PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio Mustacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Grozni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustacho comes to the cage accompanied by Los Lobos - Canción Del Mariachi. Grozni is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Миша Маваши - &. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mustacho
vs
Grozni

186 cm
23
218 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
23
212 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rogerio Mustacho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Grozni!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Grozni checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grozni digs a good hook to Mustacho's body.
A big right from Mustacho misses.
Grozni throws a hook but Mustacho blocks it.
An inside leg kick from Mustacho misses.
Mustacho is looking to clinch but Grozni is avoiding it.
That kick from Mustacho tenderised Grozni's leg. Grozni is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mustacho avoids the body shot from Grozni.
Grozni looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustacho is just out of range.
Grozni looks to land a left hand but Mustacho moved out of range nicely.
Mustacho jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mustacho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grozni.
Mustacho throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Grozni's waist but Grozni gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mustacho off to one side.
A combination from Grozni does no damage.
Grozni fails to land with a series of punches.
Grozni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mustacho throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grozni checks a leg kick.
Mustacho takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Grozni darts in and clinches Mustacho up against the cage.

Grozni manages to break the clinch.
Grozni swings widly with a right hand

and Mustacho counters with a shoot takedown. Grozni fights it but they end up in guard.
Grozni wants to stand and escape but Mustacho is having none of it.
Mustacho trying to control but Grozni is working from the bottom.
Mustacho tries to free his leg and advance position but Grozni is retaining full guard.
Grozni has Mustacho pulled in close to control his posture.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grozni wants to stand up but Mustacho is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho trying to control but Grozni is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mustacho throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mustacho throws a big shot that misses.
Grozni misses with a hook.

Mustacho moves into the clinch.
Grozni being controlled against the cage.
Grozni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mustacho misses with a body punch.
Mustacho throws a punch but it's blocked by Grozni.
Grozni tries to stall but Mustacho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grozni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grozni tries to throw a body punch but Mustacho avoids it by throwing Grozni back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mustacho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grozni wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grozni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grozni swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustacho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grozni is trying to stall.
Mustacho scores with a shoulder strike.

Grozni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grozni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mustacho.
Mustacho connects with a leg kick. Grozni looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grozni cracks Mustacho with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grozni connects with a looping right hand.
Grozni looks to land a right hand but Mustacho moved out of range.
Grozni throws a hook but Mustacho avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grozni takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mustacho throws a chopping leg kick but Grozni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Grozni misses the target.
Grozni looks to land a right hand but Mustacho moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustacho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grozni.
Mustacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grozni manages to avoid it.
Grozni blocks a head kick by Mustacho.
Grozni checks a low kick from Mustacho.
Grozni avoids the head kick by Mustacho.
Mustacho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good standup being displayed there by Grozni as he connects with a hook.
A big left from Grozni misses.
Mustacho tries to land a leg kick but Grozni saw it coming and moves away.
Grozni 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.

That was a close round but I would say that Rogerio Mustacho will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Grozni avoids the head kick by Mustacho.
Ivan Grozni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good work by Grozni as he checks the leg kick.
Grozni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mustacho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grozni misses with a looping left.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mustacho - that will leave a mark!
Mustacho pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mustacho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grozni.
Mustacho plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grozni scores with a hook to the body. Mustacho takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mustacho throws a body kick that misses.
Grozni lands a nice hook to Mustacho's body. Mustacho takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grozni scores with a hook to the body. Mustacho takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mustacho scores with a nice right hand.
Mustacho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grozni scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mustacho dives in and scores a takedown into Grozni's guard.
Grozni managing to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mustacho scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mustacho won't allow Grozni to get back to his feet.
Grozni looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mustacho connects with a couple of short punches.

Grozni is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Mustacho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grozni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mustacho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mustacho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Grozni is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mustacho creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Grozni with a big uppercut! Grozni tries to clinch up but Mustacho pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Grozni to the mat! Grozni covers up and Mustacho unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rogerio Mustacho!
Rogerio Mustacho decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.