PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Panayotov (ranked 1726 p4p, 1313 weight class) and Walter Wiener (ranked 49 p4p, 39 weight class). Panayotov comes to the cage accompanied by Mad World - Gary Jules / Tears For Fears (Cover by Jasmine Thompson). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Panayotov
vs
Wiener

196 cm
40
205
19 - 18 - 0

225 cm
27
180
13 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

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 19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolay Panayotov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Wiener!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Panayotov clinches with his opponent.
Panayotov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wiener is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Panayotov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Panayotov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Wiener manages to break the clinch.
Panayotov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Wiener throws the kick towards the body but Panayotov avoids it.
Panayotov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wiener pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An attempted straight right counter from Panayotov misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panayotov thuds a left hand into Wiener's body.
Wiener throws a nice head kick!
Nice defenses there by Wiener.
Wiener only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panayotov blocks the body kick.
Panayotov went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Panayotov blocks a head kick by Wiener.
Panayotov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiener replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Panayotov blocks it well.
Wiener goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Panayotov seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Panayotov moves out of range as Wiener throws a body kick.
Wiener is looking to land body kicks.
Panayotov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Panayotov throws a head kick but Wiener moves out of range.
Panayotov throws a hook but Wiener avoids it easily.
Wiener counters with a body kick.
Panayotov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiener thows a body kick. Panayotov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiener. Panayotov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Panayotov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Panayotov connects with a looping right hand.

Panayotov moves into the clinch.
A short left from Panayotov.
Panayotov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Panayotov letting Wiener take a breather here.
Panayotov is looking for a takedown.
Panayotov misses with some punches.
Panayotov tries to score a body lock takedown but Wiener shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Panayotov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panayotov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Panayotov on the inside.
Wiener blocks the elbow strike.
Panayotov lands a big knee! That's hurt Wiener! Oh, he's all over the place! Panayotov lands another knee that sends Wiener to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolay Panayotov!
A relieved looking Nikolay Panayotov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.