PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lan Mandragoran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mandragoran comes to the cage accompanied by Danny Boy. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Mandragoran
vs
Zhandunka

194 cm
27
240 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

220 cm
34
291 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lan Mandragoran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ales Zhandunka!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhandunka throws a body punch but Mandragoran moves out of range.
Zhandunka avoids the head kick by Mandragoran.
Zhandunka throws a jab when Mandragoran was well out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mandragoran.
Zhandunka connects with a crisp jab.
Zhandunka misses with a body shot.

Zhandunka takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mandragoran.
Mandragoran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mandragoran pushes off an throws an elbow but Zhandunka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zhandunka blocks the elbow strike.
Mandragoran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zhandunka takes a shot to the head.
Mandragoran blocking some punches.
Mandragoran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Ales Zhandunka has been cut.
Mandragoran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zhandunka avoiding damage as Mandragoran throws knees to the body.
Mandragoran connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhandunka's face.
Mandragoran blocks an uppercut.
Mandragoran lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Mandragoran.
Zhandunka misses with some punches.
Mandragoran lands an elbow just above Zhandunka 's eye.
Mandragoran connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhandunka's face.
Mandragoran misses with a knee strike.
Mandragoran with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mandragoran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mandragoran working Zhandunka over with knees to the body.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
Mandragoran lands a body shot.
Zhandunka looks winded!
Zhandunka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhandunka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mandragoran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mandragoran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zhandunka takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhandunka working aggressively here.
Zhandunka trying to stall but Mandragoran improves his position.
Zhandunka has a couple of punches blocked by Mandragoran.
Zhandunka avoiding damage as Mandragoran throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mandragoran.
Zhandunka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mandragoran is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mandragoran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zhandunka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
A short right from Mandragoran on the inside.
Mandragoran tries a knee to the head but Zhandunka blocks it.
Zhandunka has a couple of punches blocked by Mandragoran.
Mandragoran lands an elbow inside that Zhandunka shrugs off.
Zhandunka swings wildly with an uppercut but Mandragoran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mandragoran obliges.
Mandragoran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zhandunka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mandragoran landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
Mandragoran lands an elbow inside that Zhandunka shrugs off.
Mandragoran lands an elbow that stopped Zhandunka in his tracks for a moment.
Mandragoran lands an elbow inside.
Mandragoran landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mandragoran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mandragoran scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mandragoran.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandragoran lands an elbow inside.
Mandragoran is leaning against Zhandunka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mandragoran connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zhandunka's face.
Mandragoran landing knees to the head.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the temple.
Mandragoran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mandragoran with a knee to the head.
Zhandunka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mandragoran lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhandunka won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mandragoran scores a nice knee to the body.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mandragoran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mandragoran stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mandragoran lands a nice uppercut.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
Zhandunka working aggressively here.
Mandragoran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mandragoran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mandragoran comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mandragoran lands an elbow just above Zhandunka 's eye.
Mandragoran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mandragoran lands a knee to the head.
Mandragoran lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mandragoran lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Mandragoran.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
Mandragoran lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zhandunka backwards.
Mandragoran lands with a short shot to the head.
Mandragoran working Zhandunka over with knees to the body.
Mandragoran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zhandunka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mandragoran.
Mandragoran lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mandragoran looking to throw knees to the head but Zhandunka is blocking nicely.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mandragoran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mandragoran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zhandunka takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lan Mandragoran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ales Zhandunka'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.

Zhandunka blocks a head kick by Mandragoran.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mandragoran.
Mandragoran lands with a good body shot.
Mandragoran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zhandunka can do to turn this around?

Zhandunka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mandragoran putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zhandunka in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mandragoran lands with a short punch from the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mandragoran here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Mandragoran unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the temple.
Mandragoran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mandragoran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zhandunka's defenses.
Mandragoran crunches a lovely knee into Zhandunka's ribcage.
Mandragoran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Zhandunka is rocked!
Mandragoran landing knees to the body.
Zhandunka is still on wobbly legs! Can Mandragoran finish him?
Zhandunka is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mandragoran.
Zhandunka takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mandragoran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mandragoran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lan Mandragoran has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mandragoran lands an elbow that stopped Zhandunka in his tracks for a moment.
Mandragoran creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Zhandunka's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Zhandunka drops to his knees and Mandragoran pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lan Mandragoran!
Lan Mandragoran made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I expected to win. I had to win.'.