PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Ship (ranked 856 p4p, 716 weight class) and Krzysztof Kozlow (ranked 26 p4p, 19 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ship
vs
Kozlow

195 cm
25
283
10 - 10 - 0

190 cm
25
205
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Ship!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Krzysztof Kozlow!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ship gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ship tries to pull guard but Kozlow holds him up against the cage and eventually Ship drops back down to his feet.
Ship jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kozlow walks away with a smile on his face. Ship gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Ship clinches with his opponent.
Kozlow scores with a hook to the body.
Kozlow misses with a body punch.
Kozlow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Kozlow scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Roman Ship has been cut.
Ship tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Ship. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ship struggles to land a body shot inside as Kozlow controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Kozlow fails to land.
Ship has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ship tries to pull guard but Kozlow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ship jumps guard but Kozlow turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kozlow.
Ship is trying to pull guard but Kozlow turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ship tries to pull guard but Kozlow won't allow it.
Kozlow pushes Ship back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ship tries to pull guard but Kozlow won't allow it.
Kozlow scores with a hook to the body.
Ship is breathing heavily.
Ship is trying to pull guard but Kozlow turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kozlow works on Ship's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kozlow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kozlow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ships head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kozlow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kozlow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ship or not.
Kozlow lands a hook that snaps the head of Ship backwards.
Kozlow has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ship seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kozlow can turn it around.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kozlow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kozlow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kozlow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kozlow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kozlow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kozlow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kozlow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ships head.
Ship tries to pull guard but Kozlow won't allow it.
Ship is trying to pull guard but Kozlow has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kozlow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kozlow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ship backwards.
Kozlow pushes Ship back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ship fails to pull the fight into his guard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kozlow.
Kozlow lands a right hand.
Kozlow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kozlow lands a nice shot to the body.
Kozlow lands a shoulder strike.
Kozlow lands with a short shot to the head.
Kozlow lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kozlow is working Ship over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Kozlow.
A hook to the body from Kozlow.
Kozlow scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kozlow.
Kozlow lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kozlow.
Kozlow lands an uppercut.
Kozlow lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Ship is rocked!
Kozlow throws a big uppercut that drops Ship! More strikes from Kozlow and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ship lies dazed against the cage as Kozlow celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krzysztof Kozlow!