PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Potz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ales Zhandunka will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Potz
vs
Zhandunka

170 cm
36
280 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

220 cm
44
291 lbs
39 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Mohito
GREEN!160

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Potz !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ales Zhandunka!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Craig Potz has been cut.
Potz lands a right hook to the body.
Zhandunka lands a body shot.
Potz swings widly with a right hand
and Zhandunka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Potz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zhandunka lands with a straight right. Potz didn't see that one coming.
Potz misses the jab.
Potz tries to clinch up.
Zhandunka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Potz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Potz tries to clinch there but Zhandunka circles away.
Potz throws a lazy uppercut
and Zhandunka counters with a nice body shot.
Zhandunka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zhandunka lands a nice looking body shot.
Zhandunka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zhandunka circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zhandunka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zhandunka slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Craig Potz 's cut is getting worse.
Potz misses with a wild body shot.

Potz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zhandunka scores with a shoulder strike.
Zhandunka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Potz can't find room to land a body shot as Zhandunka controls the action.
Potz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potz throws an elbow that misses.
Zhandunka blocks an elbow strike.
Potz pushes off an throws an elbow but Zhandunka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zhandunka has a couple of punches blocked by Potz .
A nice glancing elbow lands by Potz .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Potz .
Potz lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhandunka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Potz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zhandunka pushes Potz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Potz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Potz throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Zhandunka on the inside.
Zhandunka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potz misses with a punch to the body.
Potz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Zhandunka.

Craig Potz 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Potz lands an elbow inside.
Zhandunka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zhandunka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potz misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zhandunka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zhandunka can't find room to land a body shot as Potz controls the action.
Potz blocking some punches.
Potz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zhandunka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potz lands an uppercut.
Zhandunka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zhandunka can't find room to land a body shot as Potz controls the action.
Potz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zhandunka avoids a wild elbow strike from Potz .
A short right from Zhandunka on the inside.
Potz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zhandunka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Potz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Potz lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Ales Zhandunka has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zhandunka misses with some punches.
Potz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zhandunka's elbow.
Zhandunka misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Potz misses with a body punch.
Zhandunka tries to stall but Potz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Potz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zhandunka blocks an elbow strike.
Zhandunka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zhandunka takes an elbow to the temple.
Potz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Potz on the inside.
Zhandunka throws a punch but it's blocked by Potz .
Nice elbow from Potz .
Zhandunka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Potz lands an elbow inside that Zhandunka shrugs off.
Potz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potz throws an elbow that misses.
Zhandunka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Zhandunka fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ales Zhandunka will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Potz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zhandunka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Potz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Potz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Potz throws a hook to the side of Zhandunka's head but Zhandunka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Potz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zhandunka is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Zhandunka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zhandunka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Potz .
Potz looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhandunka is just out of range.
Potz throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Zhandunka to counter with a crisp jab.

Zhandunka clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhandunka misses with some punches.
Potz trying to control the position but instead, Zhandunka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potz into the cage.
Zhandunka blocks an elbow strike from Potz .
Zhandunka struggles to land a body shot inside as Potz controls his hands.
Potz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potz misses with an elbow strike.
Zhandunka lands with a left to the head.
Potz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zhandunka backwards.
Zhandunka avoids the elbow strike from Potz , against the cage.
Zhandunka's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zhandunka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Zhandunka.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zhandunka trying to stall but Potz improves his position.
Zhandunka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Craig Potz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Potz tries to throw a body punch but Zhandunka avoids it by throwing Potz back against the cage.
Potz blocks an uppercut.
Potz lands an uppercut.
Zhandunka lands a body shot in the clinch.
Potz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Potz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zhandunka's brow.
Zhandunka working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhandunka lands a hook that snaps the head of Potz backwards.

Jeez, Craig Potz 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Potz has a couple of punches blocked by Zhandunka.
Zhandunka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Potz backwards.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ales Zhandunka!
Ales Zhandunka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.