PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Vosta (ranked 24914 p4p, 4370 weight class) and Ilya Kushnevich (ranked 684 p4p, 450 weight class). Ilya Kushnevich is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Vosta
vs
Kushnevich

181 cm
19
145
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
160
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Conquer

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Vosta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ilya Kushnevich!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vosta pushes Kushnevich up against the cage in a clinch.
Vosta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kushnevich's elbow.

Vosta is fighting off a takedown attempt but Kushnevich is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Vosta to the mat. Vosta regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Vosta seems keen to control Kushnevich's posture.
Kushnevich stays in close to Vosta's body and controls the position.
Vosta is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kushnevich content to stall in guard here.
Kushnevich is pushing down on Vosta's leg trying to pass to half guard. Vosta is fighting to maintain full guard but Kushnevich has managed to sneak the leg through.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kushnevich working Vosta over with strikes.
Kushnevich passes to full mount!
Kushnevich is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Vosta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kushnevich lands a big shot there that rocks Vosta but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kushnevich landing punches.
Kushnevich working Vosta over with strikes here.
Vosta is trying to escape the mount.
Vosta takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kushnevich landing shots from mount.
Kushnevich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kushnevich looking to finish Vosta with some ground and pound. This is bad for Vosta!
Vosta really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kushnevich with a couple of short strikes.
Kushnevich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kushnevich controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kushnevich with a couple of short strikes.
Kushnevich with good strikes from the mount here!

Vosta is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kushnevich postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Vosta looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Vosta is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kushnevich controlling from the full mount.
Vosta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vosta seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vosta wants to control but Kushnevich is having none of it.
Kushnevich landing shots from mount.
Kushnevich controlling his opponent.
Kushnevich has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vosta's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kushnevich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kushnevich unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Vosta wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kushnevich celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilya Kushnevich!