PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Wick (ranked 2927 p4p, 2324 weight class) and Ilya Muromets (ranked 354 p4p, 287 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wick
vs
Muromets

186 cm
27
195
7 - 5 - 0

187 cm
31
199
16 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ilya Muromets!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Wick. Those never looked like landing.
Muromets misses with a body kick.
Wick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Muromets.

Wick rushes Muromets and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wick wants to break free but Muromets has control.

Wick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wick misses the shot to the body.
Muromets is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wick with a body shot.
Wick loads up on a big right hand but Muromets slips the punch.
A nice side step and Muromets releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Wick misses with a body shot.
Muromets slips under a jab.
Muromets misses with a wild body shot.
Wick takes a swing at Muromets's ribcage but misses.
Wick seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wick chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Muromets can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Muromets.
Wick missing with a left hand there. Muromets was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Muromets let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wick slips a straight right by Muromets.
Wick throws a sloppy body shot
and Muromets counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Muromets moves away.
Muromets moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muromets throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Wick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Muromets jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Muromets throws a hook but Wick avoids it easily.
John Wick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Muromets 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wick throws out a loose jab but Muromets uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Wick. That snapped Muromets's head back.

Muromets is rocked!
Wick moves in close and cracks Muromets with a massive right hand! Muromets, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Wick!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Wick!
A victorious John Wick thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.