PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Penrose (ranked 1105 p4p, 1032 weight class) and Mikail Spartakov (ranked 129 p4p, 118 weight class). Roger Penrose is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Penrose
vs
Spartakov

194 cm
30
277
14 - 5 - 0

197 cm
23
245
8 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

SynCity Fightwear

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Penrose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mikail Spartakov!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penrose scores with a sloppy right hand. Spartakov should have avoided that one.

It looks like Mikail Spartakov has been cut.
Penrose looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Spartakov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Penrose stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Spartakov staying out of range there.
Spartakov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spartakov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Penrose blocks the body kick.
Penrose throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Penrose throws the left hand but Spartakov avoids the punch easily.
Spartakov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Penrose misses with an uppercut
and Spartakov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penrose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penrose gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spartakov.
Spartakov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Penroses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Penrose misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartakov avoids the head kick by Penrose.
Roger Penrose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penrose tries to land a body kick
and Penrose takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Penrose throws an overhand right that lands on Spartakov's shoulder, as Spartakov tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Spartakov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Spartakov lands a nice looking body kick.
Spartakov blocks a jab.
Penrose blocks a jab.
Spartakov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Spartakov scores with a hook to the body. Penrose takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Spartakov scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penrose misses with a jab to the body
letting Spartakov counter with a right hand.
Spartakov avoids the body shot from Penrose.
Spartakov steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Penrose.
Spartakov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penrose looks to throw a body kick
and Spartakov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Penrose is breathing heavily.
Spartakov tries to land a body kick
and Penrose counters with a nice body kick.
Spartakov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Penrose checks it well.
Penrose appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Spartakov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Spartakov throws the kick towards the body but Penrose avoids it.
It looked like Penrose was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Spartakov.
Spartakov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Spartakov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartakov just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Spartakov.
Spartakov throws a jab but it's blocked by Penrose.
Penrose misses with a hook
and Spartakov counters with a left and a right that stings Penrose.
Penrose gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Spartakov moves out of range of the body kick.
Penrose avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spartakov slips under a jab from Penrose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spartakov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Spartakov moves into the clinch.
Spartakov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Penrose escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penrose throws a big shot that misses.
Penrose is looking to land body kicks.

Spartakov lands a big head kick that sends Penrose tumbling to the mat! Spartakov takes a step backwards and waves Penrose back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Roger Penrose has been cut.
Spartakov connects with a body shot.
Penrose swings for the body but Spartakov moves out of range.
Penrose leaves his chin hanging out and Spartakov seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Penrose crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mikail Spartakov!