PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iosif Dzugashavili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panda ishmali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Dzugashavili
vs
ishmali

190 cm
25
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

210 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iosif Dzugashavili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Panda ishmali!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from ishmali lands but Dzugashavili takes it in his stride.

It looks like Iosif Dzugashavili has been cut.
Dzugashavili fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but ishmali avoids it really well and circles away.
ishmali misses with the combination.
Dzugashavili throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around ishmali's waist but ishmali gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dzugashavili off to one side.
ishmali shoots in looking for a takedown but Dzugashavili manages to keep the fight standing, pushing ishmali's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dzugashavili shoots in looking for a takedown but ishmali manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dzugashavili's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iosif Dzugashavili. That's going to take a lot out of him.
ishmali wants to clinch.
Dzugashavili shoots for a double leg takedown but ishmali sprawls well. He's pushed Dzugashavili's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
ishmali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Iosif Dzugashavili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ishmali stuffs the takedown attempt from Dzugashavili. Dzugashavili gets slowly back to his feet.
ishmali pulls out of a head kick attempt.
ishmali stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and ishmali wants it to stay on the feet.
ishmali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Dzugashavili closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
ishmali is trying to maintain the position but Dzugashavili is very close to passing his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dzugashavili connects with a nice short shot to ishmali's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ishmali is staying active underneath Dzugashavili, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dzugashavili wants to free his trapped foot but ishmali is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dzugashavili uses his free foot to push down on ishmali's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for ishmali.
Dzugashavili lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dzugashavili cracks ishmali with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
ishmali looks gassed!
Dzugashavili unloading with bombs!
Dzugashavili has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
ishmali is trying desperately to improve position.
ishmali wants to hold on but Dzugashavili pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if ishmali can do anything to dispel that myth.

Dzugashavili looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dzugashavili looking to finish ishmali with some ground and pound. This is bad for ishmali!
Dzugashavili controlling the pace for now.
ishmali is in a horrible position here. Dzugashavili smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dzugashavili with good strikes from the mount here!
Dzugashavili working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dzugashavili controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dzugashavili seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down ishmali for as long as he can get away with.
Dzugashavili in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dzugashavili lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dzugashavili controlling from mount.
Dzugashavili raining down shots from the mount!
Dzugashavili punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dzugashavili has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of ishmali's face.
Dzugashavili controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzugashavili looking to control but ishmali is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Dzugashavili connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dzugashavili looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dzugashavili with a couple of short strikes.

ishmali is rocked!
Dzugashavili tries to control but ishmali wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dzugashavili looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ishmali taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iosif Dzugashavili dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iosif Dzugashavili's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dzugashavili.
ishmali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
ishmali tries for a takedown but Dzugashavili sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dzugashavili fails with the takedown.

Dzugashavili scores with a takedown into ishmali's guard.
Dzugashavili passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dzugashavili controls the position.
Dzugashavili wants to control but ishmali is keeping him busy.
Dzugashavili in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzugashavili grinds an elbow into ishmali's temple.
ishmali is breathing heavily.
Dzugashavili wants to lay and pray for a moment but ishmali keeps working.
Dzugashavili is putting a hurting on ishmali here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dzugashavili is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt ishmali will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dzugashavili advances to mount.
BOOM! Dzugashavili connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dzugashavili controlling from the full mount.
Dzugashavili with the ground and pound from mount.
Dzugashavili is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that ishmali can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dzugashavili lands with some vicious ground and pound - can ishmali hang on?
ishmali is still in real trouble! Can Dzugashavili finish him?
Dzugashavili controlling from mount.
ishmali seems to have recovered his senses.
Dzugashavili softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and ishmali is out cold! Dzugashavili jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iosif Dzugashavili!