PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gony Five (ranked 4680 p4p, 4691 weight class) and Gony Seven (ranked 542 p4p, 551 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Five
vs
Seven

195 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gony Five!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gony Seven!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Five looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Seven closes the distance and pushes Five back into the cage.

Seven breaks from the clinch.
Seven tries to close the distance and clinch but Five swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Five looks for a takedown but Seven sprawls well.
Seven let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Seven misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A quick step to the side and Five tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Five clinches with his opponent.

Seven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Five ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seven moves away.
Five sets himself, and Seven steps forward looking for the clinch! Five avoids it this time.

Five forces Seven back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Five scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Seven is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Seven tries to break free but Five pushes him back against the cage.

Seven manages to break the clinch.
Five misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Seven tries to clinch but Five moves out of range.
Seven fails with a takedown attempt.
Gony Five has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gony Seven.

Five looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Seven!

Seven throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seven wants to clinch.
Five seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Seven wants to clinch up but Five keeps it at a distance.
Seven shoots in looking for a takedown but Five manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Seven's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Five defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Seven.
Five appears to be looking for a big counter.

Seven gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Five to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Five trying to control but Seven is working from the bottom.
Seven trying to keep a closed guard but Five is proving a slippery customer.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gony Five.
I think Five has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 10:9
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 9:10
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gony Five!