PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grigori Draugovich Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mareks Stepaneks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grigori Draugovich Ii had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Draugovich Ii
vs
Stepaneks

175 cm
20
145 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

176 cm
27
134 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grigori Draugovich Ii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mareks Stepaneks!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stepaneks misses with a takedown attempt
and Draugovich Ii counters with a nice body shot.
Draugovich Ii lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stepaneks at a distance.
Stepaneks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stepaneks avoids the body shot from Draugovich Ii.
Draugovich Ii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stepaneks was well out of range. Poor timing from Draugovich Ii.
Nice cross by Draugovich Ii.
Stepaneks avoids a kick to the body.
Draugovich Ii changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Draugovich Ii connects with a body shot.
Stepaneks misses with a takedown
and Draugovich Ii counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draugovich Ii misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stepaneks takes one on the button.
Grigori Draugovich Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stepaneks takes one to the side of the head.
Draugovich Ii is looking to wear down Stepaneks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Draugovich Ii decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Draugovich Ii frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Draugovich Ii trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stepaneks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stepaneks is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Draugovich Ii lands a big elbow.

Stepaneks is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Draugovich Ii.
Stepaneks is still in real trouble! Can Draugovich Ii finish him?
Draugovich Ii looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Stepaneks covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grigori Draugovich Ii!
Grigori Draugovich Ii retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Grigori Draugovich Ii thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.