PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andretii Kazadorez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Vatanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vatanen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kalmah - Heros to Us kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kazadorez
vs
Vatanen

190 cm
23
300 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

200 cm
22
300 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andretii Kazadorez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sami Vatanen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vatanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kazadorez.
Sloppy strikes from Vatanen. Those never looked like landing.
Vatanen lands with a hook. Kazadorez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Vatanen closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kazadorez.
Vatanen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kazadorez is breathing heavily.
Vatanen lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Andretii Kazadorez has been cut.
Vatanen crunches a lovely knee into Kazadorez's ribcage.
Vatanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vatanen connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vatanen lands a shot to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vatanen lands a knee to the body.
Vatanen digs a right hand underneath Kazadorez's ribcage. Kazadorez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.
Vatanen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kazadorez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kazadorez backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatanen connects with a knee to the head.

Andretii Kazadorez's cut is getting worse.
Vatanen cracks Kazadorez with a nice body shot.
Vatanen crunches a lovely knee into Kazadorez's ribcage.
Vatanen digs a right hand into Kazadorez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kazadorez's gas tank.
Kazadorez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vatanen with a knee to the head.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Andretii Kazadorez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Vatanen gets through Kazadorez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Kazadorez is rocked!
I was talking to Kazadorez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vatanen crunches a lovely knee into Kazadorez's ribcage.
Vatanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kazadorez or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vatanen connects with a knee right up the middle! Kazadorez tumbles to the floor and Vatanen stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Sami Vatanen!
An out of breath and clearly excited Sami Vatanen thanked Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).