PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddy Bravoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddy Bravoo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Filipovic
vs
Bravoo

178 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

177 cm
20
177 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eddy Bravoo!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Filipovic clinches.
Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Eddy Bravoo has been cut.

Filipovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravoo tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Filipovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Filipovic.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Filipovic gets a clinch.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Filipovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Filipovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Filipovic lands with a kick to the temple. Bravoo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filipovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Filipovic clinches up against the cage.

Filipovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice combo by Filipovic! Oh, that's hurt him - Bravoo falls to the canvas and Filipovic follows him into side control.

Bravoo is rocked!

That has opened up Eddy Bravoo's cut even more.

Filipovic decides to stand back up. Filipovic steps back and let's Bravoo get back to his feet.
Bravoo is still on wobbly legs! Can Filipovic finish him?
Filipovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bravoo seems to have recovered his senses.
Bravoo looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filipovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circle, before Filipovic throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Bravoo's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Filipovic lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Kirill Filipovic!