PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serder Serderov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregers Westerberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Westerberg is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Maitre Gims - J'me Tire. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Serderov
vs
Westerberg

188 cm
22
262 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
286 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Serder Serderov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregers Westerberg!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serderov throws a lazy right hand but Westerberg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Westerberg shoots in looking for a takedown but Serderov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Westerberg's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Serderov checks the leg kick.
Westerberg 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.
Serderov misses with a few strikes there.
Serderov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Serderov drops Westerberg with a beautiful combination! Westerberg stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Serderov is looking for the KO!

It looks like Gregers Westerberg has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Westerberg throws a body punch but Serderov moves out of range.
Serderov lands a jab to Westerberg's midsection.

Westerberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Serderov lands with a right to the head.
Westerberg blocks an elbow strike from Serderov.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Serderov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Serderov lands an elbow inside that Westerberg shrugs off.
Serderov lands an elbow that stopped Westerberg in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Gregers Westerberg's cut even more.
Serderov throws an elbow that misses.
Serderov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Westerberg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westerberg misses with the head strike.
Westerberg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Serderov.
Serderov misses with a punch to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from Serderov.
Serderov gets through Westerberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Westerberg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Westerberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Serderov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Westerberg takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Gregers Westerberg's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Serderov effectively controlling the action here.
Serderov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
I was talking to Serderov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Serderov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Westerberg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Serderov's elbow.
Serderov prevents a body shot from Westerberg.
Serderov tries to throw a body punch but Westerberg avoids it by throwing Serderov back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serderov lands a damaging elbow.

Gregers Westerberg's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gregers Westerberg's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Serder Serderov!