PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kovalenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Boxer struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Joe Boxer has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nikolai Kovalenko's chin.

Kovalenko
vs
Boxer

205 cm
20
250 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

204 cm
19
292 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Kovalenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Boxer!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovalenko punishes Boxer's body with a nice straight punch.
Boxer shoots for a double leg takedown but Kovalenko sprawls well. He's pushed Boxer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kovalenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Joe Boxer has been cut.

Kovalenko sends Boxer crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Kovalenko is motioning to the referee to let Boxer up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Boxer looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Kovalenko does no damage.
Kovalenko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boxer's head backwards.

Boxer is rocked!
Kovalenko throws an overhand right that has Boxer reeling! Kovalenko follows up with more punches and Boxer is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nikolai Kovalenko!