PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Semenov (ranked 2373 p4p, 247 weight class) and Jack Sparrow (ranked 1273 p4p, 147 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Semenov
vs
Sparrow

190 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

195 cm
26
258 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Hardcore Nutrition 160Q ($150)
Threads of HARDCORE

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Semenov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sparrow tries to clinch
and Semenov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sparrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Semenov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Semenov scores with a punch to the head.
Semenov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Semenov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A combination from Sparrow does no damage.
Sparrow misses with a looping right.
Semenov scores with a decent looking hook.
Sparrow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Semenov walks into a straight right hand from Sparrow.
Sparrow misses with the combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Semenov misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparrow tries to clinch but Semenov moves away
and Semenov counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Semenov misses.
Sparrow misses with a left hand
and Semenov counters with a left and a right that stings Sparrow.
Sparrow looks to land a right hand but Semenov moved out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sparrow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A lazy left from Semenov finds it's target.
Sparrow ducks under a wild hook from Semenov.
Sparrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Semenov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sparrow lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Semenov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenov slips a jab and a cross from Sparrow.
Semenov cracks Sparrow with a right hand to the side of the head.
Semenov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sparrow misses with a left hand
and Semenov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Semenov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sparrow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Jack Sparrow has been cut.

Sparrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Semenov wants to get back to striking at distance but Sparrow won't allow it.
Sparrow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sparrow can't find room to land a body shot as Semenov controls the action.
Sparrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Semenov tries to circle away but Sparrow has him pinned against the cage.
Sparrow lands an elbow that stopped Semenov in his tracks for a moment.
Semenov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sparrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Semenov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sparrow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sparrow cracks Semenov with a good jab.
A punch combination from Sparrow misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semenov looks to land a right hand but Sparrow moved out of range.
Sparrow is looking to clinch.
Sparrow takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sparrow misses the jab.
Semenov clobbers Sparrow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sparrow misses with a wild combination.
Jab, jab by Semenov - just one landing.
Semenov lands with a nice combination. Sparrow backs away looking to recover.
Jack Sparrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparrow misses with a straight left.
Semenov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Semenov throws a good cross that connects.
Sparrow takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sparrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Semenov was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparrow.
Semenov scores with a body shot.
Semenov circles away from the clinch attempt
and Semenov counters with a three punch combo that has Sparrow backing up. Sparrow nods at Semenov to acknowledge the strikes.
Sparrow drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sparrow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Semenov paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Semenov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Sparrow is rocked!
Semenov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sparrow lands with an overhand left.
Semenov lands with a cross.
Sparrow is still on wobbly legs! Can Semenov finish him?
Semenov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sparrow doesn't seem bothered though.
Semenov connects with a right hand. Sparrow shakes it off.
Sparrow moves away from the strike by Semenov.
Sparrow seems to have recovered his senses.
Sparrow tries to close the distance and clinch but Semenov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sparrow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sparrow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sparrow tries to clinch there but Semenov circles away.
Semenov throwing a counter right hand but Sparrow manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sparrow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sparrow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Semenov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Semenov punishes Sparrow's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparrow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Semenov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sparrow looks to land a right hand but Semenov moved out of range.
Sparrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Semenov.
A left lands for Semenov.
Semenov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A big left from Sparrow misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Semenov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Semenov throws a left that rocks Sparrow and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Semenov dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Sparrow regain composure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sparrow is working to avoid the ground and pound but Semenov connects with a decent elbow.
Sparrow is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Semenov is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sparrow takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Semenov's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirill Semenov!
Kirill Semenov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.