PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skinny Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Graciec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Skinny Man has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Man
vs
Graciec

200 cm
21
409 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Skinny Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royce Graciec!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Man has Graciec up against the cage in a clinch.
Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graciec should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Graciec goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graciec takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Royce Graciec has been cut.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Graciec has eaten all the pies!
Man trying to land knees to the body.
Graciec blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Graciec doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man lands an elbow inside that Graciec shrugs off.
Man lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man.
Graciec misses with a hook from the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Graciec has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Graciec blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graciec lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Graciec managing to block the knees to the body from Man.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Man.
Graciec looks winded!
Man lands a knee to the body.
Man throws an elbow that misses.
Man lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graciec backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Clinched against the cage, Man lands a big elbow that drops Graciec! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Graciec is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Skinny Man!
Skinny Man is the new super heavyweight champion!