PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Spike Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goran Iliantovjic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iliantovjic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Iggy Pop - The Passenger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Goran Iliantovjic was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Law
vs
Iliantovjic

175 cm
24
152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Spike Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goran Iliantovjic!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iliantovjic tries to close the distance and clinch but Law swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Iliantovjic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Law tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Iliantovjic smiles and moves away.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Law takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Law scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Law keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Law scores with a jab to the head.
Spike Law seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iliantovjic throws a series of punches but Law moves out of range.
Law looks to score with a jab to the body but Iliantovjic is just out of range.
A slow jab from Law misses its intended target.
A jab from Law does it's job there.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iliantovjic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circling - Law throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Law throws a lazy right hand but Iliantovjic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Law swats away the attempt to clinch by Iliantovjic.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch but Law is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Law lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Law.
Law listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Iliantovjic is looking to clinch.
Iliantovjic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Law avoids the head kick by Iliantovjic.
Law slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Iliantovjic is rocked!
Law fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Iliantovjic is still on wobbly legs! Can Law finish him?
Law is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Iliantovjic.
Iliantovjic seems to have recovered his senses.
Iliantovjic slips a straight right by Law.
Law scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Iliantovjic moves out of range as Law strikes.
Iliantovjic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Law is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Law swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spike Law is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Law lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iliantovjic fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law digs a good body shot into Iliantovjic's ribs.
Law misses with a two punch combination.
Law digs a good hook to Iliantovjic's body.
Law scores with a punch to the head.
Iliantovjic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jab by Law.
Iliantovjic misses with a double jab.
Iliantovjic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Iliantovjic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Iliantovjic walks into a jab.
Iliantovjic tries to clinch but Law moves out of range.
Law circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iliantovjic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Law jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Law throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iliantovjic throws a sloppy head kick and Law moves out of range easily.
Law swats away the attempt to clinch by Iliantovjic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Law scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Law is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Iliantovjic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Iliantovjic looks gassed!
Law lands a nice hook to Iliantovjic's body. Iliantovjic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Law as Iliantovjic shoots in.
Iliantovjic moves in looking to clinch but Law pushes him off.
Law scores with a decent looking hook.
Iliantovjic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Law scores with a decent looking hook.
Law connects with a single shot there.
Law paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Law cracks Iliantovjic with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Iliantovjic tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Law pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Iliantovjic is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spike Law!