PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barnito Mustacho (ranked 2538 p4p, 4974 weight class) and Vladimir Kosmanov (ranked 366 p4p, 599 weight class). Mustacho's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Los Ninos de Sara - Vagabundo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mustacho
vs
Kosmanov

180 cm
22
180
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
170
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Dr Zoidberg Office

Urban Fighter
Conviction

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barnito Mustacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Kosmanov!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kosmanov misses.
Kosmanov lands a glancing blow to the side of Mustacho's head.

Kosmanov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mustacho did well to prevent Kosmanov getting side control.
Kosmanov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mustacho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kosmanov.
Kosmanov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kosmanov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kosmanov moves into full mount! Mustacho won't be happy about that!
Kosmanov thowing shots but they're missing.
Kosmanov prevents Mustacho from getting the reversal.
Mustacho tries to hold on but Kosmanov postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosmanov with shots to the head and body - Mustacho looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kosmanov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kosmanov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kosmanov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kosmanov landing punches.
Mustacho is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kosmanov landing strikes from the mount.

Mustacho is rocked!
Mustacho is squirming around, avoiding Kosmanov's attempts to control the action.
Mustacho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kosmanov with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Mustacho is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kosmanov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kosmanov sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mustacho seems to have got his legs back now.
Kosmanov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kosmanov avoids the attempt from Mustacho to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mustacho is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Kosmanov punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Kosmanov's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Kosmanov!
Vladimir Kosmanov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.