PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Cronos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Jovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jovi's choice of entrance music: Bad Medicine. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cronos
vs
Jovi

200 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Vlad Cronos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonathan Jovi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jovi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cronos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jovi. Cronos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jovi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cronos fails with the takedown
and Jovi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jonathan Jovi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jovi lands a jab to Cronos's midsection.
Cronos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jovi thuds a left hand into Cronos's body.
Cronos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jovi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

It looks like Vlad Cronos has been cut.
Cronos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cronos ducks right into an uppercut from Jovi.

Cronos is rocked!
Jovi misses with a straight right.
Oh Cronos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cronos blocks a jab.
It looked like Cronos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cronos seems to have got his legs back now.
Cronos gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Jovi gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Cronos is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Jovi!
Jonathan Jovi was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.