PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Demento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toghrul Rasizade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Demento
vs
Rasizade

182 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
19
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

IniTech Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien Demento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toghrul Rasizade!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasizade throws the left hand but Demento avoids the punch easily.
Demento lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Rasizade misses.
Demento seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rasizade takes a swing at Demento's ribcage but misses.

Rasizade has Demento up against the cage in a clinch.
Rasizade tries a body shot but Demento blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Rasizade as the two fighters clinch.
Demento working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Rasizade.
Rasizade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rasizade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Demento throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rasizade working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Demento is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rasizade is keeping busy.
Demento blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rasizade.

Demento pulls guard effortlessly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasizade looking to sit in guard and control but Demento gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Rasizade looking for a sweep. Not yet Rasizade, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Demento postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Rasizade has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Demento can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Demento working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Demento landing some decent shots from guard.
Demento works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rasizade has hold of Demento's hands but Demento slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rasizade tries to get to full guard but Demento has control of the leg.
Demento wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rasizade keeps working.
Rasizade is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demento looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rasizade with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Demento scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Demento slips a nice elbow through Rasizade's hands, connecting with Rasizade's forehead.
Demento winds up and cracks Rasizade with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Demento lands with a punch from half guard.
Demento working over Rasizade with some ground and pound. Rasizade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rasizade wants to improve his position but Demento is controlling well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Demento wants to take a breather but Rasizade is having none of it.
Rasizade on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rasizade has hold of Demento's hands but Demento slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Demento working the head and body with strikes.
Demento scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rasizade felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Rasizade is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasizade is staying active underneath Demento, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rasizade on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Demento working Rasizade over with strikes.
Rasizade wants to improve his position but Demento is controlling well.
Demento 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.
Rasizade is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Demento scores with a couple of nice shots.
Demento is nestled in close to Rasizade, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rasizade can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rasizade wants to get back to full guard.
Demento drops an elbow to the side of Rasizade's head.

Rasizade looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rasizade is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasizade on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Demento lands strikes from half guard.
Rasizade is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Demento working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Demento looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rasizade with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Demento slips a nice elbow through Rasizade's hands, connecting with Rasizade's forehead.
Demento working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rasizade is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Demento jumps into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Demento lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rasizade is looking to reverse the position.
Demento landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Demento dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Demento fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demento looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Demento throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rasizade swings for the body but Demento moves out of range.
Rasizade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Demento was well out of range. Poor timing from Rasizade.
Demento ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rasizade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demento.
Demento tries to move into range but Rasizade moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rasizade has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Demento.
Demento tries to clinch up but Rasizade circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Demento.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rasizade takes the fight into the clinch.
Demento jumps guard but Rasizade stands there with Demento around his waist. Demento gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Demento tries for a takedown but Rasizade manages to get underhooks.
Demento tries a body shot but Rasizade blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Demento manages to pull guard.
Rasizade trying to control but Demento is working from the bottom.
Demento can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rasizade controls the pace.
Demento is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rasizade can do to turn this around?
Demento pulls Rasizade in close to prevent any damage.
Rasizade wants to control from the top but Demento keeps moving.
Rasizade is fighting to break Demento's control of his arms but Demento is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rasizade pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Demento is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Toghrul Rasizade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Demento turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rasizade's jab looks to have found its range, popping Demento under the eye.
Demento keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rasizade with a nice cross.

It looks like Damien Demento has been cut.
Rasizade throws a lazy right hand but Demento sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Demento takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rasizade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Rasizade rushes Demento and presses him up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Rasizade as the two fighters clinch.
Demento tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rasizade just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Demento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rasizade tries to work over Demento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demento.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rasizade.
Rasizade digs a right hand into Demento's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Demento's gas tank.

Demento ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Demento no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Rasizade trying to control but Demento is working from the bottom.
Demento tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rasizade content to stall in guard here.
Rasizade trying to control the position from guard on top but Demento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Demento keeping full guard, as Rasizade tries to pass.
Rasizade sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasizade wants to control from the top but Demento keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rasizade trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Demento tries to score with a low kick but Rasizade moves his leg out of the way.
Demento ducks under a wild hook from Rasizade.
A leg kick checked by Rasizade.
Demento moves to clinch but Rasizade breaks away

and Rasizade counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rasizade is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Rasizade pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Demento is keeping the position for now.
Demento seems keen to control Rasizade's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toghrul Rasizade showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Damien Demento's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rasizade rushes Demento and presses him up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Rasizade.
Rasizade throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dementos head.
Rasizade misses with the head strike.
Rasizade lands with a right to the head.
Rasizade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Demento successfully pulls guard.
Demento being controlled here, momentarily.
Demento keeping moving, preventing Rasizade from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rasizade controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rasizade pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Demento is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Demento has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rasizade can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Demento is on top in guard.

Demento lands a couple of elbows.
Demento's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rasizade wants to sweep but no luck.
Demento trying to control the position from guard on top but Rasizade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rasizade wants to sweep here but Demento controlling him for the moment.
Rasizade really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Demento. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Demento landing with the ground and pound.
Rasizade wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demento with a nice head shot there.
Rasizade has momentary wrist control but Demento slips an elbow through the middle.
Demento scoring with some ground and pound.
Demento throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Demento distracts Rasizade with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rasizade throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Demento distracts Rasizade with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rasizade looking to hit a scissor sweep but Demento is one step ahead there.
Demento is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Demento won't allow Rasizade to sweep him here.
Rasizade keeps trying to improve his position.
Demento postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasizade wants to hit a switch here but Demento passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rasizade there!
Rasizade is trying desperately to improve position.
Demento with shots to the head and body - Rasizade looks very uncomfortable down there.
Demento landing strikes from the mount.
Rasizade gets back to half guard.
Nice strikes from Demento there.
Rasizade tries to get to full guard but Demento has control of the leg.
Demento landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demento scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rasizade is looking for a sweep. Demento is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Demento stalling.
Demento working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rasizade is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Demento's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Demento's back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lull in the action here.
Rasizade has good solid back control here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Demento showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Demento has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Demento!
Damien Demento gave a mention to IniTech Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).