PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Melcone Aisa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasily Tymoshenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tymoshenko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hearts On Fire. Vasily Tymoshenko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Aisa
vs
Tymoshenko

162 cm
29
161 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

178 cm
30
164 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melcone Aisa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vasily Tymoshenko !
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tymoshenko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Aisa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tymoshenko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tymoshenko dives in and grabs Aisa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Aisa pushes down on Tymoshenko 's head and hops out.
Aisa throws a solid leg kick but Tymoshenko takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aisa.
Tymoshenko takes a swing at Aisa's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Aisa blocks the low kick.
Aisa looks to land a right hand but Tymoshenko moved out of range.
Aisa misses the jab.
Tymoshenko throws out a counter right but Aisa avoids it with no problem.
Tymoshenko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tymoshenko slips under a jab.
A lazy body kick from Tymoshenko
and Aisa counters with a right hand to the body.
Aisa misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Aisa misses its intended target.
Tymoshenko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aisa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tymoshenko 's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tymoshenko swings for the body but Aisa moves out of range.
Aisa throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tymoshenko .
A little jabbing left from Tymoshenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Aisa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Tymoshenko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aisa slips under a jab from Tymoshenko .
Aisa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aisa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A cross from Aisa lands.
Tymoshenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aisa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fighters circling - Tymoshenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tymoshenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tymoshenko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Aisa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aisa blocks a jab.
Aisa tried to counter with a leg kick but Tymoshenko avoided it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tymoshenko walks into a jab.
Aisa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tymoshenko is able to avoid easily.
Aisa swings for the body but Tymoshenko moves out of range.
Aisa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tymoshenko blocks a jab.
Aisa looks to score with a jab to the body but Tymoshenko is just out of range.
Tymoshenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aisa.
Aisa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aisa throws a push kick but Tymoshenko slaps the foot to one side.
Aisa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tymoshenko .
Aisa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've been hearing reports that Aisa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A swing and a miss from Aisa.
Aisa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Aisa misses.
Tymoshenko looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tymoshenko lands a jab.
Aisa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tymoshenko throws out the jab.
It looked like Aisa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tymoshenko lands a jab to the head.
Tymoshenko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aisa.
Aisa avoids the body shot from Tymoshenko .
Tymoshenko misses with a hook. Aisa ducked under it nicely.
Aisa throws a lazy uppercut
and Tymoshenko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aisa moves away from the strike by Tymoshenko .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tymoshenko cracks Aisa with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Aisa tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Tymoshenko pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Aisa is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vasily Tymoshenko !
Vasily Tymoshenko tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.