PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lefteris Papaioanou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norg Loire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loire has chosen Riverside - Celebrity Touch as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Papaioanou
vs
Loire

190 cm
22
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lefteris Papaioanou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Norg Loire!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Papaioanou moves away.
Loire is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Papaioanou.
Loire looks to land a right hand but Papaioanou moved out of range.
Loire throws a head kick but Papaioanou moves out of range.
Loire stuns Papaioanou with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Loire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Loire throws a big counter head kick but Papaioanou avoids it with no problem.
Loire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papaioanou definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papaioanou misses with a body shot.

Papaioanou drops Loire with a beautiful combination! Loire stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Papaioanou is looking for the KO!

Loire is rocked!

It looks like Norg Loire has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loire throws a shot from downtown. Papaioanou moves away and avoids it.
Loire is still on wobbly legs! Can Papaioanou finish him?
Papaioanou lands with a big right hook that stumbles Loire - he's out on his feet here! Papaioanou follows up with another monster hook that separates Loire from consciousness! Loire falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Papaioanou stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Lefteris Papaioanou!