PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Billong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Many Serganyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Billong
vs
Serganyan

186 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edwin Billong!
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, Many Serganyan!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Billong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Billong clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Billong lands an elbow inside.
Billong lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Many Serganyan has been cut.
Billong will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Serganyan up against the cage.
Billong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Serganyan should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Billong taking a breather.
Billong avoids the elbow strike from Serganyan, against the cage.
Billong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Serganyan looks gassed!
Billong dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Billong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Billong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Billong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Billong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Billong taking a breather.
Billong gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billong lands an elbow inside.
Serganyan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Billong lands an elbow that stopped Serganyan in his tracks for a moment.
Billong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Billong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Serganyan takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Billong lands an elbow inside that Serganyan shrugs off.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Billong.
Billong dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Billong.

That has opened up Many Serganyan's cut even more.
Billong lands a damaging elbow.
Billong lands a nice elbow.
Billong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Serganyan is rocked!
Knees to the body from Billong.
Serganyan is still on wobbly legs! Can Billong finish him?
Billong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Serganyan up against the cage.
Serganyan seems to have recovered his senses.
Billong lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for Billong to work.
Billong seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serganyan takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Many Serganyan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Billong lands an elbow inside that Serganyan shrugs off.
Billong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Edwin Billong.

Billong drives through and clinches with Serganyan against the cage.
Billong lands an elbow that stopped Serganyan in his tracks for a moment.
Billong lands an elbow inside that Serganyan shrugs off.

Many Serganyan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Billong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edwin Billong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Many Serganyan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Billong takes the fight into the clinch.
Billong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Serganyan up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Billong.
Serganyan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Serganyan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Billong effectively controlling the action here.
Billong lands an elbow that stopped Serganyan in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serganyan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Billong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Edwin Billong!
After winning the bout, Edwin Billong thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.