PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Christ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Saadiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Christ
vs
Saadiev

187 cm
22
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
218 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dmitry Saadiev!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saadiev lands with a straight right. Christ didn't see that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Christ.
Sloppy strikes from Christ. Those never looked like landing.
Christ swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saadiev tries to bum rush Christ with a series of wild strikes but Christ uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Christ gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saadiev.
Saadiev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christ.
Christ lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Christ.
Saadiev on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
Christ throws a hook but Saadiev avoids it easily.
Saadiev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christ throws out the jab.
Christ lands a lovely overhand right.
Saadiev misses with a straight left.
Christ misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saadiev misses with a wild body shot.
Christ jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christ tests Saadiev's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saadiev takes a jab right on the kisser.
Christ lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saadiev's sensitive parts.
Sloppy strikes from Saadiev. Those never looked like landing.
Saadiev throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circle momentarily. Christ darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Saadiev moves forwards but Christ connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saadiev tests Christ's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Saadiev with a jab.
Christ throws the left hand but Saadiev avoids the punch easily.
Saadiev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christ.
Saadiev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Saadiev throws a body shot but no joy.
Saadiev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saadiev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Saadiev lands a jab to Christ's midsection.
Christ dodges the punch combination from Saadiev.
Christ scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Dmitry Saadiev has been cut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Christ lands with a left to the head.
Christ lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christ lands a nice uppercut.
Saadiev blocks a body shot from Christ.
Christ is pushing Saadiev up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Saadiev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christ has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Christ pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saadiev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Saadiev swats away the attempt to clinch by Christ.
Christ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saadiev throws a body shot but no joy.
Christ scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Christ looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looks like Christ has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Christ throws a shot to the body.
Saadiev loads up on a big right hand but Christ slips the punch.
A punch combination from Christ misses.
Christ lunges at Saadiev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saadiev's hand.
Christ scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saadiev slips under a jab.
Christ misses with a two punch combination.
Christ throws a jab but it's blocked by Saadiev.
Christ misses with a body punch
letting Saadiev counter with a right hand.
Saadiev misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Christ misses.
Nice straight punches there by Christ. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Christ.
Saadiev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christ throws out the jab.
Christ falls off balance throwing a combination
and Saadiev counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Christ drops his hands momentarily and Saadiev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Christ lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saadiev has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saadiev and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Christ dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dmitry Saadiev's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Saadiev lands with a right hand.
Christ throws a left and a right that both miss
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christ wants to clinch.
Christ misses with an uppercut
and Saadiev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dmitry Saadiev!
In his post fight interview, Dmitry Saadiev started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.