PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pupuki Namasuzuki (ranked 3057 p4p, 278 weight class) and Ivan Petrov (ranked 4179 p4p, 359 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Namasuzuki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Stand By Me- Ben King. Petrov has chosen They want too see me fall as his entrance music. Pupuki Namasuzuki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Namasuzuki
vs
Petrov

175 cm
21
268 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

183 cm
26
236 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pupuki Namasuzuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Petrov.
Namasuzuki lands with a right hand.
Namasuzuki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Petrov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Petrov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Namasuzuki counters with a nice kick to the body.
Petrov looks winded!
Namasuzuki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Petrov goes for a double leg but Namasuzuki avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Namasuzuki continues to drive forward.
Namasuzuki scores with a decent looking hook.

It looks like Ivan Petrov has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Namasuzuki.
Petrov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pupuki Namasuzuki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Petrov.
Namasuzuki slips under a jab from Petrov.
Namasuzuki half committed to a counter leg kick.
Namasuzuki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrov.
Good exchange - Namasuzuki coming out on top.
Ivan Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Namasuzuki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Namasuzuki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Namasuzuki cracks Petrov with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Petrov looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Namasuzuki finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Namasuzuki. Petrov shrugs it off though.
Namasuzuki knocks out Petrov with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Namasuzuki before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Namasuzuki picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pupuki Namasuzuki!
During a confident post fight interview, Pupuki Namasuzuki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.