PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simone Milanesi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Vladimirovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Milanesi
vs
Vladimirovich

210 cm
19
277 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
240 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simone Milanesi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Vladimirovich!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milanesi lands with a cross.
Milanesi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vladimirovich misses with a few strikes there.
Milanesi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vladimirovich fails to land the takedown.

Vladimirovich darts in and clinches Milanesi up against the cage.
I was talking to Milanesi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vladimirovich throws a head punch that misses.
Milanesi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Milanesi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milanesi punishes Vladimirovich's body with a nice straight punch.
Simone Milanesi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vladimirovich cracks a nice hook into Milanesi's ribs.
A combination from Vladimirovich does no damage.

Milanesi drops Vladimirovich with a nice combination! Milanesi dives into Vladimirovich's guard, looking to finish!

Vladimirovich is rocked!

It looks like Fedor Vladimirovich has been cut.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Vladimirovich looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Milanesi stands up from Vladimirovich's guard - Milanesi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Vladimirovich is still on wobbly legs! Can Milanesi finish him?

Milanesi moves into range and clinches up with Vladimirovich.
Vladimirovich seems to have recovered his senses.
Vladimirovich misses with a hook from the clinch.

Milanesi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milanesi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Milanesi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Milanesi closes the distance and clinches.

Milanesi breaks from the clinch.
Vladimirovich gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Simone Milanesi!
A very excited looking Simone Milanesi 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.