PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Bezymyanny (ranked 3298 p4p, 371 weight class) and Danton Robinson (ranked 7610 p4p, 692 weight class). Bezymyanny's entrance music is Little Richard - Long Tall Sally. A fine choice. Dmitry Bezymyanny could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Danton Robinson's chin.

Bezymyanny
vs
Robinson

188 cm
25
245 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitry Bezymyanny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danton Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bezymyanny rushes Robinson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Robinson throws a punch but it's blocked by Bezymyanny.
Robinson misses with the head strike.
Bezymyanny blocking some punches.
Robinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robinson throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Bezymyanny.
A head punch on the inside from Robinson fails to land.
Bezymyanny has Robinson pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Bezymyanny breaks from the clinch.
Robinson throws a hook but Bezymyanny blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezymyanny lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Danton Robinson has been cut.
Robinson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Bezymyanny waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Robinson. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Robinson to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Robinson is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Robinson can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bezymyanny controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robinson is still in real trouble! Can Bezymyanny finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bezymyanny has passed into side control.
Robinson seems to have recovered his senses.
Bezymyanny is staying tight to Robinson's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've been informed that Robinson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bezymyanny fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bezymyanny is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Bezymyanny's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bezymyanny connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Robinson momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson scores with a punch to the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bezymyanny, as that shot connected.
Robinson misses with a right hand
and Bezymyanny counters with a big right hand! Oh Robinson is in trouble here! Bezymyanny follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dmitry Bezymyanny!
Dmitry Bezymyanny took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.