PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clark Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatti Tasapaksu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Clark Kent has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kent
vs
Tasapaksu

190 cm
24
255 lbs
6 - 15 - 1

195 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very confident

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 6 - 15 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clark Kent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tatti Tasapaksu!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kent slips a straight right by Tasapaksu.
Kent dodges the punch combination from Tasapaksu.

Tasapaksu pushes Kent up against the cage in a clinch.
Tasapaksu missing with knees to the body.
Kent takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Clark Kent has been cut.
Kent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tasapaksu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kent up against the cage.
Tasapaksu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tasapaksu trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tasapaksu.

Clark Kent's cut is getting worse.
Tasapaksu goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kent prevents it.
Kent prevents the takedown attempt.
Tasapaksu has Kent pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent avoiding damage as Tasapaksu throws knees to the body.
Tasapaksu is pushing Kent up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kent can't break the clinch.
Tasapaksu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Clark Kent's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tasapaksu effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tatti Tasapaksu.
Kent throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kent lands a nice hook to Tasapaksu's body. Tasapaksu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kent stuffs the takedown.
Clark Kent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tatti Tasapaksu.
Kent throws a body punch but Tasapaksu moves out of range.
Tasapaksu slips a jab and a cross from Kent.
A punch combination from Tasapaksu misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kent lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tasapaksu doesn't manage to clinch there - Kent circles away.
Tasapaksu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Clark Kent is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kent looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tasapaksu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kent finds it's way round the side to connect with Tasapaksu's head.
Tasapaksu throws a jab when Kent was well out of range.
Kent loads up on a big right hand but Tasapaksu slips the punch.
Tasapaksu missing with a left hand there. Kent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tasapaksu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kent as he jumps to the side.

Kent tries to keep at a distance but Tasapaksu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kent avoiding damage as Tasapaksu throws knees to the body.
Tasapaksu fails to pull guard.
Tasapaksu has Kent pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tasapaksu tries to land knees in the clinch but Kent avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Tasapaksu.
Tasapaksu dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kent tries to circle away but Tasapaksu has him pinned against the cage.
Tasapaksu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kent.
Tasapaksu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Clark Kent's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tasapaksu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tasapaksu lands a damaging elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tatti Tasapaksu!