PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fuad Aliyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ferret Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aliyev comes into the arena with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Aliyev
vs
Rocha

187 cm
29
216 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

225 cm
27
211 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fuad Aliyev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ferret Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha walks into a straight right hand from Aliyev.
Aliyev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aliyev's corner calls for a 1-2. Aliyev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rocha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aliyev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rocha.
Aliyev cracks Rocha with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rocha is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Aliyev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aliyev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aliyev taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Aliyev lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Aliyev on the inside.
Aliyev content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rocha wants to break free but Aliyev has control.
Aliyev lands a nice uppercut.
Aliyev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Aliyev.
Rocha looks gassed!
Rocha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Ferret Rocha has been cut.
Aliyev lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
A short body shot lands from Aliyev as the two fighters clinch.
Aliyev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aliyev lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aliyev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Aliyev lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aliyev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
A shot in the inside from Aliyev.

Rocha is rocked!
Aliyev lands an uppercut.
Aliyev scores with a shot to the side of Rocha's head.
Rocha is still on wobbly legs! Can Aliyev finish him?
Aliyev lands with a right to the head.
Aliyev pushes Rocha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aliyev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aliyev lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Aliyev.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aliyev lands a nice shot to the body.
Rocha seems to have recovered his senses.
Aliyev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aliyev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aliyev pushes Rocha against the cage. Aliyev is working some dirty boxing. Aliyev pushes off with a quick right hook! Rocha goes down! Rocha tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Aliyev moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fuad Aliyev!
Post fight, Fuad Aliyev stared into the camera and said 'This might have been my last fight, I've been thinking about retiring for good and spend my time coaching the next generation.'.