PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abdelrahman Etry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Etry
vs
Lewis

176 cm
18
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abdelrahman Etry!
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, Tony Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Etry clinches up against the cage.
Etry looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Etry jumps guard but Lewis turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Etry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lewis's efforts to push away.
Lewis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Etry is defending well.
Lewis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Etry's elbow.
Lewis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Etry gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lewis misses with a two punch combination.
Lewis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Lewis gets a double leg takedown into Etry's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Etry is working an open guard so Lewis takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lewis throws a body kick that misses.
Etry tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Etry checks the leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Lewis as Etry shoots in.
Lewis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Etry's head.
Etry shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdelrahman Etry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Lewis moves into the clinch.

Lewis manages to break the clinch.
Lewis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lewis missing with a left hand there. Etry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lewis tries to bum rush Etry with a series of wild strikes but Etry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lewis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Etry is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Etry throws a wild hook but Lewis just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Etry gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Lewis raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Lewis!