PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Foti Vasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vasa's choice of entrance music: Highway to Hell (AC/DC). Bruce Banner looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Banner
vs
Vasa

182 cm
27
183 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

183 cm
28
199 lbs
19 - 19 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Banner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Foti Vasa!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vasa is defended easily by Banner.

Vasa has closed the distance and engaged Banner in a clinch.
Vasa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Banner's efforts to push away.

Banner manages to break the clinch.

Banner tries to keep at a distance but Vasa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vasa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Banner wants to break free but Vasa has control.
Vasa has Banner pressed against the cage, preventing Banner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Banner misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Banner walks away with a smile on his face. Vasa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Banner throws a right hand that misses

and Vasa counters with a takedown into side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Vasa throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Vasa cracks Banner with a big right hand but Banner just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Vasa landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasa working the head and body with strikes.
Banner is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Vasa in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Vasa lands a decent elbow from side control.
Banner is breathing heavily.
Vasa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Banner some visible discomfort.

Banner is rocked!
A big shot lands for Vasa! That's hurt Banner! Will he recover? Vasa fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Foti Vasa!