PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reno reines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reno reines has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Savelyevich Onopko
vs
reines

169 cm
24
135 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Savelyevich Onopko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reno reines!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Onopko - just one landing.
reines wants to clinch up but Onopko keeps it at a distance.
reines fails in his attempt to clinch.
Onopko keeps the fight on the outside.
Onopko swats away the attempt to clinch by reines.
reines moves in looking to clinch but Onopko pushes him off.
reines looking to land some kicks to the body here.
reines lands a head kick!
reines wants to clinch.
reines tries to close the distance and clinch but Onopko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Onopko throws a right hand that reines ducks under and follows up with a left that reines also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
reines tries to clinch up but Onopko circles away and keeps his distance.
reines ducks under a wild hook from Onopko.
Onopko checks a low kick from reines.
Onopko tries to bum rush reines with a series of wild strikes but reines uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
reines is looking to clinch but Onopko is avoiding it.
reines is looking to clinch but Onopko is avoiding it.
reines misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Onopko.
reines tries to close the distance and clinch up but Onopko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Onopko throws a right and a left that reines avoids nicely.
reines's corner calls for a 1-2. reines obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Onopko swats away the attempt to clinch by reines.
reines just misses with a punch to the body.
Reno reines seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Onopko lands a nice shot that snaps reines's head back.
reines tries to clinch but Onopko moves out of range.
Onopko keeps the fight on the outside.
Onopko swats away the attempt to clinch by reines.
reines tries to clinch but Onopko is having none of it.
Onopko keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - reines looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
reines tries to close the distance and clinch but Onopko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
reines swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Onopko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
reines is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
reines misses the body punch
and Onopko counters with a right hand to the body.
reines tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Onopko counters with a left to the body.
reines looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
reines is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
reines closes the distance looking to clinch
and Onopko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps reines thinking.
Onopko lands with a straight right. reines didn't see that one coming.
Onopko throws a one two combo.

reines is rocked!
A combination from Onopko does no damage.
reines clinches but Onopko breaks the clinch
and Onopko counters with a nice uppercut.
reines is still on wobbly legs! Can Onopko finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onopko throws the left hand but reines avoids the punch easily.
Onopko lands with a big left! reines is wobbled badly! Onopko comes in with a flurry of punches and drops reines to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Viktor Savelyevich Onopko!