PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Lenin (ranked 4684 p4p, 379 weight class) and Jacob Menard (ranked 5970 p4p, 417 weight class). Jacob Menard acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Lenin
vs
Menard

184 cm
26
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
145 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vladimir Lenin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacob Menard!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lenin gets tackled into the cage by Menard. Menard maintains the clinch.
Lenin misses with an elbow strike.
Lenin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Menard is defending well for now.
Menard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Menard tries to stall but Lenin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've been informed that Menard has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lenin working Menard over with knees to the body.
Menard throws a head punch that misses.
Lenin lands a knee to the body.
Lenin lands a nice knee to the body.
Menard looks winded!
Lenin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lenin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Menard.
Menard misses with a knee to the head.
Lenin lands an elbow that stopped Menard in his tracks for a moment.
Menard takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lenin connects with a knee to the head.

Menard is rocked!
Lenin jerks Menard's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Menard drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Lenin goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Lenin because Menard was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Vladimir Lenin!