PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Barba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Kvasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kvasov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nebo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Roman Kvasov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Barba
vs
Kvasov

188 cm
23
208 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
206 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Barba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roman Kvasov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Kvasov.
Kvasov misses the shot to the body.
Barba falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kvasov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kvasov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barba shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kvasov but Kvasov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kvasov is looking to slow Barba down with leg kicks.
Nice sprawl there from Kvasov as Barba shoots in.
Kvasov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Barba. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Barba has Kvasov up against the cage in a clinch.
Kvasov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Barba.

Kvasov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kvasov dodges the punch combination from Barba.
Kvasov stuffs the takedown.
Kvasov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Kvasov drops Barba with a beautiful combination! Barba stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kvasov is looking for the KO!

It looks like Frank Barba has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kvasov loads up on a big right hand but Barba slips the punch.
Kvasov lands a brutal head kick. Barba looks out on his feet and Kvasov throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Roman Kvasov!