PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Cerien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zemli Funtov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cerien comes to the cage accompanied by House of the rising sun. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cerien
vs
Funtov

190 cm
21
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

158 cm
26
224 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Cerien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zemli Funtov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerien connects with a good right hand that stumbles Funtov. Funtov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice sprawl there from Cerien as Funtov shoots in.
Cerien scoring well with a low kick there.

Funtov shoots in and bounces Cerien off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cerien is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Funtov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Funtov trying to control the position from guard on top but Cerien is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cerien bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Funtov's guard.
Cerien is looking to advance position but Funtov has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Funtov looking to finish Cerien with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cerien!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerien is trying to escape the mount.
Funtov landing strikes from the mount.
Funtov prevents Cerien from getting the reversal.
Funtov with good strikes from the mount here!
Cerien tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Funtov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
You get the feeling that Cerien really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cerien tries to hold on but Funtov postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Funtov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cerien hang on?
Funtov controlling from mount.
Cerien is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cerien wants to hold on but Funtov pushes him away.
Funtov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Funtov is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funtov cracks Cerien with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zemli Funtov!