PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daanish Hussain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hussain
vs
Wayne

215 cm
22
306 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

215 cm
25
304 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daanish Hussain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hussain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hussain can't find room to land a body shot as Wayne controls the action.
Hussain tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wayne avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Hussain fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wayne is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hussain throws an elbow that misses.
Wayne fails to pull guard.
Wayne prevents a body shot from Hussain.
Hussain leaning his opponent against the cage.

Wayne manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hussain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wayne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hussain wants to clinch up but Wayne keeps it at a distance.
Daanish Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wayne scores with a hook.
Hussain wants to clinch up but Wayne keeps it at a distance.
Hussain tries to move into range but Wayne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Daanish Hussain has been cut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wayne.
Hussain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Hussain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wayne throws a one two combo.

Daanish Hussain's cut is getting worse.
Hussain wants to clinch up but Wayne keeps it at a distance.
Hussain wants to clinch.
Hussain tries to clinch up but Wayne circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain is looking to clinch.
Hussain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wayne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hussain misses with a hook to the body
enabling Wayne to counter with a crisp jab.
Wayne uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hussain has time to react.
Hussain tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wayne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Wayne misses.
Hussain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wayne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hussain clinches but Wayne breaks the clinch
and Wayne counters with a stiff right hand.

Daanish Hussain's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Wayne tries to keep at a distance but Hussain has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hussain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wayne's elbow.
Hussain tries to land knees in the clinch but Wayne avoids the damage to the body.
Hussain working aggressively here.
Hussain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wayne is defending well for now.
Hussain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wayne prevents a body shot from Hussain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussain tries to throw a body punch but Wayne avoids it by throwing Hussain back against the cage.
Hussain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wayne pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hussain throws a right hand that Wayne ducks under and follows up with a left that Wayne also avoids with ease.
Wayne throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hussain stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hussain is breathing heavily.
Wayne connects with a nice looking jab.
Wayne lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wayne moves out of range of the leg kick from Hussain.
Hussain wants to clinch
and Wayne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Jeez, Daanish Hussain's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the body from Wayne misses
and Hussain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wayne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Daanish Hussain's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Wayne!
John Wayne is the new super heavyweight champion!