PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Duck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yaaaazb Zdorovenniy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Duck
vs
Zdorovenniy

190 cm
25
265 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

186 cm
28
265 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donald Duck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yaaaazb Zdorovenniy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch but Duck moves out of range.
Duck defending well as Zdorovenniy loads up on a big left hand.
Duck lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zdorovenniy's sensitive parts.
Duck shoots in for a takedown but Zdorovenniy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Duck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Duck throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zdorovenniy.
Zdorovenniy looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Duck tenderised Zdorovenniy's leg. Zdorovenniy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Duck scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Duck.
Zdorovenniy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duck fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zdorovenniy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A good leg kick by Duck.
Duck is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zdorovenniy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Duck.
Duck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zdorovenniy.
Zdorovenniy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duck.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duck.
Duck connects with a solid leg kick.
Duck connects with a leg kick. Zdorovenniy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck lands with a thumping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duck.
Duck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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!
A good leg kick by Duck.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duck.
Zdorovenniy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duck, right into the meat.
Duck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Duck connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Duck will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Duck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Duck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duck.
Duck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yaaaazb Zdorovenniy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duck fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Zdorovenniy avoids it really well and circles away.
A good leg kick by Duck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zdorovenniy 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.
Duck moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Duck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zdorovenniy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Duck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duck fails with the takedown.
Duck connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zdorovenniy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duck.
Duck throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duck has a takedown stuffed.
Zdorovenniy wants to clinch up but Duck keeps it at a distance.
Duck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Duck.
Duck lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Duck throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zdorovenniy's sensitive parts.
Duck connects with a solid leg kick.
Duck scores with a leg kick.
Duck shoots in looking for a takedown but Zdorovenniy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Duck's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Zdorovenniy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duck. Duck obviously looking to wear him down.
Duck feints and then cracks Zdorovenniy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zdorovenniy down.
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!
Duck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Duck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick lands from Duck.
Zdorovenniy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duck moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zdorovenniy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Duck.
Duck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Zdorovenniy as Duck shoots in.
Duck throws a jab when Zdorovenniy was well out of range.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch there but Duck circles away.
Duck scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duck.
Duck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zdorovenniy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duck.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duck.
Good leg kick by Duck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick lands from Duck.
Duck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zdorovenniy's calf.
Zdorovenniy slaps away a takedown attempt from Duck, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Duck shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zdorovenniy sprawls well. Zdorovenniy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Duck gets slowly back to his feet.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch there but Duck circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch up.
Zdorovenniy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Duck dominated that round.
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.

Duck connects with an inside leg kick.
Duck changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zdorovenniy tries to avoid it but Duck manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zdorovenniy to the ground. Zdorovenniy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duck.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zdorovenniy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Zdorovenniy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duck tries to pull guard but Zdorovenniy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Duck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duck jumps guard but Zdorovenniy stands there with Duck around his waist. Duck gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Duck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duck tries to pull guard but Zdorovenniy holds him up against the cage and eventually Duck drops back down to his feet.

Duck manages to pull guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Duck bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zdorovenniy's guard.
Duck passes Zdorovenniy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duck looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Zdorovenniy is breathing heavily.

Duck decides to stand and escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duck.
Duck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zdorovenniy's calf.
Duck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duck.
Duck lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zdorovenniy's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zdorovenniy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duck. Duck obviously looking to wear him down.
Duck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zdorovenniy.
Zdorovenniy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duck.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duck.
Duck connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duck.
Duck fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Duck lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donald Duck is winning the standup battle so far.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zdorovenniy looks to land a right hand but Duck moved out of range.
Duck is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zdorovenniy can do to turn this around?
Duck cracks the inside of Zdorovenniy's front leg.
A good leg kick by Duck.
Duck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zdorovenniy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yaaaazb Zdorovenniy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zdorovenniy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duck.
Yaaaazb Zdorovenniy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duck scores with a leg kick.
Duck lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duck scores with a leg kick.
Duck dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zdorovenniy. That did some damage!

Duck shoots in and gets a takedown into Zdorovenniy's guard.
Duck throws a big elbow that misses.
Duck controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Duck stands and steps away. Zdorovenniy gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zdorovenniy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duck. Duck obviously looking to wear him down.
Duck throws a leg kick which misses Zdorovenniy's front leg but catches the back leg as Zdorovenniy tries to avoid it.
Duck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch but Duck moves out of range.
Duck chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duck, right into the meat.
Zdorovenniy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duck. Duck obviously looking to wear him down.
Duck connects with a leg kick. Zdorovenniy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Duck cracks the inside of Zdorovenniy's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duck shoots for a takedown but Zdorovenniy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Duck buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duck lands a leg kick that knocks Zdorovenniy off balance momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Duck.
Zdorovenniy 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.
Duck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Duck thumps Zdorovenniy with a low kick.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Duck lands a leg kick that knocks Zdorovenniy off balance momentarily.
Duck throws a leg kick which misses Zdorovenniy's front leg but catches the back leg as Zdorovenniy tries to avoid it.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Duck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duck dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zdorovenniy. That did some damage!
Duck shoots in looking for a takedown. Zdorovenniy tries to sprawl out of it but Duck keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zdorovenniy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Duck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Duck cracks the inside of Zdorovenniy's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duck connects with a leg kick. Zdorovenniy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Duck.
Duck shoots in and drives through. Zdorovenniy sprawls well.
Zdorovenniy 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Duck dominated that second round.
That's time! Duck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Zdorovenniy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zdorovenniy throws a hook to the side of Duck's head but Duck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zdorovenniy misses with an uppercut. Duck saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Duck there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zdorovenniy tries to close the distance and clinch but Duck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That kick from Duck tenderised Zdorovenniy's leg. Zdorovenniy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duck connects with an inside leg kick.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Zdorovenniy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duck.
Duck buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duck dodges the punch combination from Zdorovenniy.
Duck scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duck fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duck with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duck moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Duck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duck tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zdorovenniy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Duck somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zdorovenniy throws a series of punches but Duck moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duck. That's going to slow Zdorovenniy down.
Duck thumps Zdorovenniy with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duck.
Duck fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donald Duck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duck scores with a leg kick.
Duck changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zdorovenniy tries to avoid it but Duck manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zdorovenniy to the ground. Zdorovenniy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Duck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Zdorovenniy darts in and clinches Duck up against the cage.
Zdorovenniy trying to land knees to the body.

Duck gets control of Zdorovenniy's arms and successfully pulls guard. Duck will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Duck has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Duck manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zdorovenniy manages to get himself to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Duck gets to his feet. Zdorovenniy looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duck.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duck.
Duck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duck lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duck.
Duck scoring well with a low kick there.
Duck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duck is looking to slow Zdorovenniy down with leg kicks.
Duck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duck fails with a takedown attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duck. That's going to slow Zdorovenniy down.
Duck shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zdorovenniy as he jumps to the side.

Zdorovenniy pushes Duck up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duck jumps guard and drags Zdorovenniy to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Zdorovenniy trying to control but Duck is working from the bottom.
Duck pulls Zdorovenniy in to control the position.

Duck manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Duck cracks the inside of Zdorovenniy's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duck.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duck.
Zdorovenniy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duck.
Duck shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zdorovenniy pinned against the cage. Zdorovenniy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zdorovenniy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duck. Duck obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duck, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Duck closes the distance and clinches up with Zdorovenniy, looking for a takedown. Duck pushes Zdorovenniy against the cage but Zdorovenniy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duck.
Zdorovenniy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duck closes the distance and clinches up with Zdorovenniy, looking for a takedown. Duck pushes Zdorovenniy against the cage but Zdorovenniy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duck.
Zdorovenniy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duck.
Zdorovenniy tries to clinch up but Duck circles away and keeps his distance.
Zdorovenniy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zdorovenniy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duck throws a leg kick which misses Zdorovenniy's front leg but catches the back leg as Zdorovenniy tries to avoid it.
Duck fails to land the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Duck tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zdorovenniy just stands there and leans against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donald Duck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Duck, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:25
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Duck!
Donald Duck took some time post fight to say the following; 'Say hello to my low kick!'.