PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Time Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bomb comes into the arena with Dha Werda Verda blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bomb
vs
White

190 cm
29
280 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

196 cm
25
245 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Time Bomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John White!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bomb dodges the punch combination from White.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bomb circles away quickly and effectively.
White listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that Bomb has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
White misses with a wild combination.
White lands a front kick.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from White.
Bomb bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
White throws a combination. Bomb tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
White throws a head kick that misses.
White throws a right and a left that Bomb avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White looks to land a combination but Bomb avoids it well.
Bomb avoids the head kick by White.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bomb, pushing him back against the cage.

White pulls Bomb into guard.
Bomb is pushing down on White's leg trying to pass to half guard. White is fighting to maintain full guard but Bomb has managed to sneak the leg through.
White is staying active underneath Bomb, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Bomb wants to work for an arm triangle but White is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bomb slips a nice elbow through White's hands, connecting with White's forehead.
Bomb throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bomb takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

White looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bomb drops an elbow to the side of White's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bomb scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bomb lands with a punch from half guard.
Bomb working White over with strikes.
White on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bomb seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Bomb is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and White defends it well.
Bomb landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bomb landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
White is staying active underneath Bomb, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bomb tries to pass the half guard into mount. White knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bomb drops an elbow to the side of White's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomb lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bomb seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
White felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bomb scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bomb working over White with some ground and pound. White looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

White is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bomb lands with a punch from half guard.
White is still in real trouble! Can Bomb finish him?
White has hold of Bomb's hands but Bomb slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bomb lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked White! More strikes land and this one is all over! Bomb jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Time Bomb!
During a confident post fight interview, Time Bomb thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.