PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titus Raptis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iouri Blunderskard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blunderskard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 'Till I Collapse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Raptis
vs
Blunderskard

161 cm
23
291 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
235 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

The Exiled Clothing

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Titus Raptis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Iouri Blunderskard!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blunderskard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Raptis's head.
Blunderskard lands a nice hook to Raptis's body. Raptis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Iouri Blunderskard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Raptis gets a clinch.
Blunderskard trying to control the position but instead, Raptis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blunderskard into the cage.
Raptis wants to take the fight to the mat but Blunderskard manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Raptis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

It looks like Iouri Blunderskard has been cut.
Raptis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Blunderskard is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Raptis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blunderskard takes a swing at Raptis's ribcage but misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blunderskard.
Blunderskard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Raptis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blunderskard circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Titus Raptis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raptis is breathing heavily.
Blunderskard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raptis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Raptis wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raptis closes the distance and clinches.
Blunderskard managing to block the knees to the body from Raptis.

Raptis gets control of Blunderskard's arms and successfully pulls guard. Raptis will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Raptis definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Blunderskard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Raptis keeping moving, preventing Blunderskard from controlling successfully.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Raptis manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Raptis manages to break the clinch.
Blunderskard lands a nice shot to the body.
Blunderskard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blunderskard. Raptis does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Blunderskard. Beautiful body shot.
Raptis takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Titus Raptis has been cut.
Blunderskard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raptis at a distance.
Blunderskard is looking to land body kicks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Blunderskard.

Blunderskard drops Raptis with a beautiful combination! Raptis stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Blunderskard is looking for the KO!
Blunderskard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raptis.
Blunderskard misses with a few strikes there.
Blunderskard lets loose with a powerful body kick. Raptis will feel that in the morning.

Blunderskard drops Raptis with a beautiful combination! Raptis stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Blunderskard is looking for the KO!

Raptis is rocked!
Blunderskard catches Raptis with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Raptis forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Iouri Blunderskard!
Post fight, Iouri Blunderskard took to the microphone: 'I'd like to make a shoutout to Tristar Gym [TG] - 3077, Montreal and all the homies there.'.