PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugeniy Tryastsyn (ranked 37 p4p, 273 weight class) and Anzor Dankovich (ranked 6 p4p, 37 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tryastsyn
vs
Dankovich

185 cm
30
222
18 - 8 - 0

192 cm
32
260
26 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Northern Zombie
Shadow Realm Apparel

Conviction
Conquer

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugeniy Tryastsyn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anzor Dankovich!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Chris Dean and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tryastsyn lands a really nice looking cross but Dankovich seems unphased.
Dankovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tryastsyn was well out of range. Poor timing from Dankovich.
Nice uppercut lands for Tryastsyn. That snapped Dankovich's head back.
Tryastsyn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dankovich.
Tryastsyn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dankovich's waist but Dankovich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tryastsyn off to one side.
Dankovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dankovich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Dankovich lands a big right hand that sends Tryastsyn crashing to the mat! Dankovich stays standing though and waves Tryastsyn back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dankovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been informed that Dankovich has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dankovich looks to land a left hand but Tryastsyn moved out of range nicely.
Tryastsyn attempts a counter takedown but Dankovich avoids it well and moves away.
Dankovich drops Tryastsyn with a huge uppercut! Tryastsyn drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Dankovich is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anzor Dankovich!
Anzor Dankovich is the new heavyweight champion!
Anzor Dankovich decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.