PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomasso Gaia Motif (ranked 4565 p4p, 5201 weight class) and Zakhar Zhitkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Tomasso Gaia Motif has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Motif
vs
Zhitkov

182 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
175
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomasso Gaia Motif!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zakhar Zhitkov!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Motif misses with a wild body shot.
Motif's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zhitkov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Motif scrambles back to his feet.

Motif lands a big right hand that sends Zhitkov crashing to the mat! Motif stays standing though and waves Zhitkov back to his feet!

Zhitkov is rocked!
Zhitkov sizes up Motif with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zhitkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Motif finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice combination there by Zhitkov.
Motif throws a nice looking combination but Zhitkov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Motif takes one to the side of the head.
Zhitkov seems to have recovered his senses.
Motif swings for the body but Zhitkov moves out of range.
Motif has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
Motif misses with a looping right.
BOOM! Motif lands a beautiful left hook that drops Zhitkov. Zhitkov tries to recover but Motif is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Zhitkov lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomasso Gaia Motif!