PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Diaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Spyridon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon Spyridon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hakeem Diaw's chin.

Diaw
vs
Spyridon

181 cm
20
201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
27
187 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hakeem Diaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Spyridon!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaw throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Spyridon on the side of the head.

It looks like Leon Spyridon has been cut.
Spyridon fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice cross by Diaw.
Diaw ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Diaw - just one landing.
Diaw pivots, looking for a leg kick but Spyridon is out of range and Diaw settles back down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spyridon misses with a takedown attempt
and Diaw connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diaw attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Spyridon throws a solid leg kick but Diaw takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Spyridon.
Hakeem Diaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaw throws out a powerful jab.

Diaw sends Spyridon crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Diaw is motioning to the referee to let Spyridon up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Spyridon is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Diaw. Beautiful body shot.
Spyridon is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaw finish him?
Spyridon looks gassed!
Diaw is looking to score with low kicks.
Diaw catches Spyridon with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Spyridon forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hakeem Diaw!
Hakeem Diaw was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.