PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kirov Sturmovik (ranked 545 p4p, 319 weight class) and Wilfred Ainsworth (ranked 87 p4p, 50 weight class). Ainsworth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fred Neil - Everybody's Talkin' kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sturmovik
vs
Ainsworth

190 cm
32
195
14 - 5 - 0

179 cm
26
185
16 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Dirty Needle Project
HELLBENT

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirov Sturmovik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilfred Ainsworth!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturmovik lands a really nice looking cross but Ainsworth seems unphased.
Ainsworth with the inside leg kick.
Ainsworth has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Sturmovik has managed to clinch.
Ainsworth is leaning against Sturmovik and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ainsworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ainsworth works on Sturmovik's body with a couple of short punches.
Ainsworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sturmovik misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Ainsworth.
Sturmovik is breathing heavily.
Sturmovik misses with some punches.
Sturmovik looking to throw knees to the head but Ainsworth is blocking nicely.
Sturmovik landing knees to the head.
Ainsworth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ainsworth lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturmovik tries to land knees in the clinch but Ainsworth avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sturmovik prevents a body shot from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth digs a right hand into Sturmovik's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sturmovik's gas tank.
Sturmovik tries to land a knee to the head but Ainsworth blocks with his arms.
Ainsworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Sturmovik crunches a lovely knee into Ainsworth's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ainsworth manages to break the clinch.
Ainsworth fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sturmovik.
Sturmovik stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth lands with a nice body punch.
Ainsworth lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sturmovik fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ainsworth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sturmovik throws a shot from downtown. Ainsworth moves away and avoids it.
Sturmovik lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sturmovik.
Ainsworth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sturmovik looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sturmovik tries to clinch up but Ainsworth circles away and keeps his distance.
Ainsworth lands with a good body shot.
Ainsworth turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ainsworth lands a body shot.
Ainsworth lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ainsworth slips under a jab from Sturmovik.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sturmovik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sturmovik lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ainsworth moves away from the strike by Sturmovik.
Sturmovik takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ainsworth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Sturmovik misses.
Sturmovik throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ainsworth.
Sturmovik takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ainsworth connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sturmovik wants to clinch up but Ainsworth keeps it at a distance.
Sturmovik takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ainsworth throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sturmovik on the side of the head.
Sturmovik walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ainsworth connects with a body shot.
Ainsworth misses with the combination.
Ainsworth scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Ainsworth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Sturmovik blocks the leg kick.
A shot to the body from Sturmovik misses
and Ainsworth counters with a left to the body.
Sturmovik on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ainsworth. Ainsworth obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice leg kick from Ainsworth, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ainsworth keeps the fight on the outside.
Sturmovik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ainsworth doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ainsworth misses with a body shot.
Ainsworth's corner calls for a 1-2. Ainsworth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Sturmovik is rocked!
Ainsworth stuns Sturmovik with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oh Sturmovik is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ainsworth lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Sturmovik - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Ainsworth!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wilfred Ainsworth!
Wilfred Ainsworth decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.