PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between eron barreto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrik Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrik Ivanov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

barreto
vs
Ivanov

198 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
204 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, eron barreto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrik Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
barreto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ivanov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from barreto.
barreto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for eron barreto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
barreto shoots for a takedown but Ivanov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Ivanov drives through and clinches with barreto against the cage.
Ivanov slows down the pace here.
Ivanov lands an elbow inside.

It looks like eron barreto has been cut.
barreto tries for a takedown. No joy.
A bit of stalling here from Ivanov.
Ivanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through barreto's defenses.
Ivanov stalls.
Ivanov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ivanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through barreto's defenses.
barreto is breathing heavily.
Ivanov lands a nice elbow.
Ivanov scores with a knee to the head.

eron barreto's cut is getting worse.
Ivanov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting on Ivanov's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ivanov landing knees to the body.
Ivanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ivanov connects with a nasty looking knee right to barreto's face.

eron barreto's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A knee to the head by Ivanov.

Ivanov drops barreto with a big knee straight up the middle! barreto is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

barreto is rocked!

Ivanov takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh barreto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ivanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through barreto's defenses.
barreto seems to have got his legs back now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ivanov lands a knee to the head.

Jeez, eron barreto's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ivanov lands a damaging elbow.
Ivanov has barreto pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ivanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through barreto's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at eron barreto's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Adrik Ivanov!