PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Brynulf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Parasenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brynulf
vs
Parasenko

176 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
28
184 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henrik Brynulf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Parasenko!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brynulf tries to clinch there but Parasenko circles away.
Brynulf moves in looking to clinch but Parasenko pushes him off.
Brynulf throws the kick towards the body but Parasenko avoids it.
Parasenko throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brynulf landing knees to the body.
Brynulf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Parasenko backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Brynulf's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Parasenko.
Brynulf is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brynulf definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brynulf.
Parasenko blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brynulf taking a breather.
Brynulf is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brynulf goes for a takedown attempt but Parasenko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Brynulf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parasenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brynulf throws a series of strikes that have Parasenko backpedaling.
Brynulf misses with a leg kick.
Brynulf misses with a wild combination.
Brynulf closes the distance but Parasenko moves to the side
and Brynulf takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brynulf fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrik Brynulf. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parasenko takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brynulf misses with a straight right.
Vladimir Parasenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Parasenko lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brynulf at a distance.
Parasenko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brynulf's hands.

Parasenko moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parasenko scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brynulf drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Parasenko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brynulf in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brynulf is breathing heavily.
Parasenko lands a left hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Parasenko.
Parasenko lands a left hand.
Parasenko lands a left hand.
Parasenko lands with a right to the head.
Brynulf swings wildly with an uppercut but Parasenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Parasenko.
Parasenko lands an uppercut.
Parasenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brynulf misses with a knee strike.
Brynulf looking to stall.
Parasenko lands an uppercut.
Parasenko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parasenko lands with a light punch inside.
Parasenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Brynulf backwards.
Parasenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brynulf backwards.
Parasenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Parasenko.
Brynulf looking to stall.
Brynulf takes a shot to the head.
Parasenko effectively controlling the action here.
Parasenko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Parasenko slowing the pace effectively.
Parasenko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Parasenko.
Still in the clinch, Parasenko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Parasenko.
Parasenko working Brynulf over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Brynulf fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Parasenko.
Parasenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Come on Parasenko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Parasenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brynulf backwards.
Parasenko lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Parasenko.
Parasenko lands a shoulder strike.
Parasenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Brynulf avoids the damage to the body.
Parasenko gets through Brynulf's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Parasenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right from Parasenko.
A nice left hand lands by Parasenko.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Parasenko obliges.

Parasenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parasenko lands a two punch combo.

Brynulf is rocked!
Parasenko closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Brynulf! Parasenko dives in looking to finish! Brynulf is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Parasenko!