PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Home End (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bertrand Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell has chosen Theater Of Salvation as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

End
vs
Russell

169 cm
26
159 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

196 cm
24
168 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Home End!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bertrand Russell!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
End wants to clinch up but Russell keeps it at a distance.
End misses with a hook
and Russell counters with a straight right hand.
Russell scores with a hook.
End throws a left and a right that both miss
and Russell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Russell lands a nice shot to the body.
Russell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and End counters with a left to the body.
End misses with a lunging right hand
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
End misses with a body punch
and Russell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps End thinking.
A nice combination there by Russell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
End rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Russell counters with a nice uppercut.
End misses with a hook
and Russell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Russell is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Russell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
End swings and misses with a shot to the body
and End takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
End misses with a body punch
and Russell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
End with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Russell to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
End bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from End misses
and Russell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from End misses
and Russell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Russell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Russell throws an overhand right that lands on End's shoulder, as End tries to avoid the shot.
End throws a lazy uppercut
and Russell counters with a straight right hand.
End misses with an uppercut
and Russell counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
End walks into a left hand.
End takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Russell throws a big shot that misses.
End takes one to the chin there.

Oooooh!!! End has knocked Russell down with a huge combo! End steps away and waves a wobbly Russell back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Russell is rocked!

It looks like Bertrand Russell has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russell misses with an uppercut
and End counters with a huge right that knocks Russell out cold! End is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Home End!
Home End retains his lightweight title!