PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Gruzdev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Gruzdev is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bo
vs
Gruzdev

200 cm
27
268 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
250 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Bo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Gruzdev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bo fails to land with a series of punches.
Gruzdev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gruzdev misses with a looping right.

Bo clinches up with Gruzdev and pushes him back against the cage.
Bo misses with a punch to the body.
Gruzdev has had enough of the clinch but Bo keeps him there for the moment.
Bo prevents Gruzdev from breaking the clinch.

Bo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alexander Gruzdev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gruzdev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gruzdev scores with a nice head shot.
Gruzdev throws a shot from downtown. Bo moves away and avoids it.
Bo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bo closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Alexander Gruzdev has been cut.
Bo moves away from the strike by Gruzdev.
Bo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bonsai Club MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Bo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gruzdev.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Gruzdev misses.
It looked like Bo was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Gruzdev lands a jab to Bo's midsection.
Gruzdev scores with the left hand. Bo knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzdev misses with a hook
and Bo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bo tried to score with a low kick but Gruzdev checks it.
Gruzdev is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bo with a body shot.
Gruzdev throws a lazy uppercut
and Bo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gruzdev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gruzdev has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gruzdev.
Gruzdev misses with an uppercut.
Bo darts in trying to clinch
letting Gruzdev counter with a right hand.
A big left from Gruzdev misses.
Gruzdev throws a body punch but Bo moves out of range.
Bo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gruzdev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gruzdev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gruzdev might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruzdev lands a jab to Bo's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Gruzdev.

Bo clinches.
Gruzdev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Gruzdev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bo throws a right hand that Gruzdev ducks under and follows up with a left that Gruzdev also avoids with ease.
Gruzdev swats away the attempt to clinch by Bo.
Bo slips under a jab from Gruzdev.
Gruzdev works over Bo's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like King Bo has been cut.
Bo walks into a stiff left hand from Gruzdev.
The fighters circling - Gruzdev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gruzdev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruzdev throws a hook to the side of Bo's head but Bo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Gruzdev looks to move away, Bo throws a big counter combo but Gruzdev just gets out of the way.
Gruzdev thuds a left hand into Bo's body.
Bo blocks a jab.
Bo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bo tries to bum rush Gruzdev with a series of wild strikes but Gruzdev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gruzdev catches Bo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bo staying out of range there.
Bo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gruzdev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bo ducks under a wild hook from Gruzdev.
Gruzdev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bo circles away quickly and effectively.
Bo is looking to counter punch.
Sloppy strikes from Gruzdev. Those never looked like landing.
Gruzdev throws a nice looking combination but Bo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gruzdev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bo.
Bo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruzdev.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Bo breaks from the clinch.
Gruzdev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gruzdev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gruzdev misses with an uppercut. Bo saw that one coming.
Gruzdev is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gruzdev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gruzdev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bo misses with a body punch
and Gruzdev counters with a nice body shot.
Bo tries to clinch up.
Bo misses with a double jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gruzdev cracks Bo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gruzdev dips to his left and cracks Bo with an uppercut!
Bo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Gruzdev dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Good shot there by Gruzdev.

Gruzdev lands a left and a right that sends Bo crashing to the canvas! Gruzdev dives into mount looking to finish!

Bo is rocked!
Gruzdev sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oh Bo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bo can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gruzdev postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Bo out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Gruzdev goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Gruzdev!
Alexander Gruzdev is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Alexander Gruzdev thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
King Bo spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back.'.