PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Makin Fadel (ranked 4333 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burton Guster (ranked 5557 p4p, 0 weight class). Burton Guster told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Fadel
vs
Guster

160 cm
24
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Makin Fadel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Burton Guster!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fadel shoots in and drives through. Guster sprawls well.
Burton Guster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fadel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Good exchange - Guster coming out on top.

It looks like Makin Fadel has been cut.
Guster slaps away a takedown attempt from Fadel, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makin Fadel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guster cracks Fadel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fadel takes a jab right on the kisser.

Fadel is rocked!
Guster scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fadel doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fadel with a poor takedown
and Guster counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Fadel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fadel walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Fadel limp body while Guster jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Burton Guster!