PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lex Luther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Luther
vs
Smith

198 cm
27
270 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

195 cm
26
255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lex Luther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luther feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luther. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luther misses with an uppercut.
Luther looks for the body kick but Smith saw that one coming.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luther throws a body kick that misses
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Luther lands a left and a right that send Smith crashing to the mat, dazed. Luther thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
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!
Luther pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Smith moves into range and clinches up with Luther.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Luther is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lex Luther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luther thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Smith if he has to take too many more of those.
Luther throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Luther.
Luther fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.

Luther cracks Smith with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Smith looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Luther finish him?

Smith is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Luther finish him?
A kick lands to the mid section there for Luther.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith looks gassed!
Luther sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Smith's defenses. It connects perfectly with Smith's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lex Luther!