PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crazy Kure (ranked 5405 p4p, 178 weight class) and Yaropolk Kuznetsov (ranked 7171 p4p, 196 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kure
vs
Kuznetsov

191 cm
18
305 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Crazy Kure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yaropolk Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kure throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kuznetsov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kure takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Yaropolk Kuznetsov has been cut.
Kuznetsov tests Kure's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut there from Kuznetsov.

It looks like Crazy Kure has been cut.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to the nose.
Kure misses with a hook. Kuznetsov ducked under it nicely.
Kure lands a nice hook to Kuznetsov's body. Kuznetsov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kuznetsov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kuznetsov looks winded!
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kure moves away.
Kure thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kure throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kure with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kure moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kure scores with a nice body kick.
Kuznetsov's coach down at Iron Man (Fitness & Sparring) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kuznetsov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kure ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice body kick there by Kure.
Kure thuds his shin into the meat of Kuznetsov's side.
Kure cracks Kuznetsov with a good jab.
Kure throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kure pounces like a tiger and cracks Kuznetsov with a vicious hook! Kuznetsov is down but not out! Kure follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Crazy Kure!