PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viktor Savelyevich Onopko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gonzalez
vs
Savelyevich Onopko

150 cm
26
141 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

169 cm
27
135 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Savelyevich Onopko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez connects with a crisp jab.
Onopko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gonzalez throws a hook but Onopko blocks it.
Gonzalez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Onopko's ribcage but misses.
Onopko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Onopko lands a head shot.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Gonzalez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Onopko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Onopko defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Onopko avoids it.
Gonzalez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gonzalez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Onopko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Onopko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gonzalez is looking to wear down Onopko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Onopko connects with a right hand. Gonzalez shakes it off.
Gonzalez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Onopko's sensitive parts.
Onopko misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onopko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Onopko walks into a stiff left hand from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Onopko moves away from the strike by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez 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.
Onopko misses with a two punch combination.
Gonzalez cracks the inside of Onopko's front leg.
Gonzalez misses with a hook
and Onopko counters with a two punch combo.
Onopko misses with a double jab
and Gonzalez counters with a leg kick.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Onopko moves out of range.
Onopko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gonzalez stalks Onopko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Onopko's face. Onopko staggers backwards, shaken.
Onopko misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Onopko does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Onopko does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands with a straight right. Onopko didn't see that one coming.
Onopko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Onopko was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez connects with a body shot that sends Onopko's belly button to the back.
Onopko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gonzalez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Onopko looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gonzalez.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a short shot to the head.

Onopko is rocked!
Gonzalez lands an uppercut.
Onopko is still on wobbly legs! Can Gonzalez finish him?
Gonzalez unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Onopko! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Gonzalez is unloading with more strikes now! Onopko drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus Gonzalez!