PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slavonik Powarenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolf Messing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Messing is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Young Jeezy - I Put On. The key to victory for Slavonik Powarenko has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Powarenko
vs
Messing

189 cm
22
284 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

196 cm
21
248 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Pegasus Nutrition

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Slavonik Powarenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wolf Messing!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powarenko tries for a takedown but Messing circles away easily
and Powarenko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Messing shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Powarenko is trying to defend but Messing finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Powarenko is trying to maintain the position but Messing is very close to passing his half guard.
Powarenko desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Powarenko looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Messing scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Powarenko trying to hold on to Messing's head to control him but Messing postures up.
Powarenko tries to get to full guard but Messing has control of the leg.
Powarenko is looking to control Messing's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Powarenko avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powarenko holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Messing seems to be working for a kimura but Powarenko defends the submission attempt.
Powarenko trying to control from the bottom.

Messing seems to be working for a kimura but Powarenko defends the submission attempt.
Messing tries to stand and escape but Powarenko is controlling the position.
Messing passes to side control.
Powarenko can't do much from the bottom here.
Messing working the ground and pound from side control.
Messing trying to control the action but Powarenko is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Powarenko tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Messing wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Messing wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Powarenko, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Powarenko is trying to control Messing's posture but Messing avoids it.

Messing decides to stand back up.
Powarenko misses with a takedown

and Messing counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Powarenko's guard now.
Powarenko is breathing heavily.
Powarenko looking to control.
Messing loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messing won't allow Powarenko to sweep him here.
Messing is looking to stand up but Powarenko won't let him.
Messing trying to control but Powarenko is working from the bottom.
Messing missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Powarenko working a defensive guard here.
Powarenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Powarenko has his foot on Messing's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Messing works his way back into a safe position though.
Messing content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Messing thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Messing slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Messing must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Powarenko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Powarenko trying to control the position.
Powarenko keeping moving, preventing Messing from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Powarenko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Messing defends it easily.
Messing is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Messing with a nice head shot there.
Messing throwing strikes from guard but Powarenko blocks nicely.

Powarenko looking for a guillotine here but Messing defends easily.
Powarenko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Messing trying to control but Powarenko is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolf Messing dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Messing looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Powarenko!
Messing wants to control the pace but Powarenko is squirming around nicely.
Messing throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Messing tries to control but Powarenko wriggling away.
Messing avoids the attempt from Powarenko to control.
Powarenko is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Messing controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messing looking to control but Powarenko is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Powarenko tries to hold on but Messing pushes him away.
BOOM! Messing connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Powarenko is trying to escape the mount.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Messing. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Messing lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Messing.

It looks like Slavonik Powarenko has been cut.
Powarenko can't escape the position.
Messing trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Messing with good strikes from the mount here!
Messing can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Powarenko is looking to escape.
Messing breaks from Powarenko's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Slavonik Powarenko's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Messing tries to control but Powarenko wriggling away.
Powarenko is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Powarenko is trying desperately to improve position.
Powarenko is bucking up trying to escape but Messing cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wolf Messing has got the better of the ground game so far.
Messing with good strikes from the mount here!
Messing wants to control the pace but Powarenko is squirming around nicely.
Messing sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Messing trying to control but Powarenko is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powarenko wants to control but Messing is having none of it.
Powarenko taking shots to the head.
Powarenko wants to hold on but Messing pushes him away.
Messing putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Slavonik Powarenko's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Wolf Messing!