PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigori Rasputin (ranked 1298 p4p, 163 weight class) and Heavy Weight (ranked 497 p4p, 57 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rasputin
vs
Weight

180 cm
26
241 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
282 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Grigori Rasputin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Heavy Weight!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasputin misses with a straight left.
Rasputin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Weight moves away from the strike by Rasputin.
Weight throws out a loose jab but Rasputin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rasputin jabs Weight right on the nose. Weight blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Heavy Weight has been cut.
Rasputin throws a sloppy body shot
and Weight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rasputin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rasputin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rasputin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Weight looks to throw the jab but Rasputin is out of range.
Rasputin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rasputin scores with a shot to the body.
Rasputin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Weight. Weight circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Weight misses with a body punch
and Rasputin counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rasputin takes one to the chin there.
Weight with a jab.
Weight blocks a jab.
Rasputin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weight.
Weight throws a shot to the body.
Rasputin throws a poor cross that misses
and Weight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Weight tries to clinch but Rasputin is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weight.
Weight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weight misses the jab.
Decent striking displayed by Weight there.
Grigori Rasputin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rasputin throws a jab but it's blocked by Weight.

Rasputin gets tackled into the cage by Weight. Weight maintains the clinch.
Rasputin pushes Weight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rasputin wants to get back to striking at distance but Weight won't allow it.

Rasputin manages to break the clinch.
Weight lands a lovely overhand right.
Rasputin defending well as Weight loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Weight misses.
Weight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for Rasputin. That snapped Weight's head back.
Weight missing with a left hand there. Rasputin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rasputin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Weight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Weight looks to throw the jab but Rasputin is out of range.
Rasputin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weight slips under a jab from Rasputin.
Weight doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Weight throws a looping overhand right but Rasputin ducks down to avoid it.
Weight misses with a two punch combination.
Rasputin misses with a wild body shot.
Rasputin throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Weight counters by clinching up.
Rasputin struggles to land a body shot inside as Weight controls his hands.
Rasputin tries to throw a body punch but Weight avoids it by throwing Rasputin back against the cage.

Rasputin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rasputin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That has opened up Heavy Weight's cut even more.
Weight cracks Rasputin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rasputin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Weight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rasputin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Weight looks to land a left hand but Rasputin moved out of range nicely.
Rasputin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rasputin scores with a hook to the body. Weight takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rasputin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Weight.
The fighters circling - Rasputin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rasputin cracks Weight with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weight lands with an uppercut that bounces Rasputin off the cage and back into range.
Rasputin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rasputin misses with a hook. Weight ducked under it nicely.
Rasputin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Weight on the side of the head.
Rasputin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rasputin misses with a looping right.
Rasputin jabs Weight to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rasputin misses with an uppercut. Weight saw that one coming.
Rasputin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weight on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rasputin throws a jab when Weight was well out of range.
Weight uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rasputin.
Rasputin misses with a straight right.
Rasputin misses with a wild body shot.
Rasputin moves out of range as Weight strikes.
Rasputin lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rasputin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rasputin lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Weight steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rasputin.
Rasputin throws a body shot but no joy.
Weight blocks a jab.
Weight feints a jab promting Rasputin to slip. Weight then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rasputin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rasputin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

The cut above Heavy Weight's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the body
and Rasputin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Weight just misses with a punch to the body.
Rasputin misses with a looping left.
Weight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Weight looks winded!
Rasputin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Weight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rasputin thuds a left hand into Weight's body.
Jab by Rasputin.
Rasputin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Weight sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rasputin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rasputin clobbers Weight with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grigori Rasputin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heavy Weight's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rasputin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rasputin. Weight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rasputin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rasputin looks to score with a jab to the body but Weight is just out of range.
Rasputin misses the shot to the body.
Rasputin throws a looping overhand right but Weight ducks down to avoid it.
Rasputin misses the shot to the body.
Good shot there by Rasputin.
Weight throws a hook but Rasputin avoids it easily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Weight in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rasputin misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Rasputin.
Rasputin misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rasputin connects with a body shot.
Weight takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Heavy Weight's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rasputin lands with a right hand.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Heavy Weight's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Grigori Rasputin!
Grigori Rasputin is the new heavyweight champion!
Grigori Rasputin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.