PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Borhegnev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Cengic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cengic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: youre going down. Josip Cengic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Borhegnev
vs
Cengic

190 cm
25
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
24
202 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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, Vyacheslav Borhegnev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josip Cengic!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cengic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Borhegnev counters with a straight right hand.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Borhegnev.
Cengic looks gassed!
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!

Borhegnev scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Borhegnev not doing much here.
Borhegnev passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cengic!
Cengic tries to hold on but Borhegnev postures up.
Borhegnev content just to control the position here.
Borhegnev landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borhegnev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Borhegnev controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Cengic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Borhegnev controlling the pace for now.
Borhegnev's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Vyacheslav Borhegnev wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Borhegnev lands a big head kick that sends Cengic tumbling to the mat! Borhegnev takes a step backwards and waves Cengic back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Josip Cengic has been cut.

Borhegnev instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Borhegnev.
Borhegnev landing knees to the body.

Borhegnev decides to pull guard.
Cengic trying to control but Borhegnev is working from the bottom.
Borhegnev has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Borhegnev has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Vyacheslav Borhegnev just wasn't active enough.

Borhegnev closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borhegnev scores with a hook to the body.
Borhegnev stalling against the cage.

Borhegnev jumps guard.
Borhegnev pulls Cengic in to control the position.
Cengic must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Borhegnev manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Borhegnev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Borhegnev lands a left and a right that send Cengic crashing to the mat, dazed. Borhegnev thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borhegnev is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Cengic hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vyacheslav Borhegnev!