PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Kay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Beltran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Beltran's choice of entrance music: Big Poppa. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kay
vs
Beltran

170 cm
21
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
174 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Kay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Beltran!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beltran tries to clinch but Kay is having none of it.
A lazy left from Beltran finds it's target.
Beltran throws the left hand but Kay avoids the punch easily.

Beltran decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kay wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Beltran.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kay is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Beltran scores with a couple of nice shots.
Beltran wants to control but Kay is keeping him busy.
Kay tries to get to full guard but Beltran has control of the leg.
Kay is trying to maintain the position but Beltran is very close to passing his half guard.
Beltran missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kay tries to roll over but Beltran keeps him under control.
Beltran not landing any meaningful shots this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Kay looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Beltran thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beltran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beltran throws out a leg kick but Kay moves out of range and Beltran only half commits.
Beltran stuffs the takedown.
Beltran lands the left hand.
Beltran misses with a low kick.
Beltran shoots in looking for a takedown. Kay tries to sprawl out of it but Beltran keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kay manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Beltran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beltran lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beltran is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kay fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Kay. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kay drives through with a takedown into guard.
Beltran lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kay!
Beltran looking to finish Kay with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kay!

Kay is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Beltran.
Oh Kay is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kay tries to lock up and control but Beltran gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Beltran lands a heavy elbow.
Kay tries to reverse the position but Beltran maintains control.
Kay is breathing heavily.
Beltran with good strikes from the mount here!
Kay is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Beltran.
Beltran postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Kay in real trouble here! The ref calls for Kay to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Beltran!