PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Umberto Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Bautin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duran comes to the cage accompanied by Hatebreed - Live for this. Bautin has chosen Lobotomy by The Ramones as his entrance music. Sergei Bautin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Duran
vs
Bautin

199 cm
32
280 lbs
22 - 17 - 1

220 cm
33
290 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Umberto Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sergei Bautin!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran swinging wildly here.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bautin avoids the body shot from Duran.
Duran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bautin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Umberto Duran has been cut.
Umberto Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duran works Bautin's body with a nice hook.
Duran slips a jab from Bautin.
Duran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bautin moves away.
Duran throws out a loose jab but Bautin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bautin loads up on a big right hand but Duran slips the punch.
Duran swinging wildly here.
Duran on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran looks to land a left hand but Bautin moved out of range nicely.
Duran cracks Bautin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duran.
Jab from Duran.
Nice straight punches there by Bautin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bautin.
Duran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bautin was well out of range. Poor timing from Duran.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bautin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duran.
Bautin misses the body punch
and Duran counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Duran misses.
Bautin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bautin lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Duran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautin misses the shot to the body.
Duran with a jab.
Bautin throws a body kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Duran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bautin scores with a kick to the body.
Bautin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duran.
Duran looks to score with a jab to the body but Bautin is just out of range.
Bautin misses with a hook. Duran ducked under it nicely.
Bautin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bautin throws a series of punches but Duran avoids them all with ease.
Duran pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duran loads up on a big right hand but Bautin slips the punch.
Duran throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bautin lands with a good body shot.
Duran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bautin.
Duran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Duran is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bautin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bautin.
Bautin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bautin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duran misses with a double jab
and Bautin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Duran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bautin.
Duran avoids the body shot from Bautin.
Duran fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran blocks a jab.
Duran connects with a solid leg kick.
Duran throws a shot from downtown. Bautin moves away and avoids it.
Bautin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duran dips to his left and cracks Bautin with an uppercut!
Bautin slips a straight right by Duran.
Bautin misses with an uppercut.
Duran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bautins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Bautin misses the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bautin.
Duran fails to land with a series of punches.
Bautin lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sergei Bautin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Umberto Duran's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bautin throws a body kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Bautin.
Duran fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bautin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duran slips a jab and a cross from Bautin.
Duran throws an overhand right that lands on Bautin's shoulder, as Bautin tries to avoid the shot.
Duran throws a body punch but Bautin moves out of range.
Bautin misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bautin. Duran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duran misses with a looping right.
Duran looks to throw the jab but Bautin is out of range.
Bautin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duran misses with a lunging right hand
and Bautin counters with a two punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bautin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the liver by Duran. Beautiful body shot.
Duran misses the shot to the body.
Bautin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Duran misses with a wild body shot.
Duran connects with a single shot there.
Duran throws a series of strikes that have Bautin backpedaling.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bautin scores with a jab to the body.
Duran throws a body punch but Bautin moves out of range.
Duran pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bautin is out of range and Duran settles back down.
Bautin throws a body punch but Duran moves out of range.
Duran misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duran scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bautin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duran.
Bautin swings for the body but Duran moves out of range.
Bautin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duran moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duran walks into a straight right hand from Bautin.
Duran lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bautin.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duran looks to throw the jab but Bautin is out of range.
Bautin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Duran throws a low kick but Bautin avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Duran.
Sergei Bautin seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Bautin - just one landing.
Duran gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sergei Bautin!
As Sergei Bautin got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Bam! Bam! You´re dead.'.