Shulun ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lopatin darts in looking for a takedown but Shulun gets double underhooks and turns Lopatin into the cage.
Lopatin looks winded!
Shulun looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopatin is just out of range.

Shulun drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Shulun cracks Lopatin with a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shulun advances nicely into full mount.
Lopatin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shulun. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shulun unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shulun with a couple of short strikes.
Shulun takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Shulun.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Lopatin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Lopatin is rocked!
Shulun loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Lopatin scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Shulun land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Shulun stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gulun Shulun!