PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pushka Kamenev (ranked 2859 p4p, 4075 weight class) and Owen Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Kamenev
vs
Duncan

191 cm
25
214
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
217
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pushka Kamenev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Owen Duncan!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duncan slaps away a takedown attempt from Kamenev, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Duncan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kamenev tries to avoid it but Duncan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kamenev to the ground. Kamenev escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Duncan looks for a takedown but Kamenev sprawls well.
Duncan looks to land a combination but Kamenev avoids it well.
Kamenev darts in looking for a takedown but Duncan gets double underhooks and turns Kamenev into the cage.
Kamenev can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pushka Kamenev. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Duncan breaks the clinch.
Duncan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Duncan wants to clinch up but Kamenev keeps it at a distance.

Kamenev is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Duncan's half guard.
Kamenev slips a nice elbow through Duncan's hands, connecting with Duncan's forehead.
Kamenev winds up and cracks Duncan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Owen Duncan has been cut.
Kamenev lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kamenev lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kamenev wants to pass the guard but Duncan is defending well.
Duncan taking some punishment here, with Kamenev in his half guard.
Kamenev 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.
Ground and pound from Kamenev.

Duncan is rocked!
Kamenev works his way into full mount!
Duncan is still in real trouble! Can Kamenev finish him?
Kamenev cracks Duncan with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pushka Kamenev!
Pushka Kamenev seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.