PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Levan Kvirkvelia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Poffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kvirkvelia
vs
Poffo

173 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

190 cm
26
185 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Levan Kvirkvelia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Poffo!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poffo blocks a head kick by Kvirkvelia.
Poffo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kvirkvelia is out of range.
Kvirkvelia looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kvirkvelia sets himself, and Poffo steps forward looking for the clinch! Kvirkvelia avoids it this time.
Poffo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kvirkvelia on the side of the head.
No joy there for Poffo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Kvirkvelia drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Poffo prevents Kvirkvelia from moving into mount.
Poffo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Kvirkvelia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kvirkvelia is trying to maintain the position but Poffo is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poffo thows a huge punch but Kvirkvelia dodges it nicely.
Poffo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Poffo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poffo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kvirkvelia is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Poffo landing strikes from the mount.
Poffo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kvirkvelia looks a forlorn figure.
Kvirkvelia blocking the ground and pound.
Poffo working Kvirkvelia over with strikes here.
Poffo with good strikes from the mount here!

Kvirkvelia is rocked!
Poffo postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Kvirkvelia badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Poffo around the waist but Poffo pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Poffo is the winner by TKO! Poffo jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Poffo!
Randy Poffo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.