PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yourn Rotterdam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rotterdam comes into the arena with deftones-change blaring out of the sound system. Boris Kharitonov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rotterdam
vs
Kharitonov

193 cm
24
245 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

207 cm
23
272 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Balco Boys - Hilo
Balco Boys - Hilo

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yourn Rotterdam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Kharitonov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotterdam bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kharitonov looks to land a left hand but Rotterdam moved out of range nicely.

Rotterdam gets a takedown into half guard.
Rotterdam looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kharitonov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kharitonov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rotterdam looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kharitonov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kharitonov wants to get back to full guard.
Rotterdam prevents Kharitonov from standing back up.
Rotterdam not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rotterdam working Kharitonov over with strikes.
Rotterdam passes to side control.
Rotterdam lands a few punches from side control.
Rotterdam landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rotterdam lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kharitonov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotterdam lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kharitonov down.
Rotterdam landing strikes.
Rotterdam working the ground and pound.
Rotterdam lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kharitonov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rotterdam scores with punches from side control.
Rotterdam is chipping away with strikes.
Rotterdam cracks Kharitonov with a big right hand but Kharitonov just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Kharitonov is rocked!
A big shot lands for Rotterdam! That's hurt Kharitonov! Will he recover? Rotterdam fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yourn Rotterdam!