PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Monroe (ranked 4616 p4p, 4605 weight class) and Hersh Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Monroe
vs
Turner

195 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francesco Monroe!
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, Hersh Turner!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe lands with a shot to the body.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Monroe.
Turner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Monroe misses with a straight left.
Monroe misses with a wild body shot.

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

Turner is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Turner lands a big uppercut and Monroe crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Monroe looks OK. Turner waves Monroe back to his feet!

It looks like Francesco Monroe has been cut.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.

Monroe cracks Turner with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Turner looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Monroe finish him?
Turner is still on wobbly legs! Can Monroe finish him?
Monroe is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Turner flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Turner is out cold! Monroe holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francesco Monroe!