PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kostya Tszyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Bradford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tszyu comes to the cage accompanied by Till the End of Time. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Tszyu
vs
Bradford

185 cm
21
195 lbs
10 - 1 - 2

186 cm
27
190 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 2, fighting out of New York, Kostya Tszyu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sonny Bradford!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tszyu jabs at Bradford's body.
Bradford thows a leg kick but Tszyu checks it
and Tszyu counters with a right hand to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bradford. That's going to slow Tszyu down.
Bradford misses with a takedown attempt
and Tszyu counters with a left to the body.
Tszyu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bradford gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tszyu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bradford flicks out a counter leg kick but Tszyu steps away.
Bradford avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tszyu throws a lazy uppercut
and Bradford counters with a leg kick.
Bradford throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tszyu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradford walks into a left hand.
Kostya Tszyu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Tszyu finds it's target.
Tszyu throws a shot to the body.
Bradford takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bradford throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Tszyu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Tszyu.
Tszyu throws a series of punches but Bradford moves out of range.
Bradford is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tszyu with a body shot.
Bradford lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tszyu will feel that in the morning.
Tszyu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradford moves forwards but Tszyu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bradford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tszyu cracks Bradford with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tszyu cracks Bradford with a right hand to the side of the head.

Bradford is rocked!
Bradford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bradford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bradford throws a head kick that misses.
Bradford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tszyu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bradford lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradford slips under a jab from Tszyu.
Bradford is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Bradford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tszyu.
Bradford looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tszyu lands a nice shot to the body.
Tszyu misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tszyu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bradford counters with a body kick.
Tszyu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bradford.
Bradford throws a sloppy head kick and Tszyu moves out of range easily.
It looked like Tszyu wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bradford connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bradford counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A jab lands there for Tszyu.
Bradford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Tszyu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tszyu throws a body punch but Bradford moves out of range.
Tszyu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kostya Tszyu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tszyu. Bradford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Tszyu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A counter left hand to the body from Tszyu misses its target.
Tszyu misses with an uppercut.
Bradford feints a counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kostya Tszyu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bradford walks into a straight right hand from Tszyu.
Tszyu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bradford.
Bradford scores with a leg kick.
Tszyu lands a nice looking body shot.
Tszyu swings widly with a right hand
and Bradford counters with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Bradford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tszyu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bradford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tszyu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bradford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tszyu cracks the inside of Bradford's front leg.
Tszyu jabs at Bradford's body.
Tszyu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bradford can do to turn this around?
Bradford takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bradford throws a lazy head kick
and Tszyu counters with a right hand to the body.
Tszyu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bradford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bradford tries a quick counter leg kick but Tszyu is wise to it.
A leg kick checked by Bradford.
Bradford tried to score with a low kick but Tszyu checks it.
Donk. Tszyu catches Bradford right on the button with a cross.
Tszyu misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradford ducks under a wild hook from Tszyu.
Bradford goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Kostya Tszyu has been cut.
Bradford thumps Tszyu with a low kick.
Bradford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bradford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tszyu throws a body shot but no joy.
Bradford on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tszyu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bradford pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tszyu.
Bradford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tszyu throws out the jab.
Bradford throws a big counter head kick but Tszyu avoids it with no problem.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bradford might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tszyu has got the better of the exchanges.
Tszyu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tszyu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tszyu misses with a right hand
and Bradford counters with a one-two to the body.
Bradford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tszyu misses with a right hand
and Bradford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tszyu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bradford misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu misses the body punch
and Bradford counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tszyu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bradford.
Tszyu connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bradford buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bradford doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bradford takes one to the chin there.
Tszyu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradford.
Tszyu moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBradford.
A clash of legs there as Bradford blocks the low kick.
Bradford feints a counter leg kick.
Tszyu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kostya Tszyu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kostya Tszyu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tszyu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tszyu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bradford doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bradford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tszyu misses with a looping left.
Bradford throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tszyu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tszyu throws a sloppy body shot
and Bradford counters with a head kick.
Tszyu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tszyu looks to land a combination but Bradford avoids it well.
Bradford is trying to counter with his kicks.
Tszyu lands a body shot.
Bradford blocks a leg kick.
Bradford avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
Tszyu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bradford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tszyu's calf.
Tszyu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tszyu, right into the meat.
Kostya Tszyu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bradford doesn't seem bothered though.
Tszyu swinging wildly here.
Tszyu avoids a kick to the body.
Tszyu was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tszyu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Tszyu as he connects with a hook.
Bradford lands a glancing blow to the side of Tszyu's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tszyu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tszyu takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradford takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bradford throws a leg kick but Tszyu moved away.
Nice body punch from Tszyu.
Bradford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tszyu went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tszyu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sonny Bradford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tszyu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tszyu misses the body punch
and Bradford counters with a nice leg kick.
Bradford lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tszyu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bradford counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tszyu misses the shot to the body.
Tszyu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradford.
Tszyu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bradford avoids the body shot from Tszyu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bradford lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tszyu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tszyu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tszyu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bradford doesn't seem bothered though.
Tszyu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bradford. Bradford obviously looking to wear him down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kostya Tszyu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tszyu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kostya Tszyu!
Kostya Tszyu thanked the fans post fight for their support.