PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marat Tandelov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gorge Jurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jurgel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock N Roll Train. Jurgel has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Gorge Jurgel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tandelov
vs
Jurgel

160 cm
22
138 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

168 cm
45
127 lbs
43 - 44 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marat Tandelov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 44 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gorge Jurgel!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tandelov misses with a body punch
and Jurgel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tandelov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jurgel.

Tandelov feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tandelov trying to control but Jurgel is working from the bottom.
Tandelov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tandelov throws a big elbow that misses.
Tandelov stands and throws Jurgel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jurgel takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tandelov advances nicely into full mount.
Jurgel is looking to get to half guard.
Jurgel looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tandelov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jurgel is looking to escape.
Jurgel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tandelov looking to finish Jurgel with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jurgel!
Jurgel is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tandelov cracks Jurgel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jurgel wants to control but Tandelov is having none of it.
Tandelov lands a heavy elbow.
Tandelov trying to control but Jurgel is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurgel is bucking up trying to escape but Tandelov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Jurgel is rocked!
Tandelov looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Jurgel covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marat Tandelov!
Our winner, Marat Tandelov, 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.