PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taalasmaa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dice - Abusing Drugs kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ivanov
vs
Taalasmaa

220 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taalasmaa lands a left and a right that sends Ivanov crashing to the canvas! Taalasmaa dives into mount looking to finish!

Ivanov is rocked!
Taalasmaa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
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.

Taalasmaa get's back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Taalasmaa misses.
Ivanov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ivanov ducks under a wild hook from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa slips a jab from Ivanov.
Ivanov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Taalasmaa doesn't manage to clinch there - Ivanov circles away.
Ivanov staying out of range there.
Ivanov misses with a two punch combination.
Ivanov misses with a wild body shot.
Sergei Ivanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taalasmaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ivanov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taalasmaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ivanov is breathing heavily.
Taalasmaa is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Ivanov hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Seppo Taalasmaa!