PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Vondopolous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krabbe Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vondopolous comes to the cage accompanied by ГРОТ - Рубежи. Ziggy Vondopolous could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Krabbe Hansen's chin.

Vondopolous
vs
Hansen

188 cm
27
174 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
182 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ziggy Vondopolous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Krabbe Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vondopolous feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Vondopolous working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vondopolous wants to pass the guard but Hansen is keeping the position.
Hansen controlling the position.
Vondopolous wants to pass the guard but Hansen is keeping the position.
Vondopolous is working hard here to advance position.
Vondopolous stands and throws Hansen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Vondopolous throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hansen works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Vondopolous wants to pass the guard but Hansen is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vondopolous throwing shots but Hansen is blocking nicely.
Vondopolous moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vondopolous scoring with punches from side control.
Vondopolous wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hansen keeps working.
Vondopolous tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hansen is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen prevents Vondopolous from improving position.
Vondopolous throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hansen defending against the ground and pound.
Vondopolous throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hansen works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Hansen is looking to control Vondopolous's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hansen avoid being mounted?
Hansen is trying to get back to full guard.
Hansen is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vondopolous is looking to pass Hansen's guard but actually Hansen recovers to full guard.
Hansen keeping full guard, as Vondopolous tries to pass.
Hansen pulls Vondopolous in close to his closed guard and prevents Vondopolous from doing any damage or advancing position.
Vondopolous trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vondopolous trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vondopolous tries to free his leg and advance position but Hansen is retaining full guard.
Hansen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hansen controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hansen looking to ground and pound but Vondopolous is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Vondopolous dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vondopolous scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Vondopolous shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ziggy Vondopolous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vondopolous tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hansen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Vondopolous is looking to pass Hansen's guard but actually Hansen recovers to full guard.
Vondopolous wants to pass the guard but Hansen is keeping the position.
Vondopolous has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vondopolous trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vondopolous accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vondopolous wants to pass the guard but Hansen is keeping the position.
Hansen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vondopolous is looking to advance position but Hansen has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hansen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hansen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hansen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hansen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Vondopolous is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vondopolous is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Oh Vondopolous is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hansen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Vondopolous seems to have got his legs back now.
Hansen with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vondopolous holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hansen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Vondopolous avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hansen.
Vondopolous takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hansen punching from mount but Vondopolous doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Vondopolous tries to lock up and control but Hansen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vondopolous holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hansen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hansen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hansen thowing shots but they're missing.
Hansen unloads with some shots from mount but Vondopolous bucks and avoids them well.
Hansen is landing with some decent strikes but Vondopolous is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hansen throwing strikes here but Vondopolous is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hansen connects with a bit shot that sees Vondopolous covering up! More strikes from Hansen and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hansen is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krabbe Hansen!