PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russian Bear (ranked 3004 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Columbus (ranked 6155 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bear
vs
Columbus

195 cm
25
255 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

199 cm
23
278 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Columbus!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like Chris Columbus has been cut.

Bear has closed the distance and engaged Columbus in a clinch.
Bear is pressed up against the cage. Columbus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bear down to the mat. Bear avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Columbus throws a jab when Bear was well out of range.
Columbus is looking to clinch.

Bear gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bear lands an uppercut.
Bear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Columbus backwards.
Bear lands a right hand that snaps the head of Columbus backwards.
Bear lands a right hand.

Bear drops Columbus onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Columbus is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Columbus is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bear cracks Columbus with a nice body shot.
Columbus is still on wobbly legs! Can Bear finish him?
Columbus looks winded!
A hook to the body from Bear.
Columbus seems to have recovered his senses.
Bear is leaning against Columbus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Bear.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bear.

That has opened up Chris Columbus's cut even more.
Bear lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Columbus to his knees! Bear keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russian Bear!