PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Venice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Katchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Venice
vs
Katchenko

200 cm
20
222 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Pegasus Nutrition

Syndicate Drugs

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Venice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Katchenko!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Venice there.
Katchenko tests Venice's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Venice swings widly with a right hand
and Katchenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Venice stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Katchenko.
Katchenko misses with a few strikes there.
Venice rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Katchenko counters with a right hand to the body.
Venice misses with an uppercut
and Katchenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Max Venice has been cut.
Venice throws a lazy uppercut
and Katchenko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Venice is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Venice is looking to clinch but Katchenko is avoiding it.
Venice misses with a body shot
and Katchenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Venice avoids a punch combination nicely.
Venice walks forward, straight into a front kick from Katchenko.
Katchenko scores with a leg kick.
Venice rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Katchenko counters with a left to the body.
Venice takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venice shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Venice takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Venice is rocked!
Katchenko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oh Venice is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Katchenko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Venice seems to have got his legs back now.
Katchenko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Katchenko tests Venice's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Katchenko is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Venice had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Katchenko throws a head kick that misses.
Katchenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Katchenko lands with a good body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Venice walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Max Venice's cut is getting worse.
Katchenko scores with a push kick.
Katchenko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Katchenko lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katchenko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Venice's calf.
Katchenko lands a right hook to the body.
Katchenko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Venice's head.
Venice drops his hands momentarily and Katchenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Katchenko.
Katchenko lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Venice falls backwards - clearly groggy! Katchenko dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrei Katchenko!