PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tvooi Stury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Weidman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stury
vs
Weidman

193 cm
25
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

206 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tvooi Stury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Weidman!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stury throws a right hand that Weidman ducks under and follows up with a left that Weidman also avoids with ease.
Stury feints a jab promting Weidman to slip. Stury then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Weidman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stury shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Weidman eats them both and turns towards Stury to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Stury has managed to clinch.
Weidman keeps control of Stury as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stury lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Weidman.
Stury throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stury.
Stury lands with a left to the head.
Weidman has a couple of punches blocked by Stury.
Weidman looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stury scores with a shot to the side of Weidman's head.
Stury avoiding damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stury.
A bit of stalling here from Stury.
Stury is trying to force a seperation but Weidman has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Stury scores with a nice short uppercut.
Weidman wants to stall.
Weidman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stury has Weidman pushed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Stury for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weidman stalling in the clinch but Stury improves position.
Stury is looking to break free of the clinch but Weidman has double underhooks.
Weidman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Stury - that landed with a thud.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stury tries to circle away but Weidman has him pinned against the cage.
Stury tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Weidman's elbow.
Stury misses with a punch to the body.
Stury lands a body shot.
Stury lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stury manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stury is looking to break free of the clinch but Weidman has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stury wants to break free but Weidman has control.
Stury is trying to force a seperation but Weidman has the dominant position.
Stury content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Weidman trying to stall but Stury improves his position.
Weidman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stury tries to throw a body punch but Weidman avoids it by throwing Stury back against the cage.
Weidman tries to throw a body punch but Stury avoids it by throwing Weidman back against the cage.
Stury blocking some punches.
Stury presses Weidman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Weidman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stury blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Stury on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Stury fails to land.
Stury can't find room to land a body shot as Weidman controls the action.
Weidman misses with some punches.
Weidman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stury working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Stury.
Weidman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Weidman working hard to break the clinch.
Stury wants to break the clinch but can't.
Weidman looking to slow down the pace here.
Stury lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Weidman or not.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stury wants to get back to striking at distance but Weidman won't allow it.
Stury is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stury is trying to push Weidman away but Weidman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tvooi Stury dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stury will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Weidman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stury.

Stury instigates a clinch.
Stury blocking some punches.
Stury gets through Weidman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stury manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice body punch from Stury.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stury.
Stury can't find room to land a body shot as Weidman controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stury wants to break free but Weidman has control.
Stury makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Stury.
Weidman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stury is stalling here.
Stury lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stury tries to break free but Weidman pushes him back against the cage.
Tvooi Stury has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stury is trying to break the clinch but Weidman is controlling him.
Stury is stalling here.
Stury pushes Weidman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stury just leaning against Weidman, taking a breather.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stury is stalling here.
Weidman taking a breather.
Stury lands a nice uppercut.
Weidman misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Stury misses with a punch to the body.
Stury lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stury stalling.
Stury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Stury.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weidman is looking to control Stury's arms but Stury gets an underhook and turns him. Now Weidman has his back to the cage.
Stury is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stury lands a shot to the body.
Weidman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Come on Stury - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stury prevents a body shot from Weidman.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Weidman blocking some punches.
Stury lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Weidman.
Weidman is looking to control Stury's arms but Stury gets an underhook and turns him. Now Weidman has his back to the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stury misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weidman misses with some punches.
Stury wants to stall.
Weidman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Weidman prevents a body shot from Stury.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weidman.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stury misses with a body punch.
Weidman misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Weidman throws a head punch that misses.
Weidman misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tvooi Stury dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Weidman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Stury clinches up against the cage.
Stury will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Weidman up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weidman.
Stury content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stury lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Weidman backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Weidman blocking some punches.
Weidman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stury content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Weidman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stury manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stury can't find room to land a body shot as Weidman controls the action.
Weidman misses with a punch on the inside.
Stury lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stury lands with a left to the head.
Stury lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Weidman working aggressively here.
Weidman stalling in the clinch but Stury improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stury misses with a punch to the body.
Stury struggles to land a body shot inside as Weidman controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stury as Weidman tries to tie him up.
Weidman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stury tries to break free but Weidman pushes him back against the cage.
Stury can't break the clinch.
Stury stalling.
Weidman looking to stall.
Stury gets through Weidman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Weidman is looking to control Stury's arms but Stury gets an underhook and turns him. Now Weidman has his back to the cage.
Stury is trying to force a seperation but Weidman has the dominant position.
Tvooi Stury is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stury stalls.
Weidman takes a shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Weidman swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stury blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stury just leaning against Weidman, taking a breather.
Weidman misses with some punches.
Anderson Weidman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weidman.
Stury is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weidman swings wildly with an uppercut but Stury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Weidman misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tvooi Stury showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stury has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tvooi Stury!