PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Khali Mukafi (ranked 3869 p4p, 392 weight class) and Yuri Voronov (ranked 4325 p4p, 427 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mukafi
vs
Voronov

177 cm
21
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Khali Mukafi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Voronov!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Voronov.
Mukafi misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Voronov to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Voronov.
Mukafi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Voronov defends it nicely.
Voronov connects with a crisp jab.
Mukafi avoids the body shot from Voronov.
Voronov cracks a nice hook into Mukafi's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mukafi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Voronov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khali Mukafi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mukafi fails with the takedown
and Voronov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Khali Mukafi has been cut.
Mukafi seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mukafi.
Voronov swings for the body but Mukafi moves out of range.
Mukafi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Voronov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mukafi doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Voronov to counter with a crisp jab.
Voronov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Voronov lands a nice hook to Mukafi's body. Mukafi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mukafi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Voronov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Mukafi is rocked!
Mukafi misses with a takedown
and Voronov counters with a right hand to the body.
Oh Mukafi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mukafi is breathing heavily.
Mukafi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Voronov is stalking Mukafi. Mukafi circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Voronov, and it's lights out! Mukafi really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuri Voronov!