PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anzor Dankovich (ranked 707 p4p, 717 weight class) and Crixus The Gaul (ranked 90 p4p, 91 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dankovich
vs
The Gaul

192 cm
31
260
24 - 13 - 0

199 cm
33
228
19 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

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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 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anzor Dankovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crixus The Gaul!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Gaul throws a body kick that misses
and Dankovich counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Gaul's knee momentarily.
Dankovich throws out a leg kick but The Gaul moves out of range and Dankovich only half commits.
Crixus The Gaul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dankovich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by The Gaul.

It looks like Anzor Dankovich has been cut.
Dankovich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The Gaul misses the jab.
The Gaul has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The Gaul missing with a left hand there. Dankovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Gaul misses with a body shot
and Dankovich counters with a solid body kick.
The Gaul throws a hook but Dankovich blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dankovich connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Gaul looks to land a left hand but Dankovich moved out of range nicely.
Dankovich quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Dankovich avoids the body shot from The Gaul.
The Gaul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dankovich half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dankovich with a nice calf kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Gaul crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dankovich - the referee stops the clock and The Gaul gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dankovich. The Gaul manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Gaul looks winded!

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

The Gaul is rocked!

It looks like Crixus The Gaul has been cut.
Dankovich lands an uppercut, right on the button! The Gaul tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anzor Dankovich!
In his post fight interview, Anzor Dankovich started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.