PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jonnie (ranked 5586 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corvis Durand (ranked 5593 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jonnie
vs
Durand

171 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Jon Jonnie!
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, Corvis Durand!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonnie looks to land a right hand but Durand moved out of range.
Durand has his takedown stuffed
and Jonnie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Jonnie clinches up with Durand and pushes him back against the cage.
Durand gets underhooks to prevent Jonnie's takedown attempt.
Jonnie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Jonnie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jonnie blocks a body shot from Durand.
Durand drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jonnie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Durands head.
Jonnie lands a hook that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Jonnie blocking some punches.
Durand misses with a punch on the inside.
Jonnie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Durand has a couple of punches blocked by Jonnie.
Jonnie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Durand looks winded!
Jonnie lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jonnie lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Corvis Durand has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jonnie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Jonnie.
Jonnie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jonnie digs a right hand underneath Durand's ribcage. Durand let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jonnie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Jonnie lands a shoulder strike.
Jonnie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Durand after a bit of a struggle.
Durand being controlled against the cage.
Durand misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jonnie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Jonnie.
Jonnie is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Durand is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Jonnie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jonnie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Jonnie lands a big right hand that drops Durand! The killer instinct kicks in and Jonnie finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Jonnie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Jonnie!