PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hung Francis (ranked 24772 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad Zaytsev (ranked 4756 p4p, 0 weight class). Hung Francis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Francis
vs
Zaytsev

216 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

214 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hung Francis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Zaytsev!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaytsev plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Zaytsev decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Zaytsev winds up and cracks Francis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zaytsev drops an elbow to the side of Francis's head.
Francis is trying to get back to full guard.
Francis throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Zaytsev is working for a kimura but Francis is defending it quite comfortably.
Zaytsev drops an elbow to the side of Francis's head.
Zaytsev seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Francis is rocked!
Zaytsev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oh Francis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zaytsev lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Francis! More strikes land and this one is all over! Zaytsev jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vlad Zaytsev!
Vlad Zaytsev seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.