PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howie Dewitt (ranked 2411 p4p, 2835 weight class) and Egor Kuznecov (ranked 262 p4p, 306 weight class). Dewitt comes to the cage accompanied by Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dewitt
vs
Kuznecov

194 cm
22
245
4 - 2 - 0

193 cm
21
283
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer
Conviction

Conviction
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Howie Dewitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egor Kuznecov!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dewitt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kuznecov circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuznecov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kuznecov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dewitt avoids it really well and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dewitt. Kuznecov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dewitt throws a head kick but Kuznecov moves out of range.
Dewitt misses with a lunging right hand

and Kuznecov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kuznecov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kuznecov stands up over Dewitt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kuznecov stops Dewitt from standing up.
Kuznecov landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuznecov slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dewitt is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Chikara MMA Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Kuznecov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznecov controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kuznecov cracks Dewitt with a solid left hand.
Kuznecov landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dewitt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kuznecov chips away with some ground and pound.
Kuznecov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dewitt being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kuznecov is in close to Dewitt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kuznecov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kuznecov slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kuznecov scoring with some ground and pound.
Dewitt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kuznecov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dewitt's head.
Kuznecov working some strikes from top position.
Kuznecov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kuznecov postures up.
Kuznecov loads up on a big left hand. Dewitt felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Kuznecov looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Dewitt can't hide his disappointment, as Kuznecov celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Egor Kuznecov!
A very excited looking Egor Kuznecov rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.