PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 2974 p4p, 414 weight class) and Tom Jones (ranked 4256 p4p, 538 weight class). Putin comes into the arena with IAMX - Happiness blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Putin
vs
Jones

183 cm
27
175 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

180 cm
25
183 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Putin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Putin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Putin.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones gets through Putin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tom Jones has been cut.
Jones tries a body shot but Putin blocks it.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Putin throws an elbow that misses.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Jones cracks Putin with a nice body shot.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Putin is breathing heavily.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Putin backwards.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Putin.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Putin is rocked!
Jones cracks Putin with a nice body shot.
Oh Putin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Putin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Jones is unloading with more strikes now! Putin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Jones!
Tom Jones really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that MayheM sportswear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.