PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cleon Wright (ranked 2195 p4p, 6062 weight class) and Kirk Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wright
vs
Lazarus

195 cm
43
209
34 - 22 - 0

190 cm
19
220
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cleon Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kirk Lazarus!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lazarus was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
Wright lands a head shot.

It looks like Kirk Lazarus has been cut.
Lazarus ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wright!
Wright lands a nice looking body shot.
Lazarus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright looks to land a right hand but Lazarus moved out of range.
Wright takes a swing at Lazarus's ribcage but misses.
Lazarus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lazarus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wright.
It seemed like Lazarus was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazarus defending well as Wright loads up on a big left hand.
Lazarus appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wright misses with a low kick.
Lazarus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wright throws a hook but Lazarus avoids it easily.
Lazarus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wright throws a leg kick but Lazarus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lazarus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lazarus avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Lazarus was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lazarus walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Lazarus is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Wright. That's going to slow Lazarus down.
Lazarus is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Wright works Lazarus's body with a nice hook.
Lazarus is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Wright doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Lazarus crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Lazarus's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cleon Wright!
Our winner, Cleon Wright, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.