PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikail Spartakov (ranked 5867 p4p, 6007 weight class) and Long Gon (ranked 683 p4p, 694 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spartakov
vs
Gon

197 cm
19
245
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
240
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikail Spartakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Long Gon!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gon looks to clinch
enabling Spartakov to counter with a crisp jab.
Mikail Spartakov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Spartakov lands a big uppercut and Gon crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Gon looks OK. Spartakov waves Gon back to his feet!

Gon is rocked!

It looks like Long Gon has been cut.
Gon doesn't manage to clinch there - Spartakov circles away.
Gon is still on wobbly legs! Can Spartakov finish him?
Spartakov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spartakov misses with a looping left.
Gon seems to have recovered his senses.
Spartakov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spartakov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gon blocks the body kick.
Gon is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gon tries to bum rush Spartakov with a series of wild strikes but Spartakov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spartakov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gon was well out of range. Poor timing from Spartakov.
Gon lands with an uppercut that bounces Spartakov off the cage and back into range.

Gon has closed the distance and engaged Spartakov in a clinch.
Spartakov is stalling here.
Gon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Spartakov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gon is looking to clinch.
Spartakov throws a leg kick but Gon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gon doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gon tries to clinch up.
Gon avoids the body shot from Spartakov.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spartakov tries a head kick but it misses.
Gon defending well as Spartakov loads up on a big left hand.
Gon defending well as Spartakov loads up on a big left hand.
Gon tries to close the distance and clinch but Spartakov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spartakov lands a nice looking body shot.
Spartakov tests Gon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spartakov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gon lands a head shot.
Gon misses with a few strikes there.
Gon misses with a few strikes there.
Spartakov looks to land a left hand but Gon moved out of range nicely.
Spartakov jabs Gon to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Gon.
Spartakov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gon wants to clinch but Spartakov slips to the side
enabling Spartakov to counter with a crisp jab.
Spartakov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gon doesn't seem bothered though.
Gon looks winded!
Spartakov scores with a shot to the body.
Spartakov drops Gon with a huge uppercut! Gon drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Spartakov is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikail Spartakov!