PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Rubenstein (ranked 1554 p4p, 1163 weight class) and Andrei Averyanov (ranked 233 p4p, 167 weight class). Averyanov has chosen Drago's Entrance Theme as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Rubenstein
vs
Averyanov

191 cm
41
215
28 - 22 - 0

195 cm
30
211
16 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spencer Rubenstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrei Averyanov!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Darius Henderson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubenstein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Averyanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rubenstein 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.
Averyanov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Averyanov scores with a nice body kick.
Rubenstein ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rubenstein was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rubenstein closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab by Rubenstein.
Rubenstein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Averyanov.
Rubenstein lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Averyanov throws out a loose jab but Rubenstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Averyanov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Averyanov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Averyanov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Averyanov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rubenstein throws a predictable looking body shot
and Averyanov counters with a nice leg kick.

Rubenstein lands a big shot that drops Averyanov! Can he finish him?

Averyanov is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubenstein trying to stand up but can't free himself from Averyanov's guard.
Rubenstein trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Rubenstein gets to his feet - Averyanov follows without any prompting.
Averyanov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rubenstein swings widly with a right hand
and Averyanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Averyanov slips under a jab.
Averyanov flicks out a counter leg kick but Rubenstein steps away.
Rubenstein throws a hook but Averyanov blocks it.
Averyanov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Rubenstein swings away with a body shot that misses
and Averyanov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rubenstein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Averyanov counters with a nice body kick.
Rubenstein throws a hook but Averyanov avoids it easily.
Rubenstein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Averyanov slips a straight right by Rubenstein.
A nice side step and Averyanov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Averyanov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Rubenstein misses.
Rubenstein takes one on the button.
Rubenstein missing with a left hand there. Averyanov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Averyanov lands a body shot.
Averyanov cracks a nice hook into Rubenstein's ribs.
Rubenstein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spencer Rubenstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubenstein misses with a left hand
and Averyanov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Averyanov loads up on a big right hand but Rubenstein slips the punch.
Averyanov scores with a jab to the head.
Rubenstein misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Averyanov misses with a straight left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Averyanov. That's going to slow Rubenstein down.
Rubenstein throws an overhand right that lands on Averyanov's shoulder, as Averyanov tries to avoid the shot.
Averyanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rubenstein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Averyanov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rubenstein misses with a left hand
and Averyanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rubenstein throws a hook but Averyanov avoids it easily.

Oooooh!!! Averyanov has knocked Rubenstein down with a huge combo! Averyanov steps away and waves a wobbly Rubenstein back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Rubenstein is rocked!
Averyanov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rubenstein had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Averyanov steps in with a hook that catches Rubenstein right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Averyanov follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Rubenstein looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrei Averyanov!
Andrei Averyanov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.