PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tasos Berdesis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braydon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berdesis comes to the cage accompanied by Spartan Graunt. Tasos Berdesis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Braydon Jones's chin.

Berdesis
vs
Jones

225 cm
20
296 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tasos Berdesis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Braydon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berdesis misses with a double jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Berdesis there.
Berdesis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Berdesis defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Jones misses with a straight right.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Berdesis cracks Jones with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Berdesis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Berdesis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
It looked like Berdesis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
Berdesis moves out of range of the strikes.
Berdesis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Berdesis lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berdesis stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Berdesis cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Braydon Jones has been cut.
Berdesis throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Berdesis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Tasos Berdesis has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones slips under a jab.
Berdesis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Berdesis swings widly with a right hand

and Jones counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jones.
Berdesis is breathing heavily.
Berdesis working a defensive guard here.

Jones gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Berdesis slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berdesis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Jones throws the left hand but Berdesis avoids the punch easily.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Berdesis ducks down to avoid it.
Berdesis throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot.
Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Oooooh!!! Jones has knocked Berdesis down with a huge combo! Jones steps away and waves a wobbly Berdesis back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Berdesis is rocked!
Berdesis looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Berdesis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Berdesis seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Berdesis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Berdesis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jones moves away from the strike by Berdesis.
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jones digs a good body shot into Berdesis's ribs.
Berdesis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Berdesis is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Berdesis wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Berdesis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones prevents Berdesis from breaking the clinch.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Jones misses.
Berdesis moves out of range of the strikes.
Berdesis throws a big shot that misses.
Berdesis ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Berdesis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a hook. Berdesis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Tasos Berdesis's cut is getting worse.
Berdesis misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Berdesis misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Berdesis connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berdesis. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.

Jones sends Berdesis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Jones is motioning to the referee to let Berdesis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Tasos Berdesis's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tasos Berdesis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Braydon Jones!