PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Bradford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Nemkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oleg Nemkov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bradford
vs
Nemkov

186 cm
28
190 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

173 cm
27
203 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite 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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sonny Bradford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Nemkov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nemkov misses with a body shot
and Bradford cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oleg Nemkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nemkov tries a head kick but it misses.
Nemkov throws a low kick but Bradford moves out of range easily.
Bradford stuffs the takedown attempt from Nemkov. Nemkov gets slowly back to his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Bradford misses the target.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nemkov has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bradford defending well as Nemkov loads up on a big left hand.
Nemkov throws a right hand that Bradford ducks under and follows up with a left that Bradford also avoids with ease.
Nemkov looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradford is just out of range.

Bradford lands a big head kick that sends Nemkov tumbling to the mat! Bradford takes a step backwards and waves Nemkov back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Oleg Nemkov has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nemkov throws out a loose jab but Bradford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nemkov connects with an inside leg kick.
Nemkov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bradford.
Bradford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nemkov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Nemkov is rocked!
Bradford looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Bradford backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Nemkov's temple! It sends Nemkov violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Bradford celebrates and the doctors try to help Nemkov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Sonny Bradford!
A victorious Sonny Bradford thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.