PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slavko Pakula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ysengrin's choice of entrance music: Cheeky Nandos. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pakula
vs
Ysengrin

188 cm
26
260 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

193 cm
33
238 lbs
28 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing
ON TAP 160Q Nutrition

Sully's Bar & Grill
House of Valor

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slavko Pakula!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Ysengrin!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin lands with a shot to the body.
Ysengrin throws a body shot but no joy.
Pakula on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pakula uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ysengrin.
Pakula throwing a counter right hand but Ysengrin manages to avoid it.
Pakula misses with a leg kick
and Ysengrin counters with a straight right hand.
Ysengrin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ysengrin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pakula wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ysengrin looks for the body kick but Pakula saw that one coming.
Pakula looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Pakula misses the target.
Pakula ducks right into an uppercut from Ysengrin.
Nice body kick there by Pakula.
Pakula misses with a looping right.
Pakula jabs Ysengrin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ysengrin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Slavko Pakula has been cut.
Pakula chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Pakula misses.
Pakula throws a hook but Ysengrin blocks it.
Ysengrin 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.
Ysengrin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin lands a jab to Pakula's midsection.
Ysengrin takes a swing at Pakula's ribcage but misses.
Ysengrin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pakula rather than just go for the knockout.
Ysengrin missing with a left hand there. Pakula was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pakula scores with a jab. Ysengrin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pakula keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ysengrin.
Pakula takes one to the side of the head.
Pakula throws a hook but Ysengrin blocks it.
Ysengrin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pakula fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ysengrin checks it well.
Ysengrin feints a counter leg kick.
Ysengrin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pakula is looking to counter the offense by Ysengrin and move into the clinch.
Ysengrin misses with a looping right.
Ysengrin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pakula's head.
Pakula tries to score with a low kick but Ysengrin moves his leg out of the way.
Ysengrin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ysengrin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pakula throws a leg kick that misses.
Pakula smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pakula tried to score with a low kick but Ysengrin checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pakula sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pakula checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pakula misses with a hook.
Ysengrin throws a head kick but Pakula moves out of range.
Ysengrin scores with a nice strike.
Ysengrin takes a swing at Pakula's ribcage but misses.
Pakula fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ysengrin just manages to avoid it.
Ysengrin scoring well with a low kick there.
A slow jab from Ysengrin misses its intended target.
Ysengrin throws a leg kick that misses.
Ysengrin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pakula. Pakula circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ysengrin lands a lovely overhand right.
Dave Ysengrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pakula waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ysengrin.
Ysengrin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pakula.
Ysengrin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ysengrin thumps Pakula with a low kick.
Pakula misses with a right hand
enabling Ysengrin to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pakula has time to react.
Ysengrin sizes up Pakula with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ysengrin.
Pakula throws a hook but Ysengrin avoids it easily.
Pakula tries to work over Ysengrin's front leg with a kick but Ysengrin checks it.
Ysengrin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pakula takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ysengrin throws a lazy uppercut
letting Pakula counter with a right hand.
A big right from Pakula misses.
Ysengrin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pakula scores with a jab. Ysengrin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ysengrin motions for Pakula to come forward. Ysengrin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pakula tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ysengrin manages to circle out of the way.
Ysengrin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pakula just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin throws a jab but it's blocked by Pakula.
Ysengrin scores with a sloppy right hand. Pakula should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Pakula. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin misses with an uppercut. Pakula saw that one coming.
Pakula goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ysengrin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pakula. Pakula circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pakula drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pakula 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 Ysengrin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ysengrin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ysengrin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pakula throws a body shot but no joy.
Pakula's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ysengrin under the eye.
Ysengrin tries to land a front kick but Pakula steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pakula looks to score with a jab to the body but Ysengrin is just out of range.
Pakula scoring well with a low kick there.
Pakula closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ysengrin counters with a right hand to the body.
Ysengrin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pakula had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ysengrin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ysengrin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pakula.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Ysengrin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Slavko Pakula's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pakula takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Pakula clinches.
Pakula gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ysengrin working aggressively here.
Pakula blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pakula tries to throw a body punch but Ysengrin avoids it by throwing Pakula back against the cage.
Ysengrin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ysengrin avoids the elbow strike from Pakula, against the cage.
Pakula throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pakula has a couple of punches blocked by Ysengrin.
Pakula lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries to throw a body punch but Pakula avoids it by throwing Ysengrin back against the cage.
Ysengrin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pakula.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pakula missing with knees to the body.
Pakula throws an elbow but it misses.
Pakula blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pakula working aggressively here.
Pakula can't find room to land a body shot as Ysengrin controls the action.
Pakula digs a right hand into Ysengrin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ysengrin's gas tank.
Ysengrin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Pakula on the inside.
Pakula struggles to land a body shot inside as Ysengrin controls his hands.
Ysengrin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pakula lands an elbow inside that Ysengrin shrugs off.
Pakula lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Dave Ysengrin has been cut.
Ysengrin working aggressively here.
Pakula lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pakula blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pakula lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Pakula.

Ysengrin is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Pakula.
Ysengrin is still on wobbly legs! Can Pakula finish him?
Pakula has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pakula lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ysengrin backwards.
Pakula lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ysengrin to his knees! Pakula keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slavko Pakula!
Slavko Pakula retains his heavyweight title!
Slavko Pakula managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, ON TAP 160Q Nutrition, into his post fight interview.
The defeated Dave Ysengrin had this to say: 'Lads, lets gang rape this poor scum. No one cheap shots me and gets away with it.'.