PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grisha Kamenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kangeroo Poo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamenov comes to the cage accompanied by Linkin Park - Bleed it Out. Grisha Kamenov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kamenov
vs
Poo

189 cm
26
198 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

185 cm
19
205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grisha Kamenov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kangeroo Poo!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Poo.
Poo throws a hook but Kamenov avoids it easily.
Poo blocks a head kick by Kamenov.
Poo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Kamenov closes the distance and clinches.
Poo stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kamenov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poo's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Poo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kamenov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kamenov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poo tries to work over Kamenov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kamenov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poo has him pressed against the cage.

Kamenov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Grisha Kamenov has been cut.
Kangeroo Poo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!

Poo rushes Kamenov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kamenov pushes off an throws an elbow but Poo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Poo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kamenov backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poo has had enough of the clinch but Kamenov keeps him there for the moment.
Poo lands a right hand.
Poo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Poo blocks the elbow strike.
Poo just leaning against Kamenov, taking a breather.
Kamenov misses with an elbow over the top.
Kamenov prevents Poo from breaking the clinch.
Poo blocks an elbow strike.
Poo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poo is trying to break the clinch but Kamenov has him pressed against the cage.
Kamenov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Poo tightens his grip and picks Kamenov up, before dumping him to the ground. Kamenov manages to land in guard.

Poo stands up and waves to Kamenov to follow him.
Kamenov wants to clinch up but Poo keeps it at a distance.
Poo tries to bum rush Kamenov with a series of wild strikes but Kamenov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Poo misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamenov throws a right hand that Poo ducks under and follows up with a left that Poo also avoids with ease.
Kamenov is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Kamenov.
Poo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamenov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Poo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kamenov tries to clinch up but Poo circles away and keeps his distance.
Poo avoids the head kick by Kamenov.
Poo throws a head kick that misses.
Kamenov doesn't manage to clinch there - Poo circles away.
Poo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poo dodges the punch combination from Kamenov.
Poo cracks Kamenov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Poo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poo misses with a few strikes there.
Kamenov doesn't manage to clinch there - Poo circles away.
Poo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamenov is looking to clinch.
Poo throws a head kick that misses.
Poo tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Poo lands a head shot.
Poo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kamenov counters with a leg kick.
Poo misses with a head kick.
Poo takes a swing at Kamenov's ribcage but misses.
Kamenov tries to clinch there but Poo circles away.
Poo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kamenov.
Kamenov tries to clinch there but Poo circles away.
Some wild striking there from Poo.
Poo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Kamenov has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Poo.

Kamenov breaks from the clinch.
Kamenov moves in looking to clinch but Poo pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from Poo. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Poo takes the fight into the clinch.
Kamenov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kamenov throws an elbow but it misses.
Kamenov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Poo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kamenov.
Poo lands a left hand.
Poo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poo is trying to break the clinch but Kamenov has him pressed against the cage.
Poo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kamenov keeps control of Poo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kamenov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kangeroo Poo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grisha Kamenov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Poo clinches up with Kamenov and pushes him back against the cage.
Poo takes an elbow to the temple.

Poo manages to break the clinch.
Grisha Kamenov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poo swinging wildly here.
Poo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poo throws a series of punches but Kamenov avoids them all with ease.
Kamenov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poo.
Poo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A cross from Poo lands.
Kamenov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Grisha Kamenov's cut is getting worse.
Kamenov wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poo throws a right hand that Kamenov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kamenov also avoids with ease.
Kamenov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poo tries to bum rush Kamenov with a series of wild strikes but Kamenov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Poo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kamenov closes the distance looking to clinch

and Poo counters by moving into the clinch.
Kamenov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kamenov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poo tries a body shot but Kamenov blocks it.
Poo avoids the elbow strike from Kamenov, against the cage.

Poo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kamenov is looking to clinch but Poo is avoiding it.
Poo misses with a combination
and Kamenov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Poo's knee momentarily.
Kamenov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kamenov is looking to clinch but Poo is avoiding it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kamenov tries to clinch up.
Poo lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Kamenov can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Poo and Kamenov drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Poo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kangeroo Poo!
A determined Kangeroo Poo didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!