PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rio Kid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kid
vs
Hope

150 cm
25
138 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rio Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Hope!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kid ducks under a wild hook from Hope.
Kid smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hope looks to land a combination but Kid avoids it well.
The fighters circling - Kid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kid lands a nice hook to Hope's body. Hope takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hope on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hope misses with a straight left.
Kid throws out a loose jab but Hope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hope scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hope misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Kid on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Kid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kid scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hope closes the distance but Kid moves to the side
letting Kid counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope throws a hook but Kid avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Hope.
Hope avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kid lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hope gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hope looks for the body kick but Kid saw that one coming.
Hope throws an off balance right hand
and Kid counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kid misses the jab.
Hope connects with a looping right hand.
Hope clobbers Kid with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kid connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kid getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hope throws a poor cross that misses
and Kid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Hope is rocked!
Kid avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hope is still on wobbly legs! Can Kid finish him?
Hope looks up at the clock. Bad move! Kid lands a right hand from hell, dropping Hope. Kid pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rio Kid!