PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Mineev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Infamous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Infamous is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kevin Gates- Hard For. Chris Infamous struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mineev
vs
Infamous

182 cm
21
178 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Mineev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Infamous!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Infamous fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mineev manages to avoid it.
Mineev scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Infamous doesn't seem bothered though.
Mineev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Infamous ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mineev moves away.
Infamous looks to land a right hand but Mineev moved out of range.
Mineev wants to land a leg kick but Infamous is out of range.
Infamous thuds a left hand into Mineev's body.
Mineev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Infamous thuds a left hand into Mineev's body.

A jab-cross combination lands for Mineev and sends Infamous crashing to the mat! Mineev follows him down to the mat - Infamous regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Infamous is rocked!

It looks like Chris Infamous has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mineev works his way into full mount!
Infamous is still in real trouble! Can Mineev finish him?
Mineev controlling from mount.
Infamous tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Infamous flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Mineev content just to control the position here.
Mineev's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Mineev has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Infamous has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Further stalling from Mineev.
Infamous tries to hold on but Mineev pushes him away.
Mineev controlling the pace for now.
Infamous seems to have recovered his senses.
Mineev blocks Infamous's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Infamous is looking to improve his position but Mineev isn't that keen on the idea.
Infamous sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mineev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Infamous on the ground.

Infamous looking for submissions off his back.
Mineev is trying to control. Infamous wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mineev blocks the strikes from Infamous.
Infamous gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Infamous is trying to control the position but Mineev postures up.
Mineev trying to control the position from guard on top but Infamous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mineev wanted to stand there but Infamous had control of the position.

Infamous has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Mineev is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Infamous.

Mineev stands up and beckons Infamous to his feet.
Mineev slips a straight right by Infamous.
Infamous looks up at the clock. Bad move! Mineev lands a right hand from hell, dropping Infamous. Mineev pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Mineev!