PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taras Shevchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Angelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taras Shevchenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shevchenko
vs
Angelo

190 cm
26
265 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

200 cm
30
282 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

M.O. Fight Wear
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taras Shevchenko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luiz Angelo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shevchenko gets a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Angelo wants to control but Shevchenko is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shevchenko passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Angelo!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shevchenko punishing his opponent with strikes.

It looks like Luiz Angelo has been cut.
A nice elbow there by Shevchenko.
Shevchenko raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shevchenko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shevchenko looking to finish with strikes here!
Shevchenko looking to ground and pound but Angelo is blocking nicely.
Shevchenko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Angelo hang on?

That has opened up Luiz Angelo's cut even more.
Shevchenko 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.
Angelo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shevchenko.
Shevchenko loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Angelo scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Shevchenko land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Shevchenko stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taras Shevchenko!
Taras Shevchenko retains his super heavyweight title!