PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Krinichnyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ziggy Vondopolous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksandr Krinichnyi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krinichnyi
vs
Vondopolous

177 cm
25
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aleksandr Krinichnyi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ziggy Vondopolous!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vondopolous closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Vondopolous.
Vondopolous lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Krinichnyi or not.
A short left from Vondopolous.
Krinichnyi tries to circle away but Vondopolous has him pinned against the cage.
Come on Vondopolous - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vondopolous working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Vondopolous on the inside.
Vondopolous working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krinichnyi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vondopolous lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krinichnyi backwards.
Vondopolous lands a left hand.
Vondopolous taking a breather.
Vondopolous lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krinichnyi.
Vondopolous throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vondopolous.
Vondopolous lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vondopolous - that landed with a thud.
Krinichnyi is breathing heavily.
Vondopolous gets through Krinichnyi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Vondopolous breaks the clinch.
Aleksandr Krinichnyi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vondopolous.
Vondopolous connects with a body shot that sends Krinichnyi's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vondopolous takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Vondopolous moves into the clinch successfully.
Vondopolous presses Krinichnyi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vondopolous scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vondopolous stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vondopolous lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vondopolous lands a knee to the head.

Krinichnyi is rocked!

Vondopolous breaks from the clinch.

Vondopolous gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vondopolous lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krinichnyi backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vondopolous works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vondopolous lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krinichnyi backwards.
A short right from Vondopolous.
Vondopolous working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Krinichnyi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Vondopolous.
Vondopolous lands with a right to the head.
Vondopolous softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vondopolous lands a hook that snaps the head of Krinichnyi backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vondopolous.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vondopolous creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vondopolous is leaning against Krinichnyi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vondopolous scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vondopolous creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Krinichnyi's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Krinichnyi drops to his knees and Vondopolous pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ziggy Vondopolous!