PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Zarubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Coulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coulter has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zarubin
vs
Coulter

176 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Zarubin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Coulter!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zarubin forces Coulter back against the cage and clinches.
Coulter looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Zarubin works on Coulter's body with a couple of short punches.
Zarubin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Zarubin manages to break the clinch.
Zarubin with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Coulter gets tackled into the cage by Zarubin. Zarubin maintains the clinch.
Zarubin cracks Coulter with a nice body shot.

Zarubin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Zarubin closes the distance and clinches.

Zarubin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zarubin throws a right hand that Coulter ducks under and follows up with a left that Coulter also avoids with ease.
Zarubin throws a combination. Coulter tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Zarubin gets a clinch.

Zarubin breaks from the clinch.
Zarubin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zarubin moves into range and clinches up with Coulter.
Zarubin has Coulter pressed against the cage.

Zarubin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Zarubin has cracked Coulter with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Zarubin lands another huge swinging hook and Coulter tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Coulter, before Zarubin can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pavel Zarubin!