PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Panayotov (ranked 1827 p4p, 1569 weight class) and Jamie Bounty (ranked 237 p4p, 214 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Panayotov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mad World - Gary Jules / Tears For Fears (Cover by Jasmine Thompson). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Panayotov
vs
Bounty

196 cm
34
205
8 - 5 - 0

188 cm
35
197
30 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolay Panayotov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamie Bounty!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bounty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Panayotov.
Panayotov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Panayotov blocks a jab.
Panayotov slips a jab from Bounty.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bounty.
Bounty swings widly with a right hand
and Panayotov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Jamie Bounty has been cut.
Panayotov blocks the body kick.
Bounty throws a leg kick but Panayotov moved away.
Panayotov thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bounty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bounty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panayotov slips under a jab from Bounty.
Panayotov throwing a counter right hand but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Bounty throws a looping overhand right but Panayotov ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Bounty misses the target.
Bounty throws an off balance right hand
and Panayotov counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bounty lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Nikolay Panayotov has been cut.
Panayotov 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.
Bounty moves out of range as Panayotov strikes.
Panayotov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Panayotov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bounty misses with a body kick.
Panayotov ducks under a wild hook from Bounty.
Panayotov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Panayotov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bounty throws a hook to the side of Panayotov's head but Panayotov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bounty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Panayotov was well out of range. Poor timing from Bounty.
Bounty throws a good cross that connects.
Panayotov throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty cracks a nice hook into Panayotov's ribs.
Bounty lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bounty throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Panayotov's head.
Panayotov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bounty fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Panayotov throws an overhand right that lands on Bounty's shoulder, as Bounty tries to avoid the shot.
Panayotov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bounty. That's going to slow Panayotov down.
Panayotov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bounty throws a right hand that misses
and Panayotov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Bounty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Bounty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Panayotov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bounty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bounty misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Panayotov misses the target.
Jamie Bounty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bounty bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Panayotov's head backwards.
A slow jab from Panayotov misses its intended target.
Panayotov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Panayotov is rocked!
Panayotov gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Bounty gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Bounty!
A very excited looking Jamie Bounty made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.