PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Summerfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Summerfield will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ross
vs
Summerfield

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricky Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Summerfield!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Ross or perhaps it was just good defense by Summerfield which made him look bad.
Summerfield connects with a crisp jab.
Ross walks forward, straight into a front kick from Summerfield.

Summerfield clinches up against the cage.
Summerfield prevents a takedown attempt there.
Summerfield looking to throw knees to the head but Ross is blocking nicely.
Summerfield prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Ross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Summerfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Summerfield pushes Ross back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good body shot from Summerfield.
Summerfield scores with a hook to the body.
Ross is breathing heavily.

Summerfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Summerfield lands a nice shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Summerfield.
Jab, jab by Summerfield - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Summerfield drives through and clinches with Ross against the cage.
Summerfield lands a body punch in the clinch.
Summerfield scores with a hook to the body.
Summerfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ross's defenses.
Summerfield lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Summerfield.
Summerfield lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Summerfield.

Summerfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Summerfield lands with a kick to the ribs.
Summerfield throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ross on the side of the head.
Summerfield cracks Ross with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Summerfield lands with a straight right. Ross didn't see that one coming.

Summerfield moves into the clinch.
Summerfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Ross backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summerfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Summerfield manages to break the clinch.
Summerfield scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ross takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ross takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Ross is rocked!
Summerfield lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Ross head around and knocks him out cold! Summerfield hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bob Summerfield!
During a confident post fight interview, Bob Summerfield thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.