PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jedi Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinobi Raizen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight comes to the ring accompanied by Why Can't We be Friends. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Knight
vs
Raizen

191 cm
29
259 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

190 cm
19
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jedi Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shinobi Raizen!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raizen doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Raizen fails with the takedown

and Knight counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Knight looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Raizen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Raizen moves into full guard.

Raizen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knight defends well.
Raizen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Raizen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knight defends well.
Knight is in close to Raizen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Raizen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knight throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Raizen keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raizen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knight is one step ahead there.

Raizen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Raizen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Raizen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knight defends well.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knight wants to control from the top but Raizen keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Raizen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Knight defends it easily.
Knight with a nice head shot there.

Raizen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knight can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Raizen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Knight defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Raizen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Raizen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Raizen is looking for a triangle here but Knight uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Knight is looking to take a break and control but Raizen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Raizen is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Knight working the ground and pound.
Raizen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Knight stops Raizen from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight moves into full mount! Raizen won't be happy about that!
Knight lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like Shinobi Raizen has been cut.
Raizen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Raizen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Raizen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Knight scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Knight is nestled in close to Raizen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raizen pushes Knight off looking to stand but Knight dives back in and keeps control.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Knight connects with a nice short shot to Raizen's temple.

Raizen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Raizen looks winded!
Knight working over Raizen with some ground and pound. Raizen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Knight lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Knight works his way into full mount!
Knight working Raizen over with strikes here.

That has opened up Shinobi Raizen's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raizen is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Knight with the ground and pound from mount.

Raizen is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Shinobi Raizen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jedi Knight!
Our winner, Jedi Knight, 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.