PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rui Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Karamazov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ferreira
vs
Karamazov

188 cm
22
213 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
23
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rui Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Karamazov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Karamazov.
Ferreira fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Karamazov avoids it really well and circles away.
Ferreira goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
No joy there for Karamazov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karamazov. Ferreira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ferreira scores with a head kick.
Karamazov shoots in but no luck this time.

Ferreira has Karamazov up against the cage in a clinch.
Ferreira leaning his opponent against the cage.

Ferreira drags the fight down to the ground.
Ferreira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ferreira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Karamazov wants to pass the guard but Ferreira is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ferreira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Karamazov is aware though and is defending well.
Karamazov controlling from the top position.
Ferreira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Karamazov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ferreira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karamazov is one step ahead there.
Karamazov wants to control from the top but Ferreira keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ferreira trying to control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Karamazov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ferreira.
Ferreira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karamazov counters with a one-two to the body.
Ferreira looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karamazov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ferreira counters with a body kick that stops Karamazov in his tracks momentarily.
Karamazov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karamazov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ferreira blocks a head kick by Karamazov.
Ferreira closes this distance looking for a takedown but Karamazov circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rui Ferreira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ferreira is breathing heavily.
Karamazov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karamazov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ferreira fails to land the takedown.
Karamazov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karamazov fails to land the takedown.

Karamazov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Karamazov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ferreira is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Karamazov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karamazov controlling from the full mount.
Karamazov breaks from Ferreira's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Ferreira is rocked!
Karamazov postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Ferreira badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Karamazov around the waist but Karamazov pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Karamazov is the winner by TKO! Karamazov jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Karamazov!