PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sawa Balabanov (ranked 2888 p4p, 6156 weight class) and Dimitri Ivanov (ranked 413 p4p, 655 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Balabanov
vs
Ivanov

177 cm
19
181
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

Conviction

Hot Spunk

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sawa Balabanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dimitri Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balabanov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've been told by Balabanov's head coaches at Cobb's that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ivanov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sawa Balabanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balabanov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ivanov takes one to the chin there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Balabanov, as that shot connected.
Balabanov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ivanov's hands.
Balabanov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ivanov.
Balabanov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ivanovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Balabanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And Ivanov tries to counter it with a takedown but Balabanov pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ivanov throws a jab but it's blocked by Balabanov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balabanov cracks a nice hook into Ivanov's ribs.
Ivanov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ivanov feints the counter takedown.
Left hook, right uppercut from Balabanov.

Ivanov is rocked!
Crack! Balabanov connects with the perfect overhand right and Ivanov falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Balabanov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sawa Balabanov!
Our winner, Sawa Balabanov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.