PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wil Hardison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hedrig Pokousha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardison
vs
Pokousha

178 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

189 cm
26
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wil Hardison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hedrig Pokousha!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardison scores with a jab to the body.
Hardison definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pokousha keeps the fight on the outside.
Hardison doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Pokousha counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pokousha has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hardison is in a horrible position here. Pokousha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pokousha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardison wants to hold on but Pokousha pushes him away.
Pokousha controlling the position easily from mount.
Hardison is desperately trying to improve his position but Pokousha has a good base and remains in mount.
Pokousha is landing with some decent strikes but Hardison is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pokousha with shots to the head and body - Hardison looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardison is bucking up trying to escape but Pokousha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pokousha lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hardison hang on?
Pokousha looking to finish Hardison with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hardison!
Pokousha breaks from Hardison's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hardison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pokousha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hardison's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pokousha controlling from mount.
Hardison swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pokousha with the ground and pound from mount.
Pokousha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hardison really wants to buck Pokousha off and get back to his feet.
Pokousha scoring with strikes but Hardison is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardison takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pokousha controlling the position easily from mount.
Pokousha lands a nice shot to the head.
Pokousha controlling his opponent.
Pokousha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hardison flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Pokousha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pokousha is landing with some decent strikes but Hardison is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pokousha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pokousha punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pokousha is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hardison can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pokousha landing strikes, looking to finish!

Hardison is rocked!
Pokousha is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Hardison goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Pokousha!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hedrig Pokousha!
A very excited looking Hedrig Pokousha made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.