PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Nick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shlemenko Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Mike Nick looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Nick
vs
Alexander

215 cm
19
230 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

189 cm
19
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Nick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shlemenko Alexander!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nick.
Nick looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Nick slaps away a takedown attempt from Alexander, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nick avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alexander fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alexander stalks Nick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nick's face. Nick staggers backwards, shaken.

Alexander lands a left and a right that send Nick crashing to the mat, dazed. Alexander thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alexander.
Alexander misses with the combination.
Alexander lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Nick is looking to close the distance but Alexander sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Nick crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Nick is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Shlemenko Alexander!