PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oleksander Kurtzov (ranked 1343 p4p, 201 weight class) and Matt Kristo (ranked 1895 p4p, 245 weight class). Kurtzov comes to the cage accompanied by Imperial March. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kurtzov
vs
Kristo

180 cm
27
213 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

194 cm
29
220 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oleksander Kurtzov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Kristo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristo stuns Kurtzov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Kristo darts in and clinches Kurtzov up against the cage.
Kurtzov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kristo to keep the fight standing.
Kurtzov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kristo walks away with a smile on his face. Kurtzov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kristo throws a body punch but Kurtzov moves out of range.
Kristo lands a head shot.
Kurtzov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kristo takes a swing at Kurtzov's ribcage but misses.
Kurtzov tries to clinch there but Kristo circles away.
Kristo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kristo moves into the clinch.
Kurtzov is trying to pull guard but Kristo has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oleksander Kurtzov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kristo avoiding damage.
Kristo trying to stall but Kurtzov improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kristo drops Kurtzov with a big knee straight up the middle! Kurtzov is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Kurtzov is rocked!

It looks like Oleksander Kurtzov has been cut.
Kristo misses with a few strikes there.
Kurtzov half committed to a counter leg kick.
Oh Kurtzov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kurtzov ducks into an uppercut from Kristo and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Kristo!
Our winner, Matt Kristo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.