PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Markovic (ranked 2141 p4p, 276 weight class) and Kung Po (ranked 1454 p4p, 201 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Markovic
vs
Po

175 cm
21
164 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
177 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 Helsinki, Tim Markovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kung Po!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po lands a nice shot that snaps Markovic's head back.
Markovic throws a lazy right hand but Po sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've been hearing reports that Markovic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Po keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Po lands a leg kick that knocks Markovic off balance momentarily.
Po stuns Markovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Po dodges the punch combination from Markovic.
Po connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Markovic throws a sloppy head kick and Po moves out of range easily.
Po works the jab nicely.
Po just misses with a punch to the body.
Po bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Markovic's head backwards.
Po looks to throw the jab but Markovic is out of range.
Markovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Po's coach down at Russian Bears Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Po's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Markovic tries to move into range but Po moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po looks to score with a jab to the body but Markovic is just out of range.
Markovic lands with a shot to the body.
Markovic throws a lazy right hand but Po sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tim Markovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Po moves forwards but Markovic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Markovic connects with a looping right hand.
Markovic connects with a right hand. Po shakes it off.

Markovic instigates a clinch.
Markovic has a couple of punches blocked by Po.
Po throws a punch but it's blocked by Markovic.
Po blocking some punches.
Markovic tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Po gets through Markovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Markovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Markovic misses with some punches.
Po misses with a hook from the clinch.
Po lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Po misses with a punch on the inside.
Po tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Markovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Po gets an underhook and turns Markovic into the cage.
Po swings wildly with an uppercut but Markovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Markovic avoiding damage.
Po lands a hook to the side of the head.
Po swings wildly with an uppercut but Markovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Po scores with a shoulder strike.
Markovic working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Po.
Po pushes Markovic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Markovic throws an elbow but misses.
Po gets through Markovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Markovic tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Po.
Markovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Po.
Po lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Markovic.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Po lands a nice uppercut.
Po scores with a shot to the side of Markovic's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Po.
Po lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Markovic backwards.
Po lands a hook to the side of the head.

Markovic is rocked!
Markovic works on Po's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Markovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Po swings wildly with an uppercut but Markovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Po working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Markovic trying to stall but Po improves his position.
Markovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Po scores with a shoulder strike.
Markovic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Po lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Po works on Markovic's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markovic avoiding damage.
Still in the clinch, Po scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po pushes Markovic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Po.
Po gets through Markovic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Markovic tries a body shot but Po blocks it.
Po pushes Markovic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Po lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Markovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Markovic on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Po.
Po misses with a short punch on the inside.
Po lands a big right hand that drops Markovic! The killer instinct kicks in and Po finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Po!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kung Po!
A very excited looking Kung Po rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.