PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Dragosavac (ranked 1943 p4p, 3790 weight class) and Freddie Tuiavii (ranked 110 p4p, 175 weight class). Dragosavac comes to the cage accompanied by Cocaina. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dragosavac
vs
Tuiavii

205 cm
26
295
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
300
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Sakura Style
BANZAI NUTRITION

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Dragosavac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Freddie Tuiavii!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragosavac tries to clinch up but Tuiavii circles away and keeps his distance.

Dragosavac moves into the clinch successfully.
Tuiavii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tuiavii working Dragosavac over with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Dragosavac scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tuiavii taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tuiavii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dragosavac.
Tuiavii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dragosavac lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuiavii lands a body punch.
Tuiavii stalling in the clinch.
Dragosavac misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuiavii landing knees to the head.

It looks like Pablo Dragosavac has been cut.
Tuiavii's coach down at St Petersburg MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tuiavii's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Tuiavii tries to land a knee to the head but Dragosavac blocks with his arms.
Tuiavii blocks a body shot from Dragosavac.
Dragosavac has a couple of punches blocked by Tuiavii.
Tuiavii lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuiavii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dragosavac definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuiavii blocks a body shot from Dragosavac.
Dragosavac lands a right hand.
Dragosavac digs a right hand into Tuiavii's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tuiavii's gas tank.
Dragosavac struggles to land a body shot inside as Tuiavii controls his hands.
Tuiavii lands a left hand.
Dragosavac prevents a body shot from Tuiavii.
Tuiavii misses with a punch to the body.
Tuiavii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Tuiavii.
Tuiavii tries to throw a body punch but Dragosavac avoids it by throwing Tuiavii back against the cage.
Dragosavac takes a shot to the head.
Tuiavii lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tuiavii's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tuiavii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Dragosavac fails to land.
Dragosavac takes a shot to the head.
Tuiavii scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tuiavii blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuiavii blocks a body shot from Dragosavac.
Tuiavii lands a body punch.
Dragosavac misses with the head strike.
Dragosavac misses with a punch to the body.
Tuiavii gets through Dragosavac's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dragosavac creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dragosavac presses Tuiavii against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dragosavac lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tuiavii.
Dragosavac is breathing heavily.
Tuiavii blocks an uppercut.
Tuiavii tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tuiavii.
Tuiavii trying to land knees to the body.
Dragosavac has a couple of punches blocked by Tuiavii.
Dragosavac blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dragosavac tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuiavii tries to work over Dragosavac's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dragosavac lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuiavii blocks an uppercut.
Dragosavac blocks an uppercut.
Tuiavii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuiavii holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Dragosavac - that landed with a thud.
Dragosavac lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dragosavac on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dragosavac gets through Tuiavii's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tuiavii's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tuiavii tries to land knees in the clinch but Dragosavac avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Dragosavac.
Tuiavii looking to slow down the pace here.
Dragosavac lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tuiavii can't find room to land a body shot as Dragosavac controls the action.
Tuiavii has a couple of punches blocked by Dragosavac.
Dragosavac tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tuiavii's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragosavac scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dragosavac lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tuiavii pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dragosavac changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Dragosavac drives through and clinches with Tuiavii against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dragosavac.
Dragosavac lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragosavac works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dragosavac scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dragosavac scores with a shoulder strike.
Dragosavac can't find room to land a body shot as Tuiavii controls the action.
Dragosavac lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dragosavac lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tuiavii working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Dragosavac scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dragosavac lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Dragosavac.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Dragosavac dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Dragosavac'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.

Dragosavac is looking to clinch but Tuiavii is avoiding it.

Dragosavac closes the distance and pushes Tuiavii back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tuiavii fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dragosavac as Tuiavii tries to tie him up.
Dragosavac fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dragosavac misses with a punch to the body.
Dragosavac tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragosavac tries a body shot but Tuiavii blocks it.
Tuiavii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dragosavac is keeping busy.
Tuiavii tries a knee to the head but Dragosavac blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuiavii is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dragosavac is defending well for now.
Tuiavii prevents a body shot from Dragosavac.
Tuiavii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dragosavac's elbow.
Tuiavii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dragosavac tries a body shot but Tuiavii blocks it.
Tuiavii throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragosavac blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragosavac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dragosavac lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dragosavac lands a body shot.
Tuiavii is breathing heavily.
Tuiavii tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragosavac doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Dragosavac.
A short body shot lands from Dragosavac as the two fighters clinch.
Dragosavac makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Dragosavac.
Dragosavac digs a right hand into Tuiavii's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tuiavii's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Dragosavac.
Tuiavii blocking some punches.
Dragosavac lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragosavac lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tuiavii backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tuiavii fails to land.
Dragosavac misses with a body punch.
Dragosavac blocks an uppercut.
Tuiavii working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragosavac lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dragosavac lands a nice uppercut.
Dragosavac lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dragosavac gets through Tuiavii's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Freddie Tuiavii has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Dragosavac fails to land.
Dragosavac lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tuiavii backwards.
Nice body punch from Dragosavac.
Tuiavii looking to slow down the pace here.
Tuiavii working aggressively here.
Tuiavii throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragosavac blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragosavac lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dragosavac lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tuiavii backwards.
A short right from Dragosavac.
Dragosavac misses with the head strike.
Dragosavac misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Dragosavac.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragosavac works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dragosavac lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tuiavii backwards.
Dragosavac is leaning against Tuiavii and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dragosavac works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Dragosavac on the inside.

Tuiavii is rocked!
Dragosavac dips a shoulder and cracks Tuiavii with a mighty uppercut! Tuiavii falls back against the cage and Dragosavac unloads with a barrage of strikes! Tuiavii is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Dragosavac screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Dragosavac!
A less than humble Pablo Dragosavac misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.