PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Djuro Sila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Berbatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sila
vs
Berbatov

188 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Djuro Sila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Berbatov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sila has managed to clinch.
Sila connects with a nasty looking knee right to Berbatov's face.
Sila landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Berbatov managing to block the knees to the body from Sila.
Berbatov wants to get back to striking at distance but Sila won't allow it.
Sila unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sila missing with knees to the body.
Sila looking to throw knees to the head but Berbatov is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sila.
Sila connects with a knee to the head.
Berbatov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sila tries a knee to the head but Berbatov blocks it.
Berbatov wants to get back to striking at distance but Sila won't allow it.
Berbatov is trying to push Sila away but Sila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Berbatov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sila prevents Berbatov from breaking the clinch.
Sila with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Berbatov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Berbatov is trying to break the clinch but Sila is controlling him.
Berbatov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Berbatov is trying to push Sila away but Sila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sila tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sila lands a knee to the head.

Berbatov manages to pull guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Berbatov uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Sila closes the distance looking to clinch

and Berbatov counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Sila down! Berbatov is looking to finish but Sila is intelligently defending himself.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Berbatov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Berbatov is looking to work some ground and pound but Sila has wrist control.
Sila looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Berbatov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Berbatov throws a big elbow that misses.
Berbatov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sila will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Berbatov decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sila, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berbatov keeps the fight on the outside.

Berbatov instigates a clinch.

Berbatov breaks from the clinch.
Berbatov stalks Sila and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sila's face. Sila staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Djuro Sila has been cut.
Sila is looking to clinch.
Sila has a takedown stuffed.
Sila tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Berbatov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sila tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Berbatov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sila stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sila wants it to stay on the feet.
Sila tries to clinch but Berbatov moves out of range.
Sila is looking to clinch.
Sila fails with a takedown attempt.
Berbatov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sila tries to close the distance and clinch up but Berbatov swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berbatov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Djuro Sila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berbatov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Berbatov looks winded!
Berbatov misses with a double jab.
Berbatov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sila fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berbatov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Berbatov circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sila forces Berbatov back against the cage and clinches.
Sila landing knees to the head.
Berbatov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Berbatov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sila tries to land knees in the clinch but Berbatov avoids the damage to the body.
Berbatov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sila connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Sila.
Sila working Berbatov over with knees to the body.
Berbatov wants to get back to striking at distance but Sila won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berbatov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sila landing knees to the head.
Sila tries to land knees in the clinch but Berbatov avoids the damage to the body.
Sila with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Berbatov avoiding damage as Sila throws knees to the body.

Berbatov pulls Sila into guard.

Berbatov has his feet on Sila's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sila wants to clinch up but Berbatov keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Horrible takedown by Sila or perhaps it was just good defense by Berbatov which made him look bad.

Berbatov has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Berbatov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Djuro Sila's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sila wants to clinch.
Berbatov shoots in looking for a takedown but Sila manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Berbatov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sila tries to clinch but Berbatov moves away
and Berbatov counters with a one-two to the body.
Sila with a poor takedown

and Berbatov counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Sila!

Sila is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Berbatov.
Oh Sila is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Berbatov decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Berbatov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Horrible takedown by Sila or perhaps it was just good defense by Berbatov which made him look bad.
Sila seems to have got his legs back now.
Djuro Sila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sila closes the distance looking to clinch
and Berbatov counters with a huge right that knocks Sila out cold! Berbatov is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Paul Berbatov!