PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ando Rowan (ranked 5558 p4p, 6057 weight class) and Jim Cricket (ranked 551 p4p, 576 weight class). Ando Rowan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jim Cricket's chin.

Rowan
vs
Cricket

184 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
195
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ando Rowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Cricket!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cricket throws out a loose jab but Rowan uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rowan instigates a clinch.

Rowan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cricket avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rowan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Rowan gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Rowan.
Rowan tries to work over Cricket's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rowan misses with a punch to the body.
Rowan lands a nice uppercut.
Rowan misses with a body punch.
Rowan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rowan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cricket.
Rowan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricket tries to pull guard but Rowan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Cricket goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rowan prevents it.
Nice body punch from Rowan.
Cricket looks winded!
A body shot lands from Rowan.
Rowan is working Cricket over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rowan.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cricket has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A right hook to the body lands for Rowan.
Rowan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rowan lands with a short shot to the head.

Cricket is rocked!
Rowan lands a left hand.
Cricket is still on wobbly legs! Can Rowan finish him?
Rowan creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Cricket's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Cricket drops to his knees and Rowan pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ando Rowan!
Ando Rowan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.