PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Barca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barca has chosen AC/DC: Hell's Bells as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rasputin
vs
Barca

198 cm
24
280 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
265 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Syndicate Drugs
Rocha Nutrition

Syndicate Drugs

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Piotr Rasputin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hannibal Barca!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasputin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rasputin.
Barca throws a series of strikes that have Rasputin backpedaling.

It looks like Piotr Rasputin has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barca rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rasputin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rasputin throws the left hand but Barca avoids the punch easily.
Barca misses with a few strikes there.
A jab-cross combination lands for Rasputin and sends Barca crashing to the mat! Rasputin follows him down to the mat - Barca regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Barca is rocked!

It looks like Hannibal Barca has been cut.
Rasputin prevents Barca from standing back up.
Rasputin is thwarting Barca's attempts to control the position.
Rasputin trying to mount his opponent but Barca defends it.
Rasputin seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Barca is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barca is trying to stand up here but Rasputin is controlling him well.
Barca wants to control but Rasputin is keeping busy.
Rasputin is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Barca keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Barca's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rasputin controlling his opponent.
Barca wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin controlling from the full mount.
Rasputin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Barca is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rasputin controlling his opponent.
Barca wants to control but Rasputin is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Piotr Rasputin will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rasputin misses with a few strikes there.
Rasputin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Rasputin misses.
Barca misses with a double jab.
Rasputin lands a lovely overhand right.
Rasputin misses with a double jab.
Barca loads up on a big right hand but Rasputin slips the punch.
Barca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rasputin staying out of range there.
Rasputin tests Barca's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rasputin walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Barca drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Rasputin swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Barca's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Rasputin!