PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ward Weber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Tsagaraev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alan Tsagaraev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Weber
vs
Tsagaraev

214 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
24
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ward Weber!
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, Alan Tsagaraev!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsagaraev tries to bum rush Weber with a series of wild strikes but Weber uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tsagaraev takes a swing at Weber's ribcage but misses.
Tsagaraev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tsagaraev misses with a double jab.
Weber appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tsagaraev misses with a series of wild punches.

Tsagaraev cracks Weber with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tsagaraev has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Weber to stand back up!

Weber is rocked!

It looks like Ward Weber has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsagaraev lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Weber falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alan Tsagaraev!