PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Scholaschi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Valuev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Valuev told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Scholaschi
vs
Valuev

192 cm
22
290 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Russian Top Team Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peter Scholaschi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Valuev!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valuev slips under a jab from Scholaschi.
Scholaschi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valuev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valuev throws a jab when Scholaschi was well out of range.
Scholaschi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Valuev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scholaschi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Valuev eats them both and turns towards Scholaschi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Ivan Valuev has been cut.
Scholaschi tries to move into range but Valuev moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scholaschi cracks Valuev with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Scholaschi throws a lazy right hand but Valuev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valuev throws a lazy right hand but Scholaschi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valuev looks to land a right hand but Scholaschi moved out of range.
Scholaschi lands with an uppercut that bounces Valuev off the cage and back into range.
Valuev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valuev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scholaschi.
Valuev looks to score with a jab to the body but Scholaschi is just out of range.
Valuev throws a lazy right hand but Scholaschi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Scholaschi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valuev throws a right and a left that Scholaschi avoids nicely.
Scholaschi throws a nice looking combination but Valuev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scholaschi throws out a loose jab but Valuev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valuev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Scholaschi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Scholaschi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scholaschi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valuev.
Valuev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scholaschi misses with a few strikes there.
A jab lands there for Valuev.
Valuev lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valuev scores with a jab to the head.
Scholaschi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valuev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Scholaschi is rocked!
Valuev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oh Scholaschi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Valuev looks to land a left hand but Scholaschi moved out of range nicely.
Scholaschi seems to have got his legs back now.
Valuev throws a jab but it's blocked by Scholaschi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valuev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scholaschi.
Scholaschi misses with a few strikes there.
Valuev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valuev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Scholaschi throws a right and a left that Valuev avoids nicely.
Valuev connects with a jab.
A jab from Valuev misses.
Valuev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Scholaschi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Valuev throws a right hand that misses
and Scholaschi counters with a stiff right hand.
Valuev drops Scholaschi with a big left hand! Scholaschi is injured, injured bad! Valuev jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Valuev!