PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ron Velderman (ranked 18377 p4p, 5238 weight class) and Jerome Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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!

Velderman
vs
Spong

190 cm
41
181
16 - 9 - 3

185 cm
19
186
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 3, fighting out of London, Ron Velderman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerome Spong!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Velderman.

It looks like Jerome Spong has been cut.

Velderman darts in and clinches Spong up against the cage.
Velderman scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Velderman.
Velderman lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Velderman.
Spong can't find room to land a body shot as Velderman controls the action.
Velderman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spong's efforts to push away.
Velderman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spong backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Velderman fails to land.
Velderman has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Velderman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Velderman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Spong is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spong is still on wobbly legs! Can Velderman finish him?
Velderman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Velderman tries a body shot but Spong blocks it.
Velderman lands an uppercut.

Spong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Velderman cracks Spong with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Spong falls to his knees and Velderman doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron Velderman!
Ron Velderman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.