PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Patrushev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Toppington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksandar Toppington will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Patrushev
vs
Toppington

168 cm
29
200 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

200 cm
18
187 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergei Patrushev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aleksandar Toppington!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toppington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Patrushev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toppington.
Toppington lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Toppington. Patrushev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patrushev doesn't manage to clinch there - Toppington circles away.
Toppington is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toppington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toppington throws a right and a left that Patrushev avoids nicely.
Toppington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrushev manages to avoid it.

Patrushev drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Patrushev drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Patrushev seems to have locked his on tight now - Toppington screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Patrushev, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Sergei Patrushev!
After winning the bout, Sergei Patrushev thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Aleksandar Toppington had this to say: 'Clearly, I've got some things to work on. Thanks to everyone who's supported me thus far.'.