PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Turkov (ranked 4161 p4p, 416 weight class) and Zedong Yating (ranked 3281 p4p, 348 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Turkov
vs
Yating

192 cm
25
242 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Turkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zedong Yating!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yating under the eye.

Yating moves into the clinch.
Turkov is trying to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turkov looking to slow down the pace here.
Turkov can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Turkov has a couple of punches blocked by Yating.
Yating blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Yating.
Yating blocking some punches.
Yating lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Turkov or not.
A head punch on the inside from Turkov fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yating lands a left hand.

It looks like Alex Turkov has been cut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Turkov is breathing heavily.
Yating lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yating lands a shoulder strike.
Yating lands with a light punch inside.
Yating lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yating.
A short right from Yating on the inside.

Yating drops Turkov onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Turkov is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Turkov is rocked!
A right hook to the body lands for Yating.
Yating lands a big right hand that drops Turkov! The killer instinct kicks in and Yating finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Yating!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zedong Yating!
Our winner, Zedong Yating, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.