PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artur Klimenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Ekkart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klimenko comes to the cage accompanied by Bumboks - hottabych. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Klimenko
vs
Ekkart

185 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artur Klimenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Ekkart!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekkart shoots in but no luck this time.
Klimenko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Ekkart scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Klimenko sneaks out the side door and pushes Ekkart away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Ekkart shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Klimenko defends it nicely.
Ekkart leaves Klimenko with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Klimenko with a poor takedown

so Ekkart counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artur Klimenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klimenko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ekkart is controlling him.
Ekkart showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Klimenko wants to get back to his feet but Ekkart is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Klimenko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ekkart.
Klimenko keeping moving, preventing Ekkart from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekkart slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Sam Ekkart wasn't active enough on the ground.

Ekkart closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Klimenko to the mat! Klimenko manages to get full guard.
Klimenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ekkart is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Klimenko wants to stand but Ekkart is controlling the position.
Klimenko keeping moving, preventing Ekkart from controlling successfully.

Ekkart is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ekkart trying to control the position from guard on top but Klimenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klimenko wants to stand but Ekkart is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klimenko is breathing heavily.
Klimenko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ekkart not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ekkart stands up over Klimenko, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ekkart trying to control the position from guard on top but Klimenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ekkart showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ekkart content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ekkart engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ekkart wants to control from the top but Klimenko keeps moving.
Ekkart slips nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klimenko wants to get back to his feet.
Klimenko tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Ekkart manages to move to mount!
Ekkart content just to control the position here.
Klimenko's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Klimenko is squirming around, avoiding Ekkart's attempts to control the action.
Klimenko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ekkart lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Artur Klimenko has been cut.
Klimenko is squirming around, avoiding Ekkart's attempts to control the action.
Klimenko really wants to buck Ekkart off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekkart landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ekkart tries to control but Klimenko wriggling away.
Ekkart with shots to the head and body - Klimenko looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Ekkart connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Artur Klimenko's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Artur Klimenko's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Ekkart!