PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lazaros Constantinou (ranked 3103 p4p, 1984 weight class) and Lingo Rex (ranked 342 p4p, 234 weight class). Lazaros Constantinou could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lingo Rex's chin.

Constantinou
vs
Rex

190 cm
24
209
7 - 6 - 0

190 cm
22
206
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lazaros Constantinou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lingo Rex!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Constantinou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rex.
Constantinou looks to throw a body kick
and Rex counters with a stiff right hand.
Rex lands a nice looking body shot.
Rex staying out of range there.
Rex ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Constantinou moves away.
Rex throws out a loose jab but Constantinou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Constantinou takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rex ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Constantinou moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Rex scores with a four punch combination!
Rex throws a body shot but no joy.
Rex scores with a nice strike.
A telegraphed right hand from Constantinou misses the target.
Rex lands a nice hook to Constantinou's body. Constantinou takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rex slips under a jab.
Constantinou throws a jab but it's blocked by Rex.
Rex connects with a nice looking jab.
Constantinou takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Rex lands.
Constantinou will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rex has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rex scores with a nice right hand.
Rex works over Constantinou's head and body with a nice combination.
Rex dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rex connects with a looping right hand.
Constantinou chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rex thuds a left hand into Constantinou's body.
Rex tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Constantinou was well out of range. Poor timing from Rex.
Constantinou throwing a counter right hand but Rex manages to avoid it.
Rex throws a lazy right hand but Constantinou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Constantinou throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rex feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Constantinous jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rex lands a jab to Constantinou's midsection.
Rex takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've been told by Constantinou's head coaches at Tokyo All-Stars that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Constantinou misses the jab.
Rex throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinou looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rex is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Constantinou had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rex scores with a nice head shot.
Rex throws a hook but Constantinou avoids it easily.
Constantinou throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A low kick lands for Constantinou.
Rex lands a nice looking body shot.
Rex misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Constantinou.
Constantinou is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Constantinou lands a nice hook to Rex's body. Rex takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rex throws a looping overhand right but Constantinou ducks down to avoid it.
Rex fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Constantinou manages to avoid it.
Rex blocks a head kick by Constantinou.
Rex lands a head shot.
A head kick misses from Constantinou.
Constantinou does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A jab from Constantinou misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinou tried to score with a low kick but Rex checks it.
A jab from Constantinou does it's job there.
Rex staying out of range there.
Rex displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Constantinou throws out the jab.
Rex thuds his right hand into Constantinou's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice defenses there by Rex.
Rex throws out a loose jab but Constantinou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lingo Rex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Constantinou takes a swing at Rex's ribcage but misses.
Rex connects with a good right hand that stumbles Constantinou. Constantinou circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Constantinou closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Rex on the inside.
Constantinou has a couple of punches blocked by Rex.
Constantinou doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Constantinou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Rex misses.
Constantinou takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rex lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rex throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Constantinou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Constantinou throws the left hand but Rex avoids the punch easily.
Rex chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Constantinou can pounce on him.
Constantinou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rex manages to avoid it.
Rex blocks a head kick by Constantinou.
Constantinou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Constantinou lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Rex.
Constantinou throws a head kick but Rex moves out of range.
Constantinou pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It seemed like Rex was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Constantinou moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Constantinou cracks Rex with a good jab.
Constantinou misses with a looping right.
A big right from Rex misses.
Constantinou is looking to counter punch.
Constantinou circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Rex drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Constantinou follows Rex to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lazaros Constantinou!
A victorious Lazaros Constantinou thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.