PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Ronikyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronikyte has chosen Whatever by Godsmack as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bacon
vs
Ronikyte

190 cm
23
217 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trevor Bacon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Ronikyte!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bacon moves into the clinch.
Ronikyte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bacon scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Simon Ronikyte has been cut.
Bacon stalling the fight.
Bacon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Ronikyte.
Ronikyte tries to work over Bacon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bacon dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ronikyte misses with the head strike.
Ronikyte tries to work over Bacon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bacon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ronikyte tries a body shot but Bacon blocks it.
Ronikyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bacon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bacon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bacon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bacon stalls.
Bacon scores a nice knee to the body.
Ronikyte takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bacon.
Bacon lands an elbow that stopped Ronikyte in his tracks for a moment.
Ronikyte content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronikyte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Bacon.

That has opened up Simon Ronikyte's cut even more.
Bacon leaning against his opponent.
Bacon crunches a lovely knee into Ronikyte's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Bacon.
Ronikyte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bacon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ronikyte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bacon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ronikyte's face.

The cut above Simon Ronikyte's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ronikyte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bacon has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Ronikyte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bacon blocks a body shot from Ronikyte.
Ronikyte can't find room to land a body shot as Bacon controls the action.
Bacon connects with a knee to the head.
Bacon landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Bacon.
Ronikyte looks gassed!
Bacon looking to throw knees to the head but Ronikyte is blocking nicely.
Bacon controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Bacon.

Simon Ronikyte's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bacon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ronikyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bacon lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronikyte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bacon backwards.
Ronikyte lands an uppercut.
Bacon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ronikyte takes a knee right on the jaw!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Simon Ronikyte's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Trevor Bacon!
Trevor Bacon retains his light heavyweight title!