PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antti Kivinkoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crowe Barr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kivinkoski comes to the cage accompanied by Jon Lajoie - Show Me Your Genitals. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kivinkoski
vs
Barr

192 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 St Petersburg, Antti Kivinkoski!
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, Crowe Barr!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kivinkoski, right into the meat.
Kivinkoski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Barr pinned against the cage. Barr gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Barr misses with a takedown
and Kivinkoski makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Barr really felt that one!
Kivinkoski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kivinkoski doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Barr counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kivinkoski tries to get to full guard but Barr has control of the leg.
Barr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kivinkoski is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barr passes the guard and advances to mount!
Barr is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kivinkoski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Barr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Barr unloading with bombs!

Kivinkoski is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barr with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Kivinkoski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barr is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Kivinkoski goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Barr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Crowe Barr!