PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Kleiner (ranked 4601 p4p, 4224 weight class) and Igor Dracovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dracovic has chosen The End of the World but with the USSR National Anthem as his entrance music. Igor Dracovic is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kleiner
vs
Dracovic

176 cm
18
150
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
155
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Mark Kleiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Dracovic!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dracovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Dracovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Dracovic forces Kleiner back against the cage and clinches.

Kleiner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kleiner lands with a nice body punch.
Dracovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kleiner manages to avoid it.
Kleiner tries to clinch there but Dracovic circles away.
Dracovic is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Dracovic moves into the clinch successfully.

Dracovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dracovic is looking to clinch but Kleiner is avoiding it.
Dracovic misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kleiner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kleiner dips to his left and cracks Dracovic with an uppercut!
Kleiner scores with a hook.
Dracovic misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dracovic swinging wildly here.
Kleiner tries to clinch up.
Kleiner lunges at Dracovic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dracovic's hand.
Dracovic throws a combination that misses
and Kleiner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dracovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kleiner lands an overhand right.
Kleiner doesn't manage to clinch there - Dracovic circles away.

Dracovic lands a left and a right that send Kleiner crashing to the mat, dazed. Dracovic thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kleiner is rocked!

It looks like Mark Kleiner has been cut.
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!
Dracovic lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Kleiner is looking to close the distance but Dracovic sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Kleiner crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Kleiner is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Igor Dracovic!