PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitriy Bukharin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rodney dangerfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukharin comes to the cage accompanied by "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" by Brad Fiedel. Dmitriy Bukharin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bukharin
vs
dangerfield

183 cm
25
245 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

200 cm
22
285 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitriy Bukharin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, rodney dangerfield!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dangerfield keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bukharin misses with an uppercut. dangerfield saw that one coming.
dangerfield dodges the punch combination from Bukharin.
A big left from Bukharin misses.
dangerfield lands a nice shot that snaps Bukharin's head back.

It looks like Dmitriy Bukharin has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bukharin throws a right and a left that dangerfield avoids nicely.
Bukharin slips under a jab.
Bukharin misses with a hook.
Bukharin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bukharin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as dangerfield throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Bukharin.
dangerfield works over Bukharin's head and body with a nice combination.
Bukharin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bukharin misses with a body shot.
Bukharin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bukharin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but dangerfield circles away quickly and effectively.
Bukharin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from dangerfield misses the target.
Bukharin misses with a straight left.
Bukharin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
dangerfield lands a lovely overhand right.
dangerfield blocks a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bukharin.
Bukharin scores with a body shot.
dangerfield looks gassed!
dangerfield on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bukharin takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dangerfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Bukharin.
dangerfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Bukharin.
Sloppy strikes from Bukharin. Those never looked like landing.
dangerfield connects with a right hand. Bukharin shakes it off.
Bukharin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bukharin feints a jab promting dangerfield to slip. Bukharin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. dangerfield slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bukharin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bukharin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bukharin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. dangerfield doesn't seem bothered though.
Bukharin throws a nice looking combination but dangerfield bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
dangerfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bukharin.
A punch combination from dangerfield misses.
A combination from Bukharin does no damage.
Bukharin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bukharin fails to land with a series of punches.
dangerfield needs to keep his hands up - Bukharin had a free shot at his head there.
dangerfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
dangerfield takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bukharin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bukharin misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from Bukharin.
dangerfield looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukharin fails to land with a series of punches.
Bukharin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from dangerfield.
Bukharin avoids the body shot from dangerfield.
dangerfield slips a jab and a cross from Bukharin.
dangerfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
dangerfield closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bukharin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bukharin misses with a straight right.
dangerfield throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bukharin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
dangerfield throws a big shot that misses.
Bukharin moves into range and connects with a jab.
dangerfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Bukharin dips to his left and cracks dangerfield with an uppercut!
Bukharin lands a jab to the nose.
Bukharin throws a series of punches but dangerfield moves out of range.
dangerfield cracks Bukharin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bukharin cracks the inside of dangerfield's front leg.
Bukharin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bukharin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
dangerfield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bukharin tries to bum rush dangerfield with a series of wild strikes but dangerfield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dangerfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bukharin lands with an uppercut that bounces dangerfield off the cage and back into rage.
Bukharin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
dangerfield's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bukharin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! dangerfield scrambles back to his feet.
Bukharin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bukharin throws a shot from downtown. dangerfield moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Bukharin misses its intended target.
dangerfield connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bukharin. Bukharin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bukharin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bukharin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dangerfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bukharin connects with a looping right hand.
Bukharin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract dangerfield.
Bukharin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but dangerfield circles away quickly and effectively.
dangerfield moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bukharin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but dangerfield moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for dangerfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bukharin works the jab nicely.
Bukharin misses with a few strikes there.
Bukharin swings for the body but dangerfield moves out of range.
dangerfield lands with an overhand left.
dangerfield dodges the punch combination from Bukharin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dangerfield slips under a jab from Bukharin.
dangerfield scores with a shot to the body.
dangerfield scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bukharin doesn't seem bothered though.
Bukharin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bukharin just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by dangerfield!
Bukharin moves out of range as dangerfield strikes.
Bukharin cracks dangerfield with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bukharin looks to throw the jab but dangerfield is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from dangerfield.
Bukharin just misses with a punch to the body.
Bukharin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bukharin looks to land a right hand but dangerfield moved out of range.
Bukharin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
dangerfield throws a series of punches but Bukharin avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dangerfield closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bukharin thuds a left hand into dangerfield's body.
Bukharin scores with a crisp jab that stopped dangerfield in his tracks.
Bukharin misses with a hook. dangerfield ducked under it nicely.
Bukharin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but rodney dangerfield will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dmitriy Bukharin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

dangerfield looks to throw the jab but Bukharin is out of range.
Bukharin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big left from dangerfield misses.
Bukharin missing with a left hand there. dangerfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bukharin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dmitriy Bukharin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bukharin throws a hook but dangerfield avoids it easily.
dangerfield throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bukharin connects with the punch.

dangerfield is rocked!
dangerfield circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Bukharin. dangerfield falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Bukharin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dmitriy Bukharin!