PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Estrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Punch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punch has chosen Get Knocked Out as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Estrin
vs
Punch

184 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
24
201 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor Estrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Punch!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estrin tries to clinch up.

Estrin drives through with a takedown into Punch's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Estrin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Estrin throws and elbow that misses. Punch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Estrin's guard. Nice move by Punch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Estrin's head.
Punch with a flurry of punches that miss.
Estrin keeping moving, preventing Punch from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Punch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Punch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Estrin wants to sweep here but Punch controlling him for the moment.
Punch pushes down on Estrin's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Punch takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Estrin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Punch.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Punch is looking to take a break and control but Estrin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Punch is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Punch has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Punch controlling from mount.
Estrin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Punch on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punch throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Punch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Punch lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like Igor Estrin has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Punch unloads with some shots from mount but Estrin bucks and avoids them well.
Punch punching from mount but Estrin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The referee warns Estrin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Estrin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Punch lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Igor Estrin's cut is getting worse.
Punch raining down hammerfists from mount.

Igor Estrin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Igor Estrin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ray Punch!