PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terry Sprockit Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitaly Smirnoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sprockit Jr
vs
Smirnoff

160 cm
26
135 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

180 cm
27
142 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good 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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Sprockit Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Smirnoff!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smirnoff dips to his left and cracks Sprockit Jr with an uppercut!
Smirnoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smirnoff is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smirnoff lands with a kick to the temple. Sprockit Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Smirnoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sprockit Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sprockit Jr misses with a takedown attempt - Smirnoff sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Smirnoff lands with a nice body kick.

Sprockit Jr shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Smirnoff's guard.
Sprockit Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Smirnoff has wrist control.
Sprockit Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smirnoff controls Sprockit Jr momentarily but Sprockit Jr frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sprockit Jr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sprockit Jr throwing strikes from guard but Smirnoff blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sprockit Jr drops back looking for a leg! Smirnoff is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Smirnoff manages to kick Sprockit Jr off! Sprockit Jr jumps back into Smirnoff's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sprockit Jr drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Sprockit Jr seems to have locked his on tight now - Smirnoff screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sprockit Jr, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Terry Sprockit Jr!