PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raylan Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lindros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Givens
vs
Lindros

187 cm
33
195 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

189 cm
34
212 lbs
28 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raylan Givens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Givens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lindros lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Givens looks to land a left hand but Lindros moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the liver by Givens. Beautiful body shot.
Givens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindros.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lindros checks a leg kick.
Givens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lindros delivers a nice body kick.
Lindros works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lindros connects with a single shot there.
Lindros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Lindros has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lindros lands a body shot.
Givens rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lindros moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lindros.
Lindros moves out of range as Givens strikes.
Lindros feints and then cracks Givens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Givens down.
Lindros throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Givens's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Lindros dives in looking to finish as Givens flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Lindros's strikes! Lindros is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Givens's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Givens was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Lindros!
Eric Lindros bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.