PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Little Rusky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marquardt Shelmenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rusky might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sandstorm. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rusky
vs
Shelmenko

189 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
25
148 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Little Rusky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marquardt Shelmenko!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rusky throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marquardt Shelmenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Rusky misses.
Shelmenko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rusky as he jumps to the side.
Shelmenko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rusky is fending him off so far but Shelmenko persists. Nope, Rusky circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice takedown defense from Rusky. No joy for Shelmenko on that attempt.
Little Rusky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marquardt Shelmenko.
Shelmenko shoots in for a double leg but Rusky sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Shelmenko misses with a takedown attempt
and Rusky counters with a three punch combo that has Shelmenko backing up. Shelmenko nods at Rusky to acknowledge the strikes.
Shelmenko shoots and misses
enabling Rusky to counter with a crisp jab.
Rusky stuffs the takedown.
Shelmenko shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Shelmenko with that takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shelmenko.
Shelmenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rusky throws a series of punches but Shelmenko moves out of range.
Rusky lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rusky.
Rusky lands a jab to the nose.
Shelmenko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rusky stuffs the takedown attempt from Shelmenko. Shelmenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Rusky scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusky scores with a decent looking hook.
Shelmenko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rusky looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rusky swinging wildly here.
Rusky closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shelmenko shoots in looking for a takedown but Rusky manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Shelmenko's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Shelmenko gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rusky counters with a three punch combo that has Shelmenko backing up. Shelmenko nods at Rusky to acknowledge the strikes.
Shelmenko looks winded!
Rusky connects with a single shot there.
Rusky throws a right hand that Shelmenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Shelmenko also avoids with ease.
Rusky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rusky lands a two punch combo.

Shelmenko is rocked!
Rusky is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rusky catches Shelmenko with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Shelmenko forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Little Rusky!
Post fight, Little Rusky stared into the camera and said 'Хвала вам свима што сте дошли. Желим много више нес'.