PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timur Rafkatovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jol Katarin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rafkatovich
vs
Katarin

182 cm
25
210 lbs
3 - 17 - 0

186 cm
32
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 3 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Timur Rafkatovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jol Katarin!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katarin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rafkatovich.
Rafkatovich fails with the takedown
and Katarin counters with a left to the body.
Rafkatovich with a lazy takedown attempt

and Katarin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rafkatovich's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timur Rafkatovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Katarin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Katarin advances position into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katarin is working Rafkatovich over with some ground and pound from side control.
Katarin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

It looks like Timur Rafkatovich has been cut.
Katarin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rafkatovich is breathing heavily.
Katarin in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Rafkatovich looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Katarin turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jol Katarin!
Our winner, Jol Katarin, 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.