PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduard Syroviy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasiliy Sobolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Syroviy comes into the arena with Три Буквы blaring out of the sound system. Sobolev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ya kuplu tebe dom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Syroviy
vs
Sobolev

190 cm
23
260 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

201 cm
34
265 lbs
16 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eduard Syroviy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vasiliy Sobolev!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Syroviy tries a head kick but it misses.
Syroviy tries to score with a low kick but Sobolev moves his leg out of the way.
Syroviy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Syroviy wants it to stay on the feet.
Syroviy looks to land a combination but Sobolev avoids it well.
Sobolev fails to land the takedown.
Syroviy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Eduard Syroviy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vasiliy Sobolev.
Syroviy misses with a straight right.
Syroviy throws a nice inside leg kick.

Syroviy closes the distance and clinches.
Syroviy prevents a body shot from Sobolev.
Sobolev is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Syroviy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Syroviy tries to break the clinch but Sobolev is controlling the position.
Sobolev is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Syroviy pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Syroviy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Syroviy!

It looks like Vasiliy Sobolev has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobolev is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eduard Syroviy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobolev shoots for a double leg takedown but Syroviy sprawls well. He's pushed Sobolev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Syroviy throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Syroviy.
Sobolev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sobolev moves in looking to clinch but Syroviy pushes him off.
Syroviy misses with a looping right.
Sobolev blocks a head kick by Syroviy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Syroviy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sobolev misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Whack! Syroviy lands a heavy head kick that drops Sobolev. The ref tackles Syroviy to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Sobolev was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Eduard Syroviy!