PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yulian Vyacheslavovich (ranked 8042 p4p, 505 weight class) and Alfie Lazzyie (ranked 2536 p4p, 239 weight class). Yulian Vyacheslavovich has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Vyacheslavovich
vs
Lazzyie

201 cm
21
242 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
240 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yulian Vyacheslavovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alfie Lazzyie!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Topper Green and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazzyie fails with the takedown.
Vyacheslavovich is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Vyacheslavovich gets caught napping as Lazzyie dives in and scores a takedown. Vyacheslavovich manages to retain guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lazzyie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Vyacheslavovich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lazzyie on the ground.
Lazzyie working some strikes from top position.
Lazzyie won't allow Vyacheslavovich to get back to his feet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lazzyie working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Lazzyie works over Vyacheslavovich with some ground and pound from guard.
Lazzyie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lazzyie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lazzyie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vyacheslavovich looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lazzyie puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Lazzyie working Vyacheslavovich over with strikes.
Lazzyie working over Vyacheslavovich with some ground and pound. Vyacheslavovich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lazzyie working Vyacheslavovich over with strikes.
Lazzyie is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazzyie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lazzyie stops Vyacheslavovich from getting back to his feet.
Lazzyie is nestled in close to Vyacheslavovich, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lazzyie working Vyacheslavovich over with strikes.

Vyacheslavovich is rocked!
Vyacheslavovich taking some punishment here, with Lazzyie in his half guard.
Oh Vyacheslavovich is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vyacheslavovich taking some punishment here, with Lazzyie in his half guard.
Lazzyie sitting in half guard here. He lands a big elbow that has hurt Vyacheslavovich! Oh, Vyacheslavovich is in big trouble! Lazzyie lands more strikes and the ref dives in to save him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alfie Lazzyie!
Alfie Lazzyie seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.