PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vasily Bordukov (ranked 4549 p4p, 4602 weight class) and Rusty Pardon (ranked 528 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bordukov
vs
Pardon

198 cm
25
200
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
215
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vasily Bordukov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rusty Pardon!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pardon takes the fight into the clinch.

Bordukov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bordukov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pardon throws a looping overhand right but Bordukov ducks down to avoid it.

Bordukov gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bordukov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bordukov lands a left and a right that send Pardon crashing to the mat, dazed. Bordukov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Pardon is rocked!

It looks like Rusty Pardon has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Bordukov has cracked Pardon with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Bordukov lands another huge swinging hook and Pardon tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Pardon, before Bordukov can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vasily Bordukov!
During a confident post fight interview, Vasily Bordukov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.