PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boryenka Belsky (ranked 5539 p4p, 24907 weight class) and Nemanja Kenitov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belsky comes to the cage accompanied by Ich Will - Rammstein. Boryenka Belsky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Belsky
vs
Kenitov

180 cm
19
210
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
210
1 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boryenka Belsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemanja Kenitov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belsky shoots in but Kenitov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Despite the aggression on Kenitov's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kenitov throws a series of punches but Belsky moves out of range.
Belsky half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Belsky shoots in and drives through. Kenitov sprawls well.

Kenitov pushes Belsky up against the cage in a clinch.
Kenitov is trying to break the clinch but Belsky has him pressed against the cage.
Kenitov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Belsky has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kenitov after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boryenka Belsky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belsky wants to take the fight to the mat but Kenitov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Belsky has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kenitov is trying to keep an underhook but Belsky manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Belsky landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Belsky is keen to just control but Kenitov is a slippery customer.
Belsky scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenitov gets back to full guard.
Belsky trying to control but Kenitov is working from the bottom.
Belsky stopping the sweep attempt from Kenitov.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belsky stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kenitov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Belsky engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Belsky makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Belsky slips nicely into half guard.
Kenitov is trying to maintain the position but Belsky is very close to passing his half guard.
Belsky looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belsky working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Kenitov is rocked!
Belsky unloads with some huge strikes here! Kenitov is out! Belsky wins by brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Boryenka Belsky!
A very excited looking Boryenka Belsky 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.