PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Farofa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Shlemenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shlemenko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Omarion Ft. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko - Post To Be kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Farofa is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Alexander Shlemenko has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Carlos Farofa's chin.

Farofa
vs
Shlemenko

193 cm
37
205 lbs
8 - 19 - 0

180 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

GREEN!160
Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Farofa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Shlemenko!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shlemenko tries to clinch but Farofa is having none of it.
Farofa is breathing heavily.
Farofa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shlemenko counters with a two punch combo.
Shlemenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farofa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shlemenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shlemenko is looking to clinch but Farofa is avoiding it.
Shlemenko wants to clinch up but Farofa keeps it at a distance.

Shlemenko moves into the clinch.
Shlemenko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shlemenko throws a head punch that misses.
Shlemenko throws a punch but it's blocked by Farofa.
Shlemenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shlemenko.
Shlemenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Farofa is trying to break free.
Shlemenko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shlemenko misses with a punch to the body.
Shlemenko scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Farofa is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shlemenko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Farofa's brow.
Oh Farofa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shlemenko misses with an elbow over the top.
Farofa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shlemenko misses with the head strike.
Shlemenko throws a head punch that misses.
Shlemenko lands a big right hand that drops Farofa! The killer instinct kicks in and Shlemenko finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Shlemenko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Shlemenko!
Alexander Shlemenko managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Mohito Fightwear, into his post fight interview.
Carlos Farofa was interviewed post fight and said 'thanks for coming out and party on me tonight'.