PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lion Tiger (ranked 256 p4p, 609 weight class) and Grant Alyoshin (ranked 38 p4p, 90 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tiger might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alok - Hear Me Tonight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tiger
vs
Alyoshin

190 cm
28
225
17 - 8 - 0

200 cm
35
265
22 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BE Younick
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Hoarse Pills
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lion Tiger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grant Alyoshin!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger tries a head kick but it misses.
Alyoshin looks to clinch
and Tiger counters with a straight right hand.
Alyoshin dodges the punch combination from Tiger.
Tiger blocks a head kick by Alyoshin.
It looked like Tiger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tiger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alyoshin lands a really nice looking cross but Tiger seems unphased.
We've been told by Tiger's head coaches at Alpha Brasil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The fighters circling - Tiger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alyoshin circles away quickly and effectively.
Tiger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alyoshin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alyoshin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alyoshin throws a lazy head kick
and Tiger counters with a right hand to the body.
Tiger misses with a two punch combination.
Tiger swings for the body but Alyoshin moves out of range.
Tiger throws an overhand right that lands on Alyoshin's shoulder, as Alyoshin tries to avoid the shot.
Alyoshin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiger is looking for a counter combo.
Tiger moves out of range as Alyoshin strikes.
Alyoshin throws a big shot that misses.
Tiger appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tiger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alyoshin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alyoshin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tigers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grant Alyoshin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alyoshin closes the distance but Tiger moves to the side
and Tiger counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger swings widly with a right hand
and Alyoshin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alyoshin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alyoshin takes a swing at Tiger's ribcage but misses.

Alyoshin darts in and clinches Tiger up against the cage.
Alyoshin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tiger.
Alyoshin tries to throw a body punch but Tiger avoids it by throwing Alyoshin back against the cage.
Alyoshin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tiger avoids it.
Tiger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alyoshin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tigers head.
Alyoshin lands an uppercut.
Alyoshin keeps control of Tiger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alyoshin swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alyoshin misses with some punches.
Alyoshin pushes Tiger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alyoshin cracks Tiger with a nice body shot.
Alyoshin trying to land knees to the body.
Alyoshin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alyoshin landing knees to the body.
Tiger managing to block the knees to the body from Alyoshin.

Tiger manages to break the clinch.
Alyoshin connects with a nice looking jab.
Tiger misses with a lunging right hand
and Alyoshin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alyoshin throws a head kick that misses
and Tiger counters with a series of strikes. Alyoshin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alyoshin lands a nice shot to the body.
Alyoshin throws a head kick but Tiger moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alyoshin throws out a powerful jab.
Tiger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alyoshin raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Alyoshin clinches with his opponent.
A short left from Alyoshin.
Alyoshin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tiger avoiding damage as Alyoshin throws knees to the body.
Tiger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiger blocking some punches.
Tiger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alyoshin blocks an uppercut.
Alyoshin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tiger seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Alyoshin can turn it around.
Alyoshin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alyoshin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tiger avoids it.

Tiger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Alyoshin 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.

Tiger misses with a straight left.
Alyoshin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tiger in his tracks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alyoshin.
Alyoshin throws a nice looking combination but Tiger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tiger went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Alyoshin tries a head kick but it misses.
Alyoshin jabs Tiger right on the nose. Tiger blinks but takes it well.

Alyoshin has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short uppercut from Tiger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alyoshin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tiger working aggressively here.
Tiger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alyoshin lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Alyoshin.
Alyoshin has a couple of punches blocked by Tiger.
Tiger throws a head punch that misses.
Alyoshin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiger is defending well for now.
Tiger's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alyoshin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alyoshin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alyoshin misses with a body punch.
Tiger blocks a body shot from Alyoshin.
Alyoshin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alyoshin.
Alyoshin lands an uppercut.
Alyoshin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alyoshin misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Alyoshin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alyoshin lands a good knee to the midsection. Tiger won't want to take too many of those.
Alyoshin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Alyoshin.
Alyoshin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alyoshin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alyoshin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alyoshin misses with a punch to the body.
Alyoshin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alyoshin misses with a knee to the head.
Alyoshin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tiger backwards.
Alyoshin gets through Tiger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tiger wants to stall.
Alyoshin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alyoshin connects with a knee right up the middle! Tiger tumbles to the floor and Alyoshin stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Grant Alyoshin!
Grant Alyoshin is the new heavyweight champion!
Grant Alyoshin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.