PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yulka Ibragomedov (ranked 4622 p4p, 5745 weight class) and Aleksander Vahkitov (ranked 536 p4p, 0 weight class). Ibragomedov comes to the cage accompanied by Drive by. Aleksander Vahkitov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ibragomedov
vs
Vahkitov

180 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
170
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yulka Ibragomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksander Vahkitov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vahkitov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ibragomedov as he avoids it easily.
Vahkitov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ibragomedov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vahkitov to the ground. Ibragomedov is now in Vahkitov's guard.
Ibragomedov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ibragomedov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ibragomedov won't allow Vahkitov to sweep him here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ibragomedov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ibragomedov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vahkitov's head.
Vahkitov wants to sweep here but Ibragomedov controlling him for the moment.
Vahkitov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ibragomedov wants to get back to full guard but Vahkitov has passed into side control.
Ibragomedov is trying to control Vahkitov's posture but Vahkitov avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vahkitov is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ibragomedov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Vahkitov controlling the position from side mount.
Vahkitov in the domination position with Ibragomedov hanging on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Vahkitov decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ibragomedov to his feet.

Ibragomedov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vahkitov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ibragomedov working the head with strikes.
Ibragomedov misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Ibragomedov is chipping away with strikes.
Ibragomedov is working Vahkitov over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ibragomedov working away.
Ibragomedov in side control lands a decent elbow.
Vahkitov is not content to let Ibragomedov control the position.
Vahkitov is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ibragomedov connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov can't do much from the bottom here.
Ibragomedov working the ground and pound from side control.
Vahkitov looks winded!
Ibragomedov works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ibragomedov landing strikes.
Ibragomedov tries to move to mount but Vahkitov blocks the move with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ibragomedov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Vahkitov is rocked!
Ibragomedov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vahkitov to see if he's OK.
Vahkitov is still in real trouble! Can Ibragomedov finish him?
Ibragomedov cracks Vahkitov with a big right hand but Vahkitov just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ibragomedov scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Vahkitov is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Ibragomedov can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yulka Ibragomedov!
After winning the bout, Yulka Ibragomedov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.