PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ashkan Farhadi (ranked 6872 p4p, 6889 weight class) and Fredrick Chapman (ranked 650 p4p, 652 weight class). Fredrick Chapman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Farhadi
vs
Chapman

178 cm
20
160
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
165
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

PWNAGE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashkan Farhadi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fredrick Chapman!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Chapman. Farhadi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farhadi throws an overhand right that lands on Chapman's shoulder, as Chapman tries to avoid the shot.
Farhadi throws a hook to the side of Chapman's head but Chapman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farhadi ducks under a wild hook from Chapman.
Chapman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Farhadi connects with a body shot that sends Chapman's belly button to the back.
Chapman staying out of range there.
A left and a right from Chapman both land. Nice combination.
Farhadi lunges at Chapman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chapman's hand.
Chapman throws a hook to the side of Farhadi's head but Farhadi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Farhadi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chapman doesn't seem phased though.
Chapman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chapman looks to score with a jab to the body but Farhadi is just out of range.
Chapman connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chapman. Farhadi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farhadi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Farhadi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Chapman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Farhadi throws a jab but it's blocked by Chapman.
Farhadi thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farhadi lands a nice looking body shot.
Chapman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Farhadi misses with a hook. Chapman ducked under it nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Chapman misses.
Chapman looks to throw the jab but Farhadi is out of range.
Farhadi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Farhadi cracks Chapman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Farhadi throws a shot from downtown. Chapman moves away and avoids it.
Farhadi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chapman manages to avoid it.
Farhadi lands a head shot.

Chapman is rocked!
Farhadi drops Chapman with a straight right hand, right on the button! Farhadi follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ashkan Farhadi!
A very excited looking Ashkan Farhadi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.