PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sambo Trambai (ranked 1791 p4p, 261 weight class) and Dmitry Ovchinnikov (ranked 3948 p4p, 479 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trambai
vs
Ovchinnikov

191 cm
24
218 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sambo Trambai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Ovchinnikov!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Watson and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovchinnikov dips to his left and cracks Trambai with an uppercut!
Trambai lands with a right hand.
Trambai looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circling - Ovchinnikov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trambai throws a head kick but Ovchinnikov moves out of range.
Ovchinnikov walks into a left hand.
Trambai avoids the body shot from Ovchinnikov.
Trambai ducks under a wild hook from Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trambai manages to avoid it.
Ovchinnikov misses with a straight right.
Trambai looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Trambai throws a sloppy head kick and Ovchinnikov moves out of range easily.
Despite the aggression on Ovchinnikov's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Trambai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ovchinnikov.
Trambai is looking to counter punch.
Ovchinnikov avoids a kick to the body.
Ovchinnikov swings for the body but Trambai moves out of range.

Ovchinnikov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ovchinnikov takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trambai tries to throw a body punch but Ovchinnikov avoids it by throwing Trambai back against the cage.
Trambai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trambai lands a shoulder strike.
Trambai lands a body punch.
Trambai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ovchinnikov misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Ovchinnikov fails to land.
Ovchinnikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ovchinnikov is leaning against Trambai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trambai misses with some punches.
Trambai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ovchinnikov blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Trambai.
Trambai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trambai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trambai misses with some punches.
Ovchinnikov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trambai lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ovchinnikov or not.
Ovchinnikov swings wildly with an uppercut but Trambai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trambai lands an uppercut.
Ovchinnikov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Trambai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ovchinnikov can turn it around.
A short left from Trambai.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trambai blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Trambai.
Trambai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ovchinnikov blocking some punches.
Ovchinnikov blocks an uppercut.
Ovchinnikov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trambai prevents a body shot from Ovchinnikov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ovchinnikov.
Trambai misses with a punch to the body.
Trambai can't find room to land a body shot as Ovchinnikov controls the action.
Trambai working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trambai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ovchinnikov's elbow.
Trambai misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ovchinnikov.
Trambai scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Ovchinnikov is rocked!
Trambai creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ovchinnikov's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ovchinnikov drops to his knees and Trambai pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sambo Trambai!
A relieved looking Sambo Trambai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.