PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Spooner (ranked 5378 p4p, 25146 weight class) and Fyodor Zakrov (ranked 530 p4p, 596 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Spooner
vs
Zakrov

182 cm
18
180
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
172
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior Spooner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fyodor Zakrov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zakrov throws a combination that misses
and Spooner counters with a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Spooner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zakrov misses with a takedown attempt
and Spooner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zakrov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Spooner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spooner jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zakrov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Spooner counters with a straight right hand.
Junior Spooner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fyodor Zakrov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spooner with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Spooner lands a left and a right that send Zakrov crashing to the mat, dazed. Spooner thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Zakrov is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spooner steps in with a hook that catches Zakrov right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Spooner follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Zakrov looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Spooner!