PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Kochergin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Vovchanchyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrey Kochergin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kochergin
vs
Vovchanchyn

196 cm
20
269 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Kochergin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Vovchanchyn!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vovchanchyn throws a body kick that misses.
Kochergin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kochergin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kochergin cracks Vovchanchyn with an open hand slap.

It looks like Igor Vovchanchyn has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Vovchanchyn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kochergin misses with a short punch on the inside.

Vovchanchyn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kochergin throws a sloppy head kick and Vovchanchyn moves out of range easily.
Vovchanchyn misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Kochergin misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn slips a straight right by Kochergin.
Kochergin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kochergin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vovchanchyn looks gassed!
Kochergin lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Vovchanchyn falls backwards - clearly groggy! Kochergin dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrey Kochergin!
After winning the bout, Andrey Kochergin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.