PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dragic Moniko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgy Degratov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Moniko
vs
Degratov

178 cm
26
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

179 cm
24
191 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dragic Moniko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Georgy Degratov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moniko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Degratov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moniko.
Degratov catches Moniko with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Dragic Moniko has been cut.
Degratov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Degratov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Degratov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Degratov duly obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moniko scores with a one two! Degratov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Moniko dodges the punch combination from Degratov.
Moniko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Degratov.
Degratov lands with a hook. Moniko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from Degratov misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Moniko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Degratov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Moniko dips to his left and cracks Degratov with an uppercut!
Degratov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Degratov.

Dragic Moniko's cut is getting worse.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Degratov! Moniko is out on his feet! Degratov rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Moniko is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Moniko is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Georgy Degratov!