PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Barnkvist (ranked 4267 p4p, 482 weight class) and Bob Truck (ranked 6298 p4p, 617 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barnkvist
vs
Truck

183 cm
23
184 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Barnkvist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Truck!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnkvist works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Truck throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Truck misses with a left hand
and Barnkvist counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Truck has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Truck sizes up Barnkvist with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Truck misses with an uppercut
and Barnkvist counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Truck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barnkvist moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Truck closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Barnkvist slips under a jab.

Barnkvist has taken the fight to the clinch.

Barnkvist has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Truck clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnkvist gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Truck is trapped and Barnkvist is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Barnkvist lands strikes from the back and Truck isn't doing enough to escape the position. The referee steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Barnkvist!