PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vrag Zlobnyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Ipkiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zlobnyu
vs
Ipkiss

180 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
212 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Conviction

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vrag Zlobnyu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stanley Ipkiss!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zlobnyu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Zlobnyu moves into range and clinches up with Ipkiss.

Zlobnyu manages to pull guard.
Zlobnyu wants to control but Ipkiss passes easily into half guard.

Zlobnyu is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ipkiss pulls his head out easily.

Zlobnyu looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Zlobnyu actively working from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zlobnyu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zlobnyu looking for submissions off his back.
Ipkiss wants to stand but Zlobnyu has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Zlobnyu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zlobnyu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zlobnyu tries for a takedown but Ipkiss sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vrag Zlobnyu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ipkiss misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ipkiss misses with a two punch combination.
Ipkiss displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zlobnyu.
Ipkiss scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Ipkiss as Zlobnyu shoots in.
Ipkiss moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zlobnyu is breathing heavily.
Ipkiss throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ipkiss slaps away a takedown attempt from Zlobnyu, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Ipkiss lands a left and a right that send Zlobnyu crashing to the mat, dazed. Ipkiss thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Zlobnyu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ipkiss is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Zlobnyu hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stanley Ipkiss!