PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitka Boycheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Vizcarra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boycheck comes to the cage accompanied by Парус. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boycheck
vs
Vizcarra

180 cm
45
204 lbs
29 - 38 - 0

193 cm
36
214 lbs
18 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Fast

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 29 - 38 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitka Boycheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Norman Vizcarra!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boycheck clinches up with Vizcarra and pushes him back against the cage.
Vizcarra lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mitka Boycheck has been cut.
Vizcarra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boycheck's face.
Vizcarra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boycheck.
Vizcarra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Boycheck's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vizcarra lands a good knee to the midsection. Boycheck won't want to take too many of those.
Vizcarra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vizcarra will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Boycheck up against the cage.
Boycheck is trying to force a seperation but Vizcarra has the dominant position.

Boycheck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Vizcarra lands but Boycheck takes it in his stride.

Mitka Boycheck's cut is getting worse.
Boycheck jabs Vizcarra right on the nose. Vizcarra blinks but takes it well.
Vizcarra lands with a straight right. Boycheck didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boycheck looks to land a combination but Vizcarra avoids it well.
It seemed like Vizcarra was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Boycheck avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boycheck misses with a wild combination.
Vizcarra lands with a straight right. Boycheck didn't see that one coming.
Vizcarra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boycheck moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Norman Vizcarra has been cut.
Boycheck looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boycheck tries a low kick but Vizcarra avoids it.
Vizcarra fakes the leg kick and cracks Boycheck in the body.
Vizcarra tries to bum rush Boycheck with a series of wild strikes but Boycheck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boycheck motions for Vizcarra to come forward. Boycheck throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vizcarra now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vizcarra misses with a low kick.
Vizcarra connects with the punch.
Boycheck bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vizcarra's head backwards.
Boycheck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boycheck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vizcarra manages to avoid it.
And Vizcarra responds with a good body kick, but Boycheck manages to step out the way in time.

Boycheck clinches with his opponent.
Vizcarra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Boycheck manages to break the clinch.
Boycheck misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boycheck throws the left hand but Vizcarra avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vizcarra.
Boycheck lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vizcarra circles away quickly and effectively.
Vizcarra scores with a jab.
Boycheck throws a combination that misses
and Vizcarra counters with a series of strikes. Boycheck will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vizcarra avoids the body shot from Boycheck.
Boycheck rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vizcarra connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Vizcarra gets tackled into the cage by Boycheck. Boycheck maintains the clinch.
Boycheck stalling in the clinch.
Boycheck tries to break the clinch but Vizcarra is controlling the position.
Vizcarra keeps control of Boycheck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vizcarra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boycheck is trying to break the clinch but Vizcarra has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vizcarra.
Vizcarra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vizcarra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boycheck backwards.
Boycheck avoiding damage as Vizcarra throws knees to the body.
Boycheck has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boycheck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vizcarra stalls.
Vizcarra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boycheck holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boycheck is trying to force a seperation but Vizcarra has the dominant position.
Vizcarra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vizcarra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Boycheck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from Vizcarra.
Vizcarra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Boycheck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boycheck. Vizcarra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boycheck tries to clinch but Vizcarra moves out of range.
Vizcarra throws out a counter right but Boycheck avoids it with no problem.

Boycheck moves into the clinch.

Boycheck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boycheck tries to bum rush Vizcarra with a series of wild strikes but Vizcarra uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vizcarra has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boycheck fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vizcarra chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Boycheck can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Vizcarra dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vizcarra avoids a kick to the body.
Boycheck walks into a left hand.
Vizcarra scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vizcarra scores with a kick to the body.
Vizcarra misses with a jab to the body

and Boycheck counters with a head kick that drops Vizcarra - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
Boycheck works his way into full mount!
Boycheck looking to control but Vizcarra is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Vizcarra that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Boycheck trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Boycheck scoring with strikes but Vizcarra is staying in there.
Boycheck has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boycheck looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Boycheck dominating with strikes here.

Vizcarra is rocked!
Vizcarra is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Boycheck landing punches.
Vizcarra is still in real trouble! Can Boycheck finish him?
Boycheck fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Boycheck looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Vizcarra is trying to escape the mount.
Vizcarra is breathing heavily.

Boycheck jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Vizcarra manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Vizcarra seems to have recovered his senses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vizcarra can do anything to dispel that myth.
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!
Vizcarra is not content to let Boycheck control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vizcarra is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Boycheck has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Vizcarra is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Boycheck looks up at the clock and then as Vizcarra takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boycheck smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Boycheck has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Vizcarra is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Boycheck yanks on the arm and Vizcarra is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Boycheck.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mitka Boycheck!
A very excited looking Mitka Boycheck made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.