PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yuriy Prokopenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yaroslav Lyutov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prokopenko comes to the cage accompanied by Lisa Miskovsky . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Prokopenko
vs
Lyutov

186 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuriy Prokopenko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yaroslav Lyutov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prokopenko doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lyutov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lyutov fails to land with a series of punches.
Lyutov misses with a double jab.
Lyutov throws a right and a left that Prokopenko avoids nicely.
Prokopenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Prokopenko tries to clinch but Lyutov moves away
and Lyutov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lyutov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lyutov throws a right and a left that both miss.

Lyutov tries to sprawl but Prokopenko drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Prokopenko stops Lyutov from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lyutov kicks off Prokopenko and gets to his feet.
Prokopenko tries to move into range but Lyutov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Prokopenko is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lyutov misses with a few strikes there.
Oh Prokopenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyutov looks to land a combination but Prokopenko avoids it well.
Lyutov measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Prokopenko! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Yaroslav Lyutov!
Yaroslav Lyutov is the new welterweight champion!