PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azeglio Mori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kadir Demir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mori
vs
Demir

189 cm
23
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
223 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Azeglio Mori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kadir Demir!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mori gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Demir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Demir comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Azeglio Mori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mori shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Demir sprawls well. Demir wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mori gets slowly back to his feet.
Demir lands a nice shot to the body.
Mori is breathing heavily.
Mori shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Demir but Demir pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Azeglio Mori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mori takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oooooh!!! Demir has knocked Mori down with a huge combo! Demir steps away and waves a wobbly Mori back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Mori is rocked!

It looks like Azeglio Mori has been cut.
Demir throws a shot to the body.
Oh Mori is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Demir lands with a good body shot.
Demir circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Mori tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Demir wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kadir Demir!
Kadir Demir bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.