PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Cherny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Spartan
vs
Cherny

198 cm
22
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Knock Out Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Spartan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Cherny!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cherny is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cherny throws a body punch but Spartan moves out of range.
Cherny needs to keep his hands up - Spartan had a free shot at his head there.
Cherny looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Spartan is fending him off so far but Cherny persists. Nope, Spartan circles away and we're back to standing.
Cherny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spartan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spartan scores with a one two! Cherny had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Spartan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cherny slips a jab and a cross from Spartan.
Spartan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spartan misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spartan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cherny misses with a takedown attempt - Spartan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Spartan misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Cherny or perhaps it was just good defense by Spartan which made him look bad.
John Spartan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Cherny.
Cherny fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
John Spartan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cherny looks gassed!
Cherny throws a head kick but Spartan moves out of range.
Spartan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Spartan throws a right and a left that Cherny avoids nicely.
Cherny looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Spartan is fending him off so far but Cherny persists. Nope, Spartan circles away and we're back to standing.
Spartan lands a nice hook to Cherny's body. Cherny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spartan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cherny takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spartan's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Spartan duly obliges.

Cherny is rocked!
Spartan throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Cherny stumbling backwards into the cage! Cherny bounces back off the cage towards Spartan, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Spartan lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Spartan celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Spartan!