PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Kvasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kvasov's entrance music is Diskoteka avaria-Nebo. A fine choice. Waters has chosen Hip Hop as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kvasov
vs
Waters

185 cm
34
202 lbs
25 - 25 - 1

189 cm
31
195 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 25 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Roman Kvasov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Derek Waters!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kvasov misses with a body shot.
Kvasov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waters.
Waters throws an overhand right that lands on Kvasov's shoulder, as Kvasov tries to avoid the shot.
Kvasov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Waters drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Derek Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Kvasov there.
Waters throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kvasov misses with an uppercut.
Kvasov doesn't manage to clinch there - Waters circles away.
A slow jab from Kvasov misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Kvasov.

Waters tries to keep at a distance but Kvasov has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kvasov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Waters backwards.
Waters softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters throws a punch but it's blocked by Kvasov.
Kvasov can't find room to land a body shot as Waters controls the action.
Kvasov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Waters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Waters tries to throw a body punch but Kvasov avoids it by throwing Waters back against the cage.
Kvasov swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Kvasov manages to break the clinch.
Kvasov tries to clinch but Waters moves out of range.
Waters punishes Kvasov's body with a nice straight punch.
Waters tests Kvasov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Waters looks to land a left hand but Kvasov moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Kvasov.
Kvasov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Waters tries to keep at a distance but Kvasov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kvasov.
Kvasov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Waters backwards.
Waters throws a punch but it's blocked by Kvasov.
Kvasov blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kvasov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Waters's elbow.
Kvasov misses with the head strike.
Kvasov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kvasov avoids a wild elbow strike from Waters.
Waters misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters blocking some punches.
Waters tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Waters blocks a body shot from Kvasov.
Kvasov can't find room to land a body shot as Waters controls the action.
Kvasov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Waters backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kvasov.
Kvasov presses Waters against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kvasov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kvasov has Waters pushed against the cage.
Kvasov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kvasov taking a breather.
Waters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waters blocking some punches.

Waters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kvasov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Waters wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kvasov tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kvasov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Waters has time to react.
Waters throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kvasov on the side of the head.
Kvasov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Waters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kvasov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kvasov moves in looking to clinch but Waters pushes him off.
Good leg kick by Waters there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Waters lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Waters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Waters throws the left hand but Kvasov avoids the punch easily.
Kvasov tries to clinch up.
Waters looks to land a left hand but Kvasov moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kvasov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Waters tries to bum rush Kvasov with a series of wild strikes but Kvasov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kvasov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Waters tries to clinch but Kvasov moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kvasov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Waters changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kvasov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Waters lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Waters misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kvasov.
Waters tries to work over Kvasov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kvasov takes a shot to the head.
Kvasov throws a head punch that misses.
Waters lands a body shot in the clinch.
I was talking to Kvasov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Waters lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Kvasov is rocked!
Waters lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kvasov backwards.
Oh Kvasov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waters dips a shoulder and cracks Kvasov with a mighty uppercut! Kvasov falls back against the cage and Waters unloads with a barrage of strikes! Kvasov is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Waters screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Waters!
A victorious Derek Waters thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.