PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimonds Bergmanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolay Baskov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bergmanis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Twiztid - We Don't Die. Baskov has chosen Nikolay Baskov - You are far from me as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bergmanis
vs
Baskov

192 cm
25
266 lbs
23 - 4 - 0

189 cm
24
249 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Raimonds Bergmanis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolay Baskov!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bergmanis moves in looking to clinch but Baskov pushes him off.
Bergmanis throws out a loose jab but Baskov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baskov defending well as Bergmanis loads up on a big left hand.
Baskov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baskov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bergmanis throws out the jab.
Baskov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bergmanis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, jab by Bergmanis - just one landing.
Raimonds Bergmanis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bergmanis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bergmanis throws a hook to the side of Baskov's head but Baskov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bergmanis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baskov moves out of range as Bergmanis strikes.
Bergmanis lands with a right hand.
Baskov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bergmanis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bergmanis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bergmanis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baskov throws a jab when Bergmanis was well out of range.
Baskov throws a body kick that misses.
Bergmanis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bergmanis leaves Baskov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bergmanis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baskov throws out the jab.
Bergmanis works Baskov's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baskov with a poor takedown
and Bergmanis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Raimonds Bergmanis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikolay Baskov.
Baskov looks gassed!
Baskov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bergmanis throws a leg kick which misses Baskov's front leg but catches the back leg as Baskov tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bergmanis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baskov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Bergmanis is working Baskov over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bergmanis trying to control the action but Baskov is working from the bottom.
The referee asks Bergmanis politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Bergmanis prefers to stall for the moment though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bergmanis moves into full mount!
Bergmanis scoring with strikes but Baskov is staying in there.

Baskov is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baskov takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bergmanis's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raimonds Bergmanis!