PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitaliy Kleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Fereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kleva
vs
Fereira

185 cm
24
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
23
188 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vitaliy Kleva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cristiano Fereira!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fereira has a takedown stuffed.
Kleva lands a front kick.
Kleva scores with a head kick. Fereira tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Kleva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Fereira is trying to defend but Kleva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kleva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fereira avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kleva.
Kleva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fereira wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kleva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fereira is trying to stand back up but Kleva is controlling him
Fereira keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kleva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kleva throws a strike but Fereira avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kleva wants to stand and escape but instead Fereira has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Fereira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Fereira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fereira trying to control the position from guard on top but Kleva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kleva is looking to stand up but Fereira isn't so interested in that idea.

Fereira drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Fereira jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fereira prevents Kleva from getting back to his feet.
Fereira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Fereira drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Fereira seems to have locked his on tight now - Kleva screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Fereira, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Cristiano Fereira!