PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Berezovskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Charneski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Berezovskiy
vs
Charneski

195 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedor Berezovskiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luiz Charneski!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charneski lands with a good body shot.
Charneski looks to throw the jab but Berezovskiy is out of range.
Berezovskiy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Charneski lands a jab-cross combination.
Berezovskiy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Charneski.
Berezovskiy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berezovskiy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Charneski throws out the jab.
Luiz Charneski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charneski throws a looping overhand right but Berezovskiy ducks down to avoid it.
Charneski misses with an uppercut.
Berezovskiy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Charneski scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berezovskiy in his tracks.
Berezovskiy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Charneski.
Charneski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berezovskiy.
Charneski swings for the body but Berezovskiy moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charneski throws out a loose jab but Berezovskiy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charneski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berezovskiy slips a jab from Charneski.
Charneski lands a glancing blow to the side of Berezovskiy's head.
Charneski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Berezovskiy.
Berezovskiy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Charneski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Charneski throws a looping overhand right but Berezovskiy ducks down to avoid it.
Charneski connects with a body shot.
Charneski throws the left hand but Berezovskiy avoids the punch easily.
Charneski cracks Berezovskiy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Charneski throws a lazy right hand but Berezovskiy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Horrible takedown by Berezovskiy or perhaps it was just good defense by Charneski which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fedor Berezovskiy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Berezovskiy closes the distance and pushes Charneski back into the cage.

Berezovskiy has picked Charneski up - he's going for a ride! Berezovskiy dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Berezovskiy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berezovskiy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Charneski is trying to stand up here but Berezovskiy is controlling him well.
Charneski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Charneski taking some punishment here, with Berezovskiy in his half guard.
Berezovskiy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Berezovskiy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Charneski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Berezovskiy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Berezovskiy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Berezovskiy works his way into side control.
Charneski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Berezovskiy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Berezovskiy looks up at the clock and then as Charneski takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Berezovskiy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charneski taking a bit of punishment here - Berezovskiy scoring with strikes.

Berezovskiy is working to tighten is grip on Charneski's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Charneski has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Berezovskiy is really squeezing tight and eventually Charneski passes out! Berezovskiy breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Fedor Berezovskiy!