PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Busmalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taras Stanislav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Busmalis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Necro - Push it to the limit. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Busmalis
vs
Stanislav

190 cm
23
285 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
22
270 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Australian Xtreme - NEW 159 Energy!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Busmalis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taras Stanislav!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Busmalis digs a good hook to Stanislav's body.
Stanislav keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Busmalis.
Busmalis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Busmalis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanislav moves away.
Busmalis misses with a series of wild punches.
Stanislav lands the left hand.
Stanislav on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Busmalis. Busmalis obviously looking to wear him down.
Stanislav takes a jab right on the kisser.
Busmalis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Busmalis connects with a right hand. Stanislav shakes it off.
Busmalis swings for the body but Stanislav moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busmalis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stanislav.
Busmalis throws a body punch but Stanislav moves out of range.
Stanislav with a nice cross.

It looks like Igor Busmalis has been cut.
Busmalis throws a series of punches but Stanislav avoids them all with ease.
Busmalis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busmalis is looking to clinch.
Busmalis misses with a wild body shot.
Stanislav moves out of range of the strikes.
Busmalis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Busmalis loads up on a big right hand but Stanislav slips the punch.
Busmalis throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Busmalis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanislav manages to avoid it.
Stanislav gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Busmalis tries to clinch but Stanislav moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Busmalis!
Busmalis works Stanislav's body with a nice hook.
Igor Busmalis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Busmalis lands a glancing blow to the side of Stanislav's head.
Stanislav moves away from the strike by Busmalis.
Busmalis lands a slapping body shot.
Busmalis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Busmalis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanislav moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanislav throws a combination that misses
and Busmalis counters with a left to the body.
Stanislav looks gassed!
Stanislav dodges the punch combination from Busmalis.
Busmalis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stanislav cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Busmalis. Stanislav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Busmalis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Busmalis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Busmalis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Busmalis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Busmalis digs a good body shot into Stanislav's ribs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Busmalis.
Busmalis cracks a nice hook into Stanislav's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Busmalis lands a nice hook to Stanislav's body. Stanislav takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Busmalis misses with a double jab
enabling Stanislav to counter with a crisp jab.
Busmalis lands a body shot.

Busmalis has Stanislav up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Busmalis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Busmalis leaning against his opponent.
Busmalis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Busmalis.
Busmalis digs a right hand underneath Stanislav's ribcage. Stanislav let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Busmalis lands a body shot in the clinch.

Busmalis breaks from the clinch.
Busmalis scores with a one two! Stanislav had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Busmalis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Busmalis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Busmalis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Busmalis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Busmalis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Busmalis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Busmalis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stanislav up against the cage.
Stanislav wants to break the clinch but can't.
Busmalis works on Stanislav's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Busmalis.
A short left from Busmalis.
Busmalis is struggling to control the position.
A short left from Busmalis.
Busmalis lands a shoulder strike.
Busmalis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stanislav up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Busmalis breaks from the clinch.
Busmalis misses the shot to the body.
Stanislav is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Busmalis does no damage.
Busmalis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Stanislav swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Busmalis counters with a stiff right hand.
Stanislav has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Busmalis finds it's way round the side to connect with Stanislav's head.
Busmalis misses with a body shot.
Busmalis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Busmalis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Busmalis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stanislav swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Busmalis wants to clinch.
Busmalis is looking to wear down Stanislav with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Busmalis misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanislav on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Busmalis lands a glancing blow to the side of Stanislav's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Busmalis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Busmalis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Busmalis lands a slapping body shot.
Busmalis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stanislav can do to turn this around?
Busmalis stalks Stanislav and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stanislav's face. Stanislav staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Busmalis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Busmalis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Busmalis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Busmalis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Busmalis scores with the left hand. Stanislav knows he should have avoided that one.
Busmalis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good exchange - Busmalis coming out on top.
Taras Stanislav is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Busmalis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busmalis misses with a double jab.
Busmalis scores with a nice body kick.
Stanislav has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Stanislav takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanislav takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stanislav takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Busmalis lands a right hook to the body.
Busmalis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stanislav swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Busmalis scores with a nice head shot.
Stanislav showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Busmalis.
Stanislav takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Busmalis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Igor Busmalis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Busmalis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanislav was well out of range. Poor timing from Busmalis.
A left lands for Busmalis.
Busmalis throws a jab but it's blocked by Stanislav.
Busmalis just misses with a punch to the body.
Busmalis misses with an uppercut.
Stanislav on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stanislav takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Busmalis misses with a series of wild punches.
Stanislav avoids the body shot from Busmalis.
Stanislav takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Busmalis misses.
Busmalis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A head kick from Busmalis lands but Stanislav takes it in his stride.
Stanislav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Busmalis.
A shot to de liver by Busmalis. Beautiful body shot.
Busmalis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Busmalis tries to clinch up but Stanislav circles away and keeps his distance.
Busmalis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Busmalis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stanislav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Igor Busmalis is winning the standup battle so far.
Busmalis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Busmalis catches Stanislav right on the button with a cross.
Stanislav takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Busmalis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanislav was well out of range. Poor timing from Busmalis.
Stanislav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Busmalis.
Busmalis connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanislav takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Busmalis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Busmalis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stanislav takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Busmalis.
Busmalis's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Busmalis duly obliges.
Busmalis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Busmalis lands a lovely overhand right.
Busmalis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stanislav looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Busmalis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stanislav momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Busmalis misses with a combination
and Stanislav counters with a nice uppercut.
Busmalis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Busmalis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stanislav doesn't seem bothered though.
Busmalis thuds a left hand into Stanislav's body.
Busmalis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stanislav circles away quickly and effectively.
Stanislav takes one to the chin there.
A jab lands there for Busmalis.
Busmalis scores with a jab. Stanislav acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Busmalis thumps Stanislav with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Busmalis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Busmalis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Taras Stanislav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stanislav walks into a straight right hand from Busmalis.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Busmalis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Busmalis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Igor Busmalis!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Igor Busmalis!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Igor Busmalis!

Igor Busmalis wins by unanimous decision!
Igor Busmalis is the new heavyweight champion!