PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rocherre Velassco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Kozak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kozak comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Middle Class Rut - New Low kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jan Kozak is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Velassco
vs
Kozak

178 cm
24
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
204 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocherre Velassco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Kozak!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kozak avoids the head kick by Velassco.
Velassco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Velassco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Kozak misses
and Velassco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Velassco closes the distance and pushes Kozak back into the cage.
Velassco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kozak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Velassco taking a breather.
Velassco lands with a short shot to the head.
Velassco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kozak has a couple of punches blocked by Velassco.
Kozak has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Velassco is trying to maintain a safe position but Kozak gets an underhook and turns Velassco into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velassco controlling the action here for a moment.
Kozak looking to slow down the pace here.
Kozak is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Velassco scores with a shoulder strike.
Kozak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Velassco lands a nice uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Velassco.
Velassco trying to land knees to the body.

Velassco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Velassco has Kozak up against the cage in a clinch.
Velassco taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Velassco.

Kozak is rocked!
Velassco is leaning against Kozak and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kozak is still on wobbly legs! Can Velassco finish him?
Velassco digs a right hand into Kozak's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kozak's gas tank.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Velassco breaks the clinch.
Kozak circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Velassco. Kozak falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Velassco!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rocherre Velassco!
A relieved looking Rocherre Velassco thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.