PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Jaxzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michail Cipovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Sam Jaxzi has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jaxzi
vs
Cipovski

185 cm
22
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Jaxzi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michail Cipovski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaxzi shoots in for a takedown but Cipovski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jaxzi tries to clinch up but Cipovski circles away and keeps his distance.
Cipovski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jaxzi's waist but Jaxzi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cipovski off to one side.

Cipovski scores with a takedown into Jaxzi's guard.
Jaxzi could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cipovski trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaxzi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cipovski landing with the ground and pound.
Cipovski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jaxzi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Jaxzi has his foot on Cipovski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cipovski works his way back into a safe position though.

Cipovski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cipovski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cipovski trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaxzi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cipovski scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cipovski distracts Jaxzi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cipovski wants to control from the top but Jaxzi keeps moving.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cipovski throwing strikes but missing.
Cipovski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cipovski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cipovski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cipovski distracts Jaxzi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cipovski trying to control but Jaxzi is working from the bottom.
Cipovski looking to pass the guard.
Jaxzi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Cipovski is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jaxzi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jaxzi has escaped and now he's on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaxzi is working Cipovski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cipovski wants to stand and escape but Jaxzi is having none of it.
Jaxzi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cipovski looking to control.
Cipovski wants to stand up but Jaxzi is controlling him.
Cipovski is looking to sweep but instead, Jaxzi has passed into half guard.
Jaxzi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cipovski flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Cipovski is looking for a sweep. Jaxzi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cipovski pushes Jaxzi off but Jaxzi dives into side control.
Cipovski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jaxzi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jaxzi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cipovski can't do much from the bottom here.
Cipovski tries to bench press Jaxzi off him but Jaxzi keeps the position.

Jaxzi decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Cipovski shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jaxzi napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cipovski working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cipovski landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cipovski lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jaxzi down.
Jaxzi is breathing heavily.
Cipovski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Cipovski looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jaxzi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jaxzi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cipovski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jaxzi prevents Cipovski from moving into mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cipovski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jaxzi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jaxzi tries to get out of the position.
Jaxzi gets back to half guard.
Jaxzi has hold of Cipovski's hands but Cipovski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michail Cipovski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cipovski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jaxzi.

Jaxzi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cipovski looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cipovski tries to bench press Jaxzi off him but Jaxzi keeps the position.
Cipovski is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cipovski pushes Jaxzi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jaxzi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jaxzi working the ground and pound from side control.
Jaxzi has control of an arm but Cipovski manages to advance to Jaxzi's back!
Cipovski is working the ground and pound. Can Jaxzi escape?
Cipovski lands punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cipovski scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
I really don't envy Jaxzi right now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jaxzi covers up after that shot from Cipovski.
Jaxzi is trapped and Cipovski is scoring with shots to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cipovski is looking to control Jaxzi but Jaxzi is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Jaxzi is trying to remain composed but Cipovski is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Cipovski is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Cipovski is looking to control Jaxzi but Jaxzi is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Cipovski throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jaxzi could be in trouble here!
Cipovski wants to control but Jaxzi is keeping busy.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cipovski lands shots from the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cipovski is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Jaxzi. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

Jaxzi is rocked!
Cipovski lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Jaxzi.
Cipovski scores with strikes from the back.
Oh Jaxzi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cipovski is loading up with his shots from the back and Jaxzi is in big trouble! Jaxzi taps out to strikes and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Michail Cipovski!
Michail Cipovski is the new heavyweight champion!
Michail Cipovski was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.