PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mouad Laroussi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Raban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laroussi comes to the cage accompanied by LOST ON THE ECHO. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Laroussi
vs
Raban

170 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mouad Laroussi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Raban!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raban throws a wild body kick that Laroussi sees coming a mile off.
Laroussi fails with a takedown attempt.
Laroussi tries to clinch up.
Laroussi moves out of range of the strikes.
Laroussi has his takedown stuffed
and Raban counters with a nice body kick.
Raban lands a nice looking kick to the body. Laroussi takes a step back to recover.
Laroussi wants to clinch up but Raban keeps it at a distance.
Laroussi blocks the body kick.
Laroussi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Raban counters with a head kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mouad Laroussi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroussi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Laroussi moves out of range of the body kick from Raban.
Laroussi fails with the takedown
and Raban counters with a solid body kick.
Laroussi tries for a takedown but Raban circles away easily
and Raban counters with a head kick.
Laroussi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Raban counters with a body kick that stops Laroussi in his tracks momentarily.
James Raban is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laroussi is breathing heavily.
Laroussi darts in trying to clinch
and Raban counters with a nice low kick that buckles Laroussi's knee momentarily.
Laroussi avoids a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroussi has his takedown stuffed
and Raban counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raban swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raban pushes Laroussi away with a front kick.
Laroussi takes a swing at Raban's ribcage but misses.
Raban fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laroussi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laroussi has his takedown stuffed

and Raban counters with a head kick that drops Laroussi to the mat! Laroussi scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Laroussi is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Laroussi.
Oh Laroussi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raban circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Laroussi drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Raban follows Laroussi to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Raban!