PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Sorokov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Harrass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrass has chosen Tomorrow as his entrance music. Phil Harrass has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sorokov
vs
Harrass

178 cm
29
146 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

171 cm
26
148 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Sorokov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Harrass!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorokov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sorokov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrass.
Sorokov shoots in but no luck this time.
Harrass changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Harrass dips to his left and cracks Sorokov with an uppercut!
Harrass scores with a body shot.
Harrass tests Sorokov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harrass misses with an uppercut. Sorokov saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Sorokov.
Harrass is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harrass looks to score with a jab to the body but Sorokov is just out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Sorokov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Harrass stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harrass wants it to stay on the feet.
Harrass throws a looping overhand right but Sorokov ducks down to avoid it.
Sorokov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Sorokov is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrass cracks Sorokov with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Phil Harrass!
Phil Harrass was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.