PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Ibragimov Ii (ranked 2503 p4p, 853 weight class) and Tony Tight (ranked 279 p4p, 103 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ibragimov Ii
vs
Tight

225 cm
26
274
6 - 1 - 0

196 cm
27
280
9 - 1 - 0

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Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Ibragimov Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Tight!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibragimov Ii fails to land the takedown.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tight! But no joy.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ibragimov Ii.
Tight is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tight takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ibragimov Ii throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ibragimov Ii landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ibragimov Ii working the ground and pound from side control.
Tight takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ibragimov Ii lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tight is trying to get back to half guard.
Ibragimov Ii working away.
Ibragimov Ii 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.
Ibragimov Ii in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tight gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
A nice elbow there by Ibragimov Ii.
Ibragimov Ii landing strikes from the mount.
Tight is looking to improve his position but Ibragimov Ii isn't that keen on the idea.
Tight wants to control but Ibragimov Ii is having none of it.
Ibragimov Ii fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Tony Tight has been cut.
Ibragimov Ii avoids the attempt from Tight to control.
Ibragimov Ii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The referee warns Tight that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ibragimov Ii cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Tight is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big strike lands for Ibragimov Ii! That's really hurt Tight and he's turned his back - Ibragimov Ii keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Ibragimov Ii jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxim Ibragimov Ii!
Our winner, Maxim Ibragimov Ii, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.