PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terry Bogard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Costa Ioannou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terry Bogard has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bogard
vs
Ioannou

182 cm
24
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

161 cm
26
181 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terry Bogard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Costa Ioannou!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bogard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ioannou is fending him off so far but Bogard persists. Nope, Ioannou circles away and we're back to standing.
Bogard lands with a cross.

It looks like Costa Ioannou has been cut.
Bogard lands with an uppercut that bounces Ioannou off the cage and back into range.
Bogard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Ioannou has eaten all the pies!

Ioannou ducks straight into an uppercut from Bogard and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Ioannou manages to regain guard straight away.

Ioannou is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bogard loads up on a big left hand. Ioannou felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bogard looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Ioannou can't hide his disappointment, as Bogard celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Bogard!
Terry Bogard seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Costa Ioannou spoke after the fight, saying 'aaaaaahhhhhhhhhwwwwwwww damnnnnnn'.