PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zlatan Cizmic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Horton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zlatan Cizmic looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cizmic
vs
Horton

180 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
23
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zlatan Cizmic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sid Horton!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Horton closes the distance and clinches.
Horton landing knees to the head.

It looks like Zlatan Cizmic has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Horton obliges.
Horton with a knee to the head.
Cizmic is breathing heavily.
Horton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Horton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Horton.
Cizmic takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee calls for Horton to work.
Horton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Horton breaks from the clinch.

Horton gets a clinch.
Horton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Horton lands a damaging elbow.

Horton gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Horton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Horton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Horton moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cizmic takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Horton is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cizmic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Horton advances to mount.
Horton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Horton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Horton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Zlatan Cizmic's cut is getting worse.
Horton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cizmic's face.

Zlatan Cizmic's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Horton lands a big elbow.

Cizmic is rocked!
Horton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cizmic's face.
Oh Cizmic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Horton is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cizmic has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Cizmic seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Horton loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Cizmic scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Horton land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Horton stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sid Horton!