PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Branko Dalibor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olavo Shevichenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olavo Shevichenko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Dalibor
vs
Shevichenko

191 cm
24
290 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

220 cm
20
290 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight 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, Branko Dalibor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Olavo Shevichenko!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dalibor scores with a takedown into Shevichenko's guard.
Dalibor is stalling in the full guard.

Dalibor gets to his feet. Shevichenko looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Shevichenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good work by Shevichenko as he checks the leg kick.
Dalibor tries a head kick but it misses.
Shevichenko cracks Dalibor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dalibor tries a head kick but it misses.
Shevichenko throws a series of punches but Dalibor avoids them all with ease.
Shevichenko scores with a leg kick.
Shevichenko blocks a head kick by Dalibor.
Shevichenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dalibor.
Dalibor is looking to take a break and control but Shevichenko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalibor working the ground and pound.
Shevichenko is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Dalibor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shevichenko keeps working.
Dalibor working away.
Shevichenko sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dalibor seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shevichenko throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Dalibor manages to pass to side control.
Dalibor working the ground and pound.
Shevichenko throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Dalibor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shevichenko keeps working.
Shevichenko takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dalibor tries to advance to mount but Shevichenko denies him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shevichenko tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shevichenko keeps working.

Dalibor decides to stand back up.

Dalibor drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Shevichenko looks gassed!

Dalibor stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Shevichenko jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Olavo Shevichenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shevichenko cracks Dalibor with a right hand to the side of the head.

Dalibor shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dalibor is nestled in close to Shevichenko, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shevichenko punching from the bottom.
Shevichenko taking some punishment here, with Dalibor in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalibor stops Shevichenko from getting back to his feet.
Dalibor lands strikes from half guard.
Dalibor looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dalibor is nestled in close to Shevichenko, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shevichenko misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dalibor not doing much here.
Shevichenko moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Branko Dalibor dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dalibor gets a clinch.
Dalibor lands an uppercut.

It looks like Olavo Shevichenko has been cut.

Dalibor breaks from the clinch.
Dalibor doesn't manage to clinch there - Shevichenko circles away.
Shevichenko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dalibor.
Shevichenko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Dalibor decides to stand back up. Dalibor steps back and let's Shevichenko get back to his feet.
Shevichenko throws a head kick that misses.
Dalibor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shevichenko is breathing heavily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shevichenko is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dalibor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Dalibor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shevichenko gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Shevichenko keeping moving, preventing Dalibor from controlling successfully.
Dalibor postures up and lands a big shot to Shevichenko's brow.
Shevichenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dalibor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dalibor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dalibor is in close to Shevichenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dalibor wants to pass the guard but Shevichenko is keeping the position.
Dalibor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Shevichenko's head.
Dalibor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dalibor scoring with some ground and pound.
Dalibor passes into half guard.
Dalibor drops an elbow to the side of Shevichenko's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dalibor wants to take a breather but Shevichenko is having none of it.
Branko Dalibor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dalibor is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Shevichenko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dalibor drops an elbow to the side of Shevichenko's head.

Dalibor postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Shevichenko to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shevichenko throws a right and a left that both miss.

Dalibor drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dalibor wants to control from the top but Shevichenko keeps moving.

Dalibor gets to his feet. Shevichenko looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Dalibor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shevichenko looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dalibor trying to control the position but Shevichenko is working away.
Shevichenko is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Shevichenko some visible discomfort.
Check out the look on Dalibor's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dalibor advances to full mount.
Dalibor lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dalibor raining down shots from the mount!
Dalibor content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Branko Dalibor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Olavo Shevichenko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Dalibor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shevichenko is out of range.

Dalibor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dalibor trying to control from half guard but Shevichenko is working away.
Shevichenko is trying to stand.
Ground and pound from Dalibor.
Dalibor controlling the action here.
Shevichenko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shevichenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalibor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dalibor trying to control from half guard but Shevichenko is working away.
Shevichenko strikes from the bottom but Dalibor uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Dalibor trying to control the position but Shevichenko is working away.
Dalibor scores with punches from side control.

Dalibor stands up and beckons Shevichenko to his feet.
Dalibor throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dalibor shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shevichenko is trying to defend but Dalibor finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dalibor landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shevichenko punching from the bottom.
Shevichenko is looking to escape.

Dalibor escapes and gets back to his feet.

Dalibor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shevichenko looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dalibor in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dalibor scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dalibor lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shevichenko keeps working.
Dalibor advances to mount.
Shevichenko swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Shevichenko is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dalibor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dalibor controlling from mount.
Shevichenko taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor raining down shots from the mount!
Shevichenko throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dalibor with a couple of short strikes.
Dalibor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Shevichenko is looking to escape.
Dalibor lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Branko Dalibor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dalibor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Branko Dalibor!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Branko Dalibor!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Branko Dalibor!

Branko Dalibor wins by unanimous decision!