PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitriy Semenyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken OBrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Semenyuk
vs
OBrian

184 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitriy Semenyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ken OBrian!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenyuk lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Semenyuk misses its intended target.
OBrian shoots in for a takedown but Semenyuk shows good takedown defense.
OBrian has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from OBrian there as he acknowledges the shot.
Semenyuk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Semenyuk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from OBrian.
A big right from Semenyuk misses.
OBrian dives in and grabs Semenyuk's left leg, looking for a takedown. Semenyuk pushes down on OBrian's head and hops out.
Semenyuk misses with a hook.
OBrian will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dmitriy Semenyuk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken OBrian.
OBrian fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenyuk scores with a decent looking hook.
Semenyuk jabs OBrian right on the nose. OBrian blinks but takes it well.
Semenyuk punishes OBrian's body with a nice straight punch.
OBrian looks gassed!
OBrian walks straight into a right hand from Semenyuk - that's dropped him! Semenyuk jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save OBrian from any more punishment! OBrian complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dmitriy Semenyuk!