PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Wilson (ranked 3619 p4p, 377 weight class) and Alexander Tverdovskiy (ranked 3516 p4p, 369 weight class). Wilson comes into the arena with Anodyne Sea blaring out of the sound system. Tverdovskiy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Oxxxymiron - Tentacles. Alexander Tverdovskiy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wilson
vs
Tverdovskiy

180 cm
26
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Tverdovskiy!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tverdovskiy lands a nice looking body shot.
Wilson misses with a takedown
and Tverdovskiy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wilson's knee momentarily.
Wilson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tverdovskiy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Mark Wilson has been cut.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tverdovskiy sprawls well. Tverdovskiy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson tries for a takedown but Tverdovskiy circles away easily
and Tverdovskiy counters with a body kick that stops Wilson in his tracks momentarily.
Wilson with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Tverdovskiy counter with a right hand.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Tverdovskiy drops Wilson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Wilson! Tverdovskiy dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Tverdovskiy!
Alexander Tverdovskiy decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.