PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ange Fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Up Yours (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fili
vs
Yours

176 cm
26
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
34
180 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Ange Fili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Up Yours!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yours takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Yours clinches up with Fili and pushes him back against the cage.
Yours takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Up Yours has been cut.
Yours using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fili has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yours is working for takedown but Fili is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice left hand lands by Fili.
Fili comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fili lands an elbow just above Yours 's eye.
Fili lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fili creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yours's defenses.
Fili pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yours takes an elbow to the temple.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fili lands a nice knee to the body.

Yours is trying to trip Fili. He has hold of a leg but Fili is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Yours persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Fili uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Yours drives through and clinches with Fili against the cage.
Fili lands a nice elbow.
Fili displaying some good clinch control by pressing Yours up against the cage.
Yours using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fili has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yours takes an elbow to the temple.
Fili using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yours has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fili lands a knee to the head.
Fili utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Fili.
Yours is looking to control Fili's arms but Fili gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yours has his back to the cage.
Fili putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yours in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yours looks winded!
Yours tries to land knees in the clinch but Fili avoids the damage to the body.
Yours throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fili connects with a knee to the head.

Yours is rocked!
Fili lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yours is still on wobbly legs! Can Fili finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fili lands an elbow just above Yours 's eye.
Yours letting Fili take a breather here.
Fili utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yours takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fili obliges.
Fili lands a nice elbow.
Fili scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Fili.
Fili scores a nice knee to the body.
Fili lands an elbow inside that Yours shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fili creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yours's defenses.
Fili lands a big knee to the head and Yours goes down! Fili pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ange Fili!
Post fight, Ange Fili took to the microphone: 'Thanks to King Stannis for freeing me from my life of constant sparring...'.