PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trenton Funkhouser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Kuznetcov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuznetcov has chosen Eminem-Supermen as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Funkhouser
vs
Kuznetcov

196 cm
20
222 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

181 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Trenton Funkhouser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Kuznetcov!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuznetcov throws out a loose jab but Funkhouser uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funkhouser looks to land a left hand but Kuznetcov moved out of range nicely.
Funkhouser uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kuznetcov.
Kuznetcov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Funkhouser is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Funkhouser 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.
Funkhouser gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Funkhouser gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kuznetcov.
Kuznetcov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetcov throws a right hand that misses
and Funkhouser connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuznetcov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Funkhouser counters with a huge left! Kuznetcov is in big trouble! He's backing up but Funkhouser isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Kuznetcov from any more damage. A dominating finish by Funkhouser!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trenton Funkhouser!
During a confident post fight interview, Trenton Funkhouser thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.