PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Huey Ball (ranked 22906 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wladamir Lobov (ranked 6220 p4p, 0 weight class). Lobov has chosen Eminem - sing for the moment as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ball
vs
Lobov

161 cm
28
140 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Huey Ball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wladamir Lobov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ball defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lobov.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lobov!

Lobov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ball tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Lobov is in Ball's guard.
Lobov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ball trying to control the position.
Lobov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lobov stops Ball from standing up.
Lobov postures up in Ball's guard and throws a big left but Ball blocks it.
Lobov trying to control the position from guard on top but Ball is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ball is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lobov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lobov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lobov is working Ball over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lobov distracts Ball with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lobov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lobov cracks Ball with a solid left hand.

Ball is rocked!
Lobov arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Ball's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Wladamir Lobov!
A relieved looking Wladamir Lobov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.