PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huoraa Turpaan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Lavronenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Turpaan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nistikko - Huoraa Turpaan. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turpaan
vs
Lavronenko

185 cm
26
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
212 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Resistance

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Huoraa Turpaan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Lavronenko!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lavronenko changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Turpaan tries to avoid it but Lavronenko manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Turpaan to the ground. Turpaan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lavronenko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Lavronenko scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lavronenko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Turpaan keeps working.
Lavronenko throwing shots but Turpaan is blocking nicely.
Lavronenko slips a nice elbow through Turpaan's hands, connecting with Turpaan's forehead.
Lavronenko not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lavronenko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lavronenko has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Turpaan defend it? Lavronenko steps over the head and cranks it - Turpaan is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Lavronenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ivan Lavronenko!
After winning the bout, Ivan Lavronenko thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.