PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anzor Dankovich (ranked 337 p4p, 823 weight class) and Maxim Menshikov (ranked 8 p4p, 37 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Dankovich
vs
Menshikov

192 cm
28
260
19 - 9 - 0

189 cm
41
275
32 - 24 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Conviction
Conquer

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anzor Dankovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maxim Menshikov!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menshikov misses with a looping right.
Menshikov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dankovich counters with a good, hard body kick but Menshikov shrugs it off.
Menshikov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dankovich counters with a stiff right hand.
Menshikov swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Dankovich counters by clinching up.
Menshikov stalling in the clinch.
Dankovich misses with the head strike.
Dankovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dankovich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Menshikov takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Menshikov fails to land.
Dankovich working aggressively here.
Menshikov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dankovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Menshikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Menshikov throws a head punch that misses.
Menshikov gets through Dankovich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Menshikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dankovich digs a right hand underneath Menshikov's ribcage. Menshikov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Dankovich.
Menshikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dankovich lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dankovich is working Menshikov over against the cage.
Menshikov looks winded!
Dankovich working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Dankovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
An inside leg kick lands from Dankovich.
Dankovich scores with a jab to the body.
Dankovich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Menshikov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Menshikov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters circling a little - Dankovich finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dankovich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dankovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice inside leg kick there by Dankovich. That's going to slow Menshikov down.
Menshikov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Maxim Menshikov has been cut.
Menshikov misses with a shot to the body
and Dankovich counters with a huge right that knocks Menshikov out cold! Dankovich is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anzor Dankovich!
A less than humble Anzor Dankovich misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.