PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Eremeev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Makar Vershinin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrey Eremeev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eremeev
vs
Vershinin

189 cm
22
165 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
163 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Eremeev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Makar Vershinin !
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vershinin gets tackled into the cage by Eremeev. Eremeev maintains the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Eremeev.
Vershinin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eremeev's defenses.

It looks like Andrey Eremeev has been cut.
Vershinin misses with some punches.
Eremeev displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vershinin up against the cage.
Vershinin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vershinin misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Eremeev fails to land.
Eremeev avoids a wild elbow strike from Vershinin .
Eremeev really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vershinin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on Eremeev - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Eremeev blocks a body shot from Vershinin .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vershinin 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Eremeev definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Eremeev misses with some punches.
Vershinin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Eremeev misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eremeev takes an elbow to the temple.
Vershinin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eremeev's elbow.
Eremeev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vershinin gets through Eremeev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Eremeev stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vershinin .
Vershinin throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Eremeev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vershinin throws a big shot that misses.
Crunch! Vershinin slams his shin into Eremeev's torso.
Eremeev misses with a looping left.
Vershinin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eremeev misses with a left hand
enabling Vershinin to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Eremeev misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eremeev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot by Eremeev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vershinin slips a jab from Eremeev.
Vershinin scores with a body shot.
Eremeev misses with a hook.
Eremeev looks to score with a jab to the body but Vershinin is just out of range.
Eremeev lands with an uppercut that bounces Vershinin off the cage and back into range.
Eremeev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vershinin lands with a slapping head kick.
Vershinin misses the shot to the body.
Vershinin scores with a jab to the jaw.

Eremeev is rocked!
Vershinin throws a quick head kick that knocks Eremeev silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Vershinin is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Makar Vershinin !
Makar Vershinin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.