PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wang Jang Jai (ranked 331 p4p, 1673 weight class) and Kirill Semenov (ranked 49 p4p, 205 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Kirill Semenov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jang Jai
vs
Semenov

190 cm
26
265
7 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
267
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Primal

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wang Jang Jai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kirill Semenov!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenov misses with a takedown
and Jang Jai counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Kirill Semenov has been cut.
Jang Jai stuffs the takedown.
It looked like Jang Jai was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Semenov.

Semenov dives in and scores a takedown into Jang Jai's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Semenov working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Jang Jai not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jang Jai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jang Jai pulls Semenov in close to his closed guard and prevents Semenov from doing any damage or advancing position.
Semenov pushing down on Jang Jai's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jang Jai is in trouble now - Semenov has advanced to mount!
Jang Jai tries to lock up and control but Semenov gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Semenov unloading with bombs!
Jang Jai in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jang Jai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Semenov on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Semenov breaks from Jang Jai's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Semenov working the ground and pound effectively.
Semenov breaks from Jang Jai's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jang Jai in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Semenov cracks Jang Jai with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Jang Jai that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Semenov landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Semenov.
Semenov lands a nice shot to the head.
Semenov with a couple of short strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jang Jai tries to lock up and control but Semenov gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Semenov working Jang Jai over with strikes here.
Semenov landing strikes from the mount and Jang Jai is in trouble!
Semenov raining down shots from the mount!

Jang Jai is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jang Jai takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Semenov's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirill Semenov!
Kirill Semenov is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Kirill Semenov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.