PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bagatar Hetagurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coleman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Mother Earth - Not Quite Sonic kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Greg Coleman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hetagurov
vs
Coleman

186 cm
24
197 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
216 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

King of Fists

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bagatar Hetagurov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Coleman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hetagurov - the referee stops the clock and Coleman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hetagurov. Coleman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A head kick misses from Hetagurov.
Hetagurov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hetagurov throws a front kick that sends Coleman stumbling back into the cage.
Hetagurov tries to land a body kick
and Coleman counters with a nice uppercut.
Hetagurov misses with a body kick.
Coleman appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Hetagurov drives through and clinches with Coleman against the cage.
Hetagurov looking to throw knees to the head but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Hetagurov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Coleman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hetagurov tries to throw a body punch but Coleman avoids it by throwing Hetagurov back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Coleman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Bagatar Hetagurov has been cut.
Coleman has Hetagurov pushed against the cage.
Coleman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coleman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hetagurov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hetagurov working aggressively here.
Hetagurov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coleman lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coleman.
Hetagurov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hetagurov has Coleman pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coleman.
Hetagurov misses with a knee to the head.
Hetagurov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hetagurov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coleman.
Hetagurov tries to land a knee to the head but Coleman blocks with his arms.
Hetagurov looking to throw knees to the head but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Hetagurov looking to throw knees to the head but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Coleman looking to throw knees to the head but Hetagurov is blocking nicely.
Hetagurov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Coleman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Coleman.
Coleman scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hetagurov trying to control the position but instead, Coleman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hetagurov into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hetagurov landing knees to the body.
Hetagurov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coleman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hetagurov backwards.
Coleman working Hetagurov over with knees to the body.
Hetagurov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coleman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Coleman.
Hetagurov is breathing heavily.
Coleman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hetagurov is defending well for now.
Coleman can't find room to land a body shot as Hetagurov controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Coleman.
Coleman tries to work over Hetagurov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coleman blocking some punches.
Coleman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coleman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Coleman lands with a short shot to the head.

Hetagurov is rocked!

Bagatar Hetagurov's cut is getting worse.
Coleman tries a body shot but Hetagurov blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Hetagurov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coleman throws a big uppercut that drops Hetagurov! More strikes from Coleman and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hetagurov lies dazed against the cage as Coleman celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Coleman!
After the fight, Greg Coleman was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.