PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jugo Fury (ranked 4958 p4p, 4049 weight class) and Kirill Zakharov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirill Zakharov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Fury
vs
Zakharov

191 cm
25
205
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
203
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jugo Fury!
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, Kirill Zakharov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zakharov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zakharov doesn't manage to clinch there - Fury circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Fury misses the target.
No luck for Zakharov with that takedown attempt.
It looked like Fury wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zakharov has a takedown stuffed.
As Zakharov tries to get set, Fury tries to push him back and clinch up but Zakharov manages to avoid the attempt.

Fury drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fury postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fury has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zakharov wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury cracks Zakharov with a solid left hand.
Fury scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fury is in close to Zakharov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've been hearing that Fury has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Fury is in close to Zakharov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fury landing with the ground and pound.
Fury controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Fury cracks Zakharov with a solid left hand.

Zakharov is rocked!
Fury works over Zakharov with some ground and pound from guard.
Fury sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zakharov's guard.
Zakharov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fury. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fury works his way into side control.
Zakharov looks winded!
Fury scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zakharov on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Zakharov is still in real trouble! Can Fury finish him?
Fury happy to just control the position for now.
Zakharov seems to have recovered his senses.
Fury scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Zakharov to see if he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fury lands a strong strike to the head of Zakharov. That's dazed him! Fury looking to finish here. Zakharov is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Fury lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jugo Fury!