PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Sheeran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Vlasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sheeran has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Roman Vlasov has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sheeran
vs
Vlasov

173 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ed Sheeran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Vlasov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vlasov throws a body shot but no joy.

Vlasov looking to score a takedown here. Sheeran is defending well but Vlasov drives through and ends up in Sheeran's guard.
Vlasov chips away with some ground and pound.
Vlasov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
It looks like Vlasov might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vlasov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Vlasov connects with a couple of short punches.
Sheeran knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vlasov on the ground.
Sheeran is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vlasov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sheeran's head.
Vlasov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vlasov landing with the ground and pound.
Vlasov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vlasov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sheeran's head.
Vlasov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sheeran looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Vlasov puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Vlasov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vlasov is nestled in close to Sheeran, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vlasov working the head and body with strikes.

Sheeran is rocked!
Vlasov slips a nice elbow through Sheeran's hands, connecting with Sheeran's forehead.
Oh Sheeran is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vlasov scores with a big shot! Sheeran's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Sheeran! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Vlasov!