PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Breznev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gus Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Breznev might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mother Russia. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Breznev
vs
Corleone

200 cm
30
278 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

195 cm
29
270 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitry Breznev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Gus Corleone!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone ducks under a wild hook from Breznev.
A telegraphed right hand from Corleone misses the target.
Breznev misses with a hook
and Corleone counters with a left and a right that stings Breznev.
Corleone connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone misses with a straight right.
Breznev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Breznev throws a shot from downtown. Corleone moves away and avoids it.
Breznev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corleone manages to avoid it.
Corleone scores with a hook.
Corleone scores with a jab.
Corleone goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Breznev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Breznev.
Jab, jab by Breznev - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone slips under a jab from Breznev.
Breznev slips a straight right by Corleone.
Breznev misses the jab.
Breznev swings for the body but Corleone moves out of range.
Breznev checks a leg kick nicely.
Corleone connects with the punch.
Breznev throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Corleone's head.
Corleone misses with a body shot.
Corleone jabs at Breznev's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corleone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Breznev looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone works Breznev's body with a nice hook.
Breznev is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Breznev misses the target.
Breznev is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Corleone throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Breznev misses with a straight left.
Corleone lands a nice hook to Breznev's body. Breznev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Corleone shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dmitry Breznev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corleone slips a jab from Breznev.
Corleone misses with an uppercut.
Breznev misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Breznev.
Corleone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Breznev.
Breznev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corleone sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Breznev manages to avoid it.
Breznev misses with a hook
and Corleone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Breznev throws a shot from downtown. Corleone moves away and avoids it.
Corleone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Corleone cracks Breznev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Breznev throws an overhand right that lands on Corleone's shoulder, as Corleone tries to avoid the shot.
Corleone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Breznev moves away.
Corleone jabs Breznev right on the nose. Breznev blinks but takes it well.
Breznev misses with an uppercut.
Breznev throws a body punch but Corleone moves out of range.
Breznev jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breznev throws a shot from downtown. Corleone moves away and avoids it.
Breznev throws a shot from downtown. Corleone moves away and avoids it.
Breznev throws a hook but Corleone avoids it easily.
Corleone is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Breznev had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Breznev avoids the body shot from Corleone.
Corleone misses with a looping right.
Breznev takes a swing at Corleone's ribcage but misses.
Corleone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Breznev slips a jab and a cross from Corleone.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Breznev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Corleone's head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Breznev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Breznev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gus Corleone dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Breznev throws an off balance right hand
enabling Corleone to counter with a crisp jab.
Corleone stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Corleone swinging wildly here.
Gus Corleone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Corleone misses with a low kick.
A left lands for Breznev.
Corleone avoids the body shot from Breznev.
Breznev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corleone moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Breznev lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corleone on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Breznev slips a jab and a cross from Corleone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Breznev just misses with a punch to the body.
Corleone throws a leg kick but Breznev sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Breznev lands with an uppercut that bounces Corleone off the cage and back into range.
Corleone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Breznev.
Corleone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Breznev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Breznev feints and then cracks Corleone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corleone down.
Breznev throws an overhand right that lands on Corleone's shoulder, as Corleone tries to avoid the shot.
Breznev cracks Corleone with a right hand to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Breznev.
Breznev misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breznev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Corleone stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Breznev loads up on a big right hand but Corleone slips the punch.
Corleone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Dmitry Breznev has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Breznev missing with a left hand there. Corleone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Corleone moves forwards but Breznev connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Breznev ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Breznev throws a hook to the side of Corleone's head but Corleone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Breznev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from Breznev.
Breznev throws a hook but Corleone blocks it.
Breznev has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Breznev lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breznev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corleone.
Breznev lands with a good body shot.
Breznev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corleone.
Breznev lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Breznev.
Breznev throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Corleone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Breznev.
Decent striking displayed by Breznev there.
Breznev throws a jab when Corleone was well out of range.
Breznev throws a right hand that misses
and Corleone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone misses with a low kick.
Breznev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Breznev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Breznev misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Breznev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Breznev misses
and Corleone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Corleone misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Breznev. Corleone does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corleone looks for the body kick but Breznev saw that one coming.
Corleone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Breznev paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Breznev dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dmitry Breznev's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Breznev cracks the inside of Corleone's front leg.
Corleone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Breznev.
Breznev with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Corleone to score with a decent uppercut.
Corleone lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Breznev throws a sloppy body shot

and Corleone counters with a crisp right hand that drops Breznev! Corleone lets Breznev back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Breznev is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Breznev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Corleone counters with a huge left! Breznev is in big trouble! He's backing up but Corleone isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Breznev from any more damage. A dominating finish by Corleone!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gus Corleone!