PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rousseau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitri Galeava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Rousseau
vs
Galeava

195 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Rousseau!
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, Dimitri Galeava!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galeava shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rousseau pinned against the cage. Rousseau gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Galeava showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rousseau.
Galeava takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rousseau slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Steve Rousseau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Galeava gets cracked there but stands up to it.
An inside leg kick from Galeava misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Galeava.
Rousseau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galeava looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rousseau is fending him off so far but Galeava persists. Nope, Rousseau circles away and we're back to standing.
Steve Rousseau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimitri Galeava.
Rousseau lands a right hook to the body.
Galeava looks gassed!
Rousseau stuns Galeava with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Galeava takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rousseau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rousseau ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousseau lands a slapping body shot.
Rousseau is looking to wear down Galeava with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Galeava takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rousseau lands with a nice combination. Galeava backs away looking to recover.
Galeava takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rousseau jabs at Galeava's body.
Rousseau stuns Galeava with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rousseau!
Galeava finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Rousseau's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Galeava falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Rousseau!