PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stepan Varlamovs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Smith has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Smith
vs
Varlamovs

190 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stepan Varlamovs!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Varlamovs was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Varlamovs drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Varlamovs lands a nice forearm strike.
An elbow from Varlamovs crashes against the mat.
Varlamovs throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Varlamovs landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Varlamovs working the head with strikes.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Varlamovs on the ground.
Varlamovs is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
Varlamovs landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Varlamovs scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Varlamovs's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Varlamovs scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Smith is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Varlamovs can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stepan Varlamovs!