PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hai Farrell (ranked 5991 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Stratic (ranked 3633 p4p, 0 weight class). Hai Farrell has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Farrell
vs
Stratic

205 cm
23
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hai Farrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Stratic!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrell tries to score a power double leg takedown but Stratic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Farrell somewhat.

Stratic closes the distance and clinches.
Farrell is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stratic to keep the fight standing.
Farrell is trying to pull guard but Stratic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hai Farrell. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Stratic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Stratic closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stratic lands in his opponent's guard.
Stratic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stratic slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Farrell thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stratic landing with the ground and pound.
Stratic is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Stratic works over Farrell with some ground and pound from guard.
Farrell controls Stratic momentarily but Stratic frees himself.
Stratic is in close to Farrell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Stratic won't allow Farrell to sweep him here.
Stratic stays in close to Farrell's body and controls the position.
Stratic chips away with some ground and pound.
Farrell has momentary wrist control but Stratic slips an elbow through the middle.
Stratic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stratic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stratic landing some decent shots from guard.
Farrell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Stratic scoring with punches to the head and body.

Farrell is rocked!
Stratic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Oh Farrell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stratic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stratic postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Farrell covers up, he's hurt! Stratic keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Stratic and the ref steps in to end the fight! Stratic can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Stratic!