PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raghev Yadav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Driver's entrance music is Pepper - Butthole Suffers. A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Driver
vs
Yadav

186 cm
25
265 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

193 cm
27
237 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rusty Driver!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raghev Yadav!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yadav moves into the clinch.
Yadav misses with a punch on the inside.
Yadav misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yadav misses with the head strike.
Yadav lands a right hand that snaps the head of Driver backwards.
Yadav has a couple of punches blocked by Driver.
Yadav on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Driver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Driver moves away from the strike by Yadav.
A counter left hand to the body from Driver misses its target.
Driver jabs at Yadav's body.
Driver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yadav throws a body punch but Driver moves out of range.
Yadav misses the jab.
Driver takes a swing at Yadav's ribcage but misses.
Driver takes a swing at Yadav's ribcage but misses.
Yadav unleashes a big counter combination but Driver bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Yadav swinging wildly here.
Driver seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Yadav throws a poor cross that misses
and Driver counters with a straight right hand.
Driver is looking to wear down Yadav with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yadav misses the jab.
Yadav jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yadav lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yadav is looking to clinch.
Driver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yadav swinging wildly here.
Driver was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Driver throws a body shot but no joy.
Yadav missing with a left hand there. Driver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Driver drops Yadav with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Yadav looks back up at him and smiles so Driver waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Yadav is rocked!

It looks like Raghev Yadav has been cut.
Yadav looks winded!
Yadav will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yadav is still on wobbly legs! Can Driver finish him?
We've been hearing reports that Driver has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Driver throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yadav circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Driver. Yadav falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Driver!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rusty Driver!
Rusty Driver retains his heavyweight title!
Post fight, Rusty Driver took to the microphone: 'I'm ready Next please. '.