PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pytor Yanayev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yanayev has chosen Русь as his entrance music. Pytor Yanayev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Kowalski
vs
Yanayev

180 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Kowalski!
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, Pytor Yanayev!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Yanayev takes the fight into the clinch.
Kowalski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yanayev's defenses.
Kowalski wants to break free but Yanayev has control.
Kowalski tries to land knees in the clinch but Yanayev avoids the damage to the body.
Kowalski lands with a right to the head.

Kowalski drags the fight down to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Yanayev is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Yanayev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yanayev chips away with some ground and pound.
Yanayev postures up and lands a big shot to Kowalski's brow.
Yanayev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanayev scoring with some ground and pound.

Kowalski is rocked!
Yanayev stands up over Kowalski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oh Kowalski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanayev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yanayev postures up and lands a big shot to Kowalski's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yanayev loads up on a big left hand. Kowalski felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Yanayev looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Kowalski can't hide his disappointment, as Yanayev celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pytor Yanayev!