PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasha Abashidze (ranked 3868 p4p, 3229 weight class) and Berkthar Bankenfuere (ranked 435 p4p, 376 weight class). Berkthar Bankenfuere will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Abashidze
vs
Bankenfuere

190 cm
20
244
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
20
278
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lasha Abashidze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Berkthar Bankenfuere!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abashidze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bankenfuere manages to avoid it.
Abashidze moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBankenfuere.
Bankenfuere lands with a hook. Abashidze tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Abashidze connects with a single shot there.
Abashidze shoots in but Bankenfuere avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Bankenfuere gets tackled into the cage by Abashidze. Abashidze maintains the clinch.
Abashidze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abashidze avoids a wild elbow strike from Bankenfuere.

Abashidze breaks from the clinch.
Abashidze rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bankenfuere counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bankenfuere keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Despite the aggression on Bankenfuere's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bankenfuere fails to land with a series of punches.
Abashidze digs a good body shot into Bankenfuere's ribs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Abashidze.
As Abashidze backs off Bankenfuere throws a huge counter combo but Abashidze manages to avoid it all.
Lasha Abashidze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bankenfuere takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abashidze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bankenfuere manages to avoid it.
Bankenfuere is looking for the big counter here.
Bankenfuere takes one on the button.

It looks like Berkthar Bankenfuere has been cut.
No joy there for Bankenfuere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bankenfuere does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Abashidze attempts a counter takedown but Bankenfuere avoids it well and moves away.
Bankenfuere throws a sloppy head kick and Abashidze moves out of range easily.
Abashidze slips under a jab from Bankenfuere.
Bankenfuere walks into a left hand.

Abashidze clinches up with Bankenfuere and pushes him back against the cage.
Bankenfuere misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abashidze avoiding damage as Bankenfuere throws knees to the body.
Bankenfuere letting Abashidze take a breather here.
Abashidze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bankenfuere backwards.
Abashidze keeps control of Bankenfuere as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bankenfuere keeps control of Abashidze as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Abashidze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bankenfuere throws a right hand that Abashidze ducks under and follows up with a left that Abashidze also avoids with ease.
Berkthar Bankenfuere is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bankenfuere tries to land a body kick

and Abashidze counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bankenfuere!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abashidze scoring with punches from side control.
Bankenfuere takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Abashidze cracks Bankenfuere with a big right hand but Bankenfuere just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Abashidze wants to control but Bankenfuere is keeping him busy.
Bankenfuere really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Abashidze. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bankenfuere takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bankenfuere is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Abashidze works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Abashidze working the body and head with strikes.
Abashidze is chipping away with strikes.
Abashidze working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abashidze working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Abashidze lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bankenfuere pushes Abashidze away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Abashidze gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Abashidze cracks Bankenfuere with a big elbow.
Abashidze grinds an elbow into Bankenfuere's temple.
Abashidze working the ground and pound from side control.
Bankenfuere stops Abashidze from passing to mount.
Abashidze working away.
Abashidze is looking to take a break and control but Bankenfuere is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Abashidze cracks Bankenfuere with a big right hand but Bankenfuere just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bankenfuere is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bankenfuere dodges the ground and pound from Abashidze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abashidze lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bankenfuere is trying to control Abashidze's posture but Abashidze avoids it.
Abashidze working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Bankenfuere's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Abashidze landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That has opened up Berkthar Bankenfuere's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bankenfuere is trying to improve his position.
Bankenfuere on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Abashidze working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

The cut above Berkthar Bankenfuere's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bankenfuere struggling a bit here.
Abashidze lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bankenfuere down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lasha Abashidze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Berkthar Bankenfuere's cut.
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.

Bankenfuere stuffs the takedown.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lasha Abashidze!