PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbynek Taticzek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantastic comes to the cage accompanied by System Of A Down-Cigaro. Taticzek has chosen Feuer Frei as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fantastic
vs
Taticzek

180 cm
26
180 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

183 cm
27
184 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

North

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Fantastic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zbynek Taticzek!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taticzek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taticzek has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fantastic swings widly with a right hand
and Taticzek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic looks to land a right hand but Taticzek moved out of range.
Fantastic moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Johnny Fantastic has been cut.
Fantastic throws out a leg kick but Taticzek moves out of range and Fantastic only half commits.
Taticzek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Fantastic moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fantastic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Taticzek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Taticzek.
Taticzek moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taticzek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fantastic moves away.
Taticzek loads up on a big right hand but Fantastic slips the punch.
Good work by Taticzek as he checks the leg kick.
Taticzek moves away from the strike by Fantastic.
Fantastic misses with a hook

and Taticzek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Taticzek misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taticzek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Taticzek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic thuds a left hand into Taticzek's body.
Taticzek moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Taticzek pinned against the cage. Taticzek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fantastic looks to throw the jab but Taticzek is out of range.
Taticzek tries to bum rush Fantastic with a series of wild strikes but Fantastic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic misses the shot to the body.
Taticzek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fantastic manages to avoid it.

Fantastic rushes Taticzek and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Taticzek backwards.
Fantastic avoiding damage as Taticzek throws knees to the body.
Fantastic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fantastic presses Taticzek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taticzek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Taticzek instigates a clinch.

Taticzek breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic cracks Taticzek with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic connects with a leg kick. Taticzek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Taticzek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnny Fantastic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Taticzek misses with the combination.
Zbynek Taticzek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taticzek misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic throws a push kick but Taticzek slaps the foot to one side.
Fantastic lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taticzek misses with a double jab
letting Fantastic counter with a right hand.

Fantastic darts in and clinches Taticzek up against the cage.
Fantastic scores with a shot to the side of Taticzek's head.
Taticzek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taticzek blocks an uppercut.

Taticzek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taticzek takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fantastic feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Taticzek sprawling to the canvas! Taticzek rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Fantastic finish him?!

Taticzek is rocked!
Fantastic circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Taticzek tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Fantastic wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Fantastic!
Johnny Fantastic retains his welterweight title!
Johnny Fantastic decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.