PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Umber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Rebrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rebrov has chosen Vater Unser as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. John Umber has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Umber
vs
Rebrov

210 cm
23
265 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
233 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Umber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergey Rebrov!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rebrov connects with a single shot there.

It looks like John Umber has been cut.

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

Umber is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Umber throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oh Umber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circle momentarily. Rebrov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rebrov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Umber moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rebrov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Umber circles away quickly and effectively.
Umber seems to have got his legs back now.

Rebrov sends Umber crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Rebrov is motioning to the referee to let Umber up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Rebrov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rebrov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Rebrov does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Rebrov.
Nice body punch from Rebrov.
Rebrov misses with a double jab.
Umber takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

John Umber's cut is getting worse.
Rebrov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sergey Rebrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Umber has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rebrov is trying to break the clinch but Umber is controlling him.
Rebrov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rebrov tries to break free but Umber pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Umber has Rebrov pressed against the cage, preventing Rebrov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Umber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Umber fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rebrov avoids it really well and circles away.
Rebrov misses with a few strikes there.
Rebrov misses with the combination.
Rebrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Umber is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Rebrov misses.
Rebrov lands with a hook. Umber tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rebrov rushes Umber with punches - Umber moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Umber goes down! Rebrov follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergey Rebrov!