PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stello Borey (ranked 4618 p4p, 4489 weight class) and Nykolai Kersikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Borey
vs
Kersikov

185 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
210
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stello Borey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nykolai Kersikov!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kersikov darts in trying to clinch

and Borey counters with a single leg into guard. Kersikov didn't expect that.
Kersikov is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Borey dives into side control.
Kersikov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Borey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Kersikov tries to buck Borey off but Borey is having none of it.

Borey has hold of Kersikov's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Kersikov tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Borey cranks the arm and Kersikov screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Kersikov, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Stello Borey!