PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mental Midget (ranked 3857 p4p, 3092 weight class) and Mikail Spartakov (ranked 472 p4p, 377 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Midget
vs
Spartakov

204 cm
20
288
1 - 0 - 0

197 cm
20
245
3 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mental Midget!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mikail Spartakov!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Midget connects with a good right hand that stumbles Spartakov. Spartakov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spartakov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Midget.
The crowd cheers as Spartakov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Midget doesn't seem phased though.
Midget throws a hook but Spartakov avoids it easily.
Spartakov just misses with a punch to the body.
Midget ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Spartakov throws a low kick, looking for Midget's leg but Midget calmly moves out of range.
Midget was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Spartakov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Midget connects with a right hand. Spartakov shakes it off.

It looks like Mikail Spartakov has been cut.
Midget ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spartakov moves away.
Mental Midget seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spartakov sizes up Midget with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slow jab from Spartakov misses its intended target.
Midget misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Midget changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Midget's head coaches at Jeffery Epstein Suicide Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Midget throws an overhand right that lands on Spartakov's shoulder, as Spartakov tries to avoid the shot.
Midget on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midget connects with the punch.
Midget ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spartakov moves away.
Midget connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Midget takes a swing at Spartakov's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Midget.
Midget just misses with a punch to the body.
Spartakov shapes to counter with a head kick.
Midget's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spartakov under the eye.
Spartakov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Midget is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Spartakov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Spartakov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Spartakov misses with a wild body shot.
As Spartakov looks to move away, Midget throws a big counter combo but Spartakov just gets out of the way.

Spartakov clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Spartakov fails to land.
Spartakov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Midget.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Midget.
Midget wants to get back to striking at distance but Spartakov won't allow it.
Spartakov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Midget's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartakov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spartakov landing knees to the body.
Midget is breathing heavily.
Spartakov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Midget's face.
Spartakov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spartakov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Midget lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Midget goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Midget swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Midget wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right handed body shot lands from Spartakov.

Midget pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Midget misses with a shot to the body
and Spartakov counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spartakov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spartakov misses with a body kick.
Spartakov digs a good hook to Midget's body.
Spartakov lands a nice shot that snaps Midget's head back.

Spartakov sends Midget crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Spartakov is motioning to the referee to let Midget up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Midget is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Spartakov gets a clinch.
Spartakov looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Midget fails to land.
Spartakov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Midget can't break the clinch.
Spartakov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spartakov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Midget's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Midget lands with an uppercut that bounces Spartakov off the cage and back into range.

Spartakov sends Midget crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Spartakov is motioning to the referee to let Midget up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Midget is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Midget misses with a hook
and Spartakov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Midget takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Midget ducks into an uppercut from Spartakov and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mikail Spartakov!