PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evgeny Tarasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wladimir Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tarasov comes to the cage accompanied by Kasta-Vokrug Shum. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Tarasov
vs
Romanov

185 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Evgeny Tarasov!
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, Wladimir Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov fails with a takedown attempt.
Romanov shoots in but no luck this time.
Tarasov scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Wladimir Romanov has been cut.
Tarasov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Romanov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanov avoids the body shot from Tarasov.
Tarasov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Romanov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Tarasov.
Tarasov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Romanov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romanov looks winded!
Tarasov works Romanov's body with a nice hook.
A combination from Tarasov does no damage.
Tarasov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romanov circles away quickly and effectively.
Tarasov closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Romanov! Tarasov dives in looking to finish! Romanov is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evgeny Tarasov!
After the fight, Evgeny Tarasov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.