PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodtang Dekkers (ranked 4669 p4p, 2725 weight class) and Pasha Turgenev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turgenev has chosen Положение (2 Remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pasha Turgenev is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dekkers
vs
Turgenev

168 cm
18
141
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
143
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodtang Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pasha Turgenev!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turgenev shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Dekkers is trying to defend but Turgenev finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dekkers on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dekkers wants to get back to his feet.
Turgenev works his way into side control.
Turgenev landing a few strikes.
Turgenev in side control lands a decent elbow.
Turgenev works to advance to full mount. Dekkers defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Turgenev lands a big elbow.

Dekkers is rocked!
Dekkers on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dekkers tries to get out of the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turgenev cracks Dekkers with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pasha Turgenev!
After winning the bout, Pasha Turgenev thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.