PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yujiro Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriy Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasputin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kiss with a fist kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hanma
vs
Rasputin

190 cm
32
272 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

187 cm
26
260 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KAISER

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yujiro Hanma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grigoriy Rasputin!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasputin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rasputin throws a body kick that misses.
Hanma throws an off balance right hand

and Rasputin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rasputin.
Rasputin looking to pass the guard.
Rasputin being controlled here momentarily.
Hanma working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rasputin.
Hanma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rasputin forces his way into half guard.
Rasputin prevents Hanma from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin wants to control but Hanma is keeping him busy.
Hanma is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hanma manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hanma is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hanma works his way into full mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Hanma there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rasputin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hanma punching from mount but Rasputin doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hanma throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rasputin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hanma trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hanma lands with some strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanma with a couple of short strikes.
Hanma lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma prevents Rasputin from getting the reversal.
Hanma is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hanma controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rasputin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hanma.
Rasputin is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hanma cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rasputin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hanma fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanma controlling from the full mount.
Rasputin tries to hold on but Hanma pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma controlling from mount.
Rasputin is desperately trying to improve his position but Hanma has a good base and remains in mount.
Hanma controlling his opponent.
Hanma scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rasputin?
Rasputin taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanma scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rasputin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hanma content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yujiro Hanma dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hanma jabs at Rasputin's body.
A head kick misses from Hanma.
Rasputin throws a leg kick
and Hanma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rasputin 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hanma lands a big uppercut and Rasputin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Rasputin looks OK. Hanma waves Rasputin back to his feet!

It looks like Grigoriy Rasputin has been cut.
Hanma throws a hook to the side of Rasputin's head but Rasputin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rasputin is breathing heavily.
Hanma connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Hanma.

Rasputin is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Hanma.
Rasputin is still on wobbly legs! Can Hanma finish him?
Hanma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rasputin can do to turn this around?
Hanma managing to block the knees to the body from Rasputin.
Rasputin seems to have recovered his senses.
Rasputin tries to work over Hanma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rasputin misses with a punch to the body.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hanma with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hanma creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Rasputin with a big uppercut! Rasputin tries to clinch up but Hanma pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Rasputin to the mat! Rasputin covers up and Hanma unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yujiro Hanma!
Yujiro Hanma retains his heavyweight title!
Yujiro Hanma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.