PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Man Zend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Danko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zend comes to the cage accompanied by Get Up. Danko has chosen Red army choir - Soviet army song as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Ivan Danko enters the cage!

Zend
vs
Danko

205 cm
27
265 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

198 cm
25
284 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

[GTi] Divine - Drugs (Q:158+ $100)

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Man Zend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Danko!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danko tries to move into range but Zend moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zend scores with a crisp jab that stopped Danko in his tracks.
Danko moves out of range as Zend strikes.
Zend connects with a body shot.
Zend comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zend throws a lazy right hand but Danko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zend. Danko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zend swings for the body but Danko moves out of range.
Danko connects with a solid leg kick.
Zend scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zend swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Danko misses with a left hand
and Zend counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Danko swings widly with a right hand
enabling Zend to counter with a crisp jab.
Danko misses with an uppercut
enabling Zend to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zend lands a nice hook to Danko's body. Danko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zend takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Danko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zend misses with a straight left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zend.
Danko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Danko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Danko thows a leg kick but Zend checks it
and Zend counters with a leg kick.
Danko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zend misses with a hook.
Zend tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Zend misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zend scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zend goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zend takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zend lands a nice looking body shot.
Danko looks gassed!
A left lands for Zend.
Zend plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Danko drops his hands momentarily and Zend takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Danko slips a straight right by Zend.
Zend connects with a body shot that sends Danko's belly button to the back.
Zend with a nice cross.
Zend scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zend is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Zend.
Zend throws a body punch but Danko moves out of range.
Zend lands a jab to Danko's midsection.
Zend's corner calls for a 1-2. Zend obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Danko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zend.
Zend tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Zend throws a jab when Danko was well out of range.
Zend pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zend scores with a jab. Danko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zend is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Danko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zend counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zend swings for the body but Danko moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zend throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zend tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zend, as that shot connected.
Danko throws a lazy uppercut
and Zend counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zend lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Danko is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Danko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zend.
Zend throws the kick towards the body but Danko avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danko. Zend does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zend cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zend throws a jab when Danko was well out of range.
Zend lunges at Danko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Danko's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Man Zend dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Danko drops his hands momentarily and Zend takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zend's jab looks to have found its range, popping Danko under the eye.
Zend misses with a looping left.
Danko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zend avoids the body shot from Danko.
Danko walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Danko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Danko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danko misses with a left hand
and Zend cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zend stalks Danko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Danko's face. Danko staggers backwards, shaken.
Man Zend is winning the standup battle so far.
Zend misses with a kick to the body.
Zend darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zend throws a jab but it's blocked by Danko.
Zend throws an off balance right hand
and Zend takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zend takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zend misses with a straight right.
Danko throws an off balance right hand
and Zend counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danko throws a leg kick
and Zend cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zend throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Danko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zend misses with a shot to the body
and Danko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good exchange - Danko coming out on top.
Zend misses with a lunging right hand
and Danko counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danko throws a poor cross that misses
and Zend counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Danko might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Zend has got the better of the exchanges.
Danko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zend.
Danko thows a body shot but no joy.
Zend connects with a good right hand that stumbles Danko. Danko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Danko misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zend, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Danko misses with an uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Danko.
Zend throws a jab but it's blocked by Danko.
Danko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zend throws the left hand but Danko avoids the punch easily.
Zend throws out a loose jab but Danko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danko misses with a body kick.
Danko misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Zend to counter with a crisp jab.
A leg kick checked by Zend.
Zend lands a head kick. Danko smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Danko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zend is looking to clinch.
Zend scores with a head kick.
Man Zend seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zend pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zend throws a lazy uppercut
and Danko counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zend swings widly with a right hand
and Danko counters with a right hand to the body.
An inside leg kick from Danko misses.
Danko misses with an uppercut
and Zend counters with a nice body shot.
Zend swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Danko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zend swings away with a body shot that misses
and Danko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zend.
Zend scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decent striking displayed by Zend there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danko walks into a straight right hand from Zend.
Zend misses with a left hand
and Danko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Man Zend will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Zend misses with an uppercut
and Danko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Danko thows a leg kick but Zend checks it
and Zend counters with a nice body shot.
Danko misses with a left hand
and Zend counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danko tries to land a leg kick but Zend saw it coming and moves away.
Danko defending well as Zend loads up on a big left hand.
Zend thows a body shot but no joy.
Danko takes a swing at Zend's ribcage but misses.
Zend throws a poor cross that misses
and Zend takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Danko misses with a lunging right hand
and Zend counters with a straight right hand.
Zend scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Danko misses with an uppercut
and Zend counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zend misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Danko misses with a right hand
and Zend cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Danko misses with a looping right.
Zend misses with a right hand
and Danko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danko misses with a right hand
and Zend counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zend misses with a lunging right hand
and Danko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danko misses with a lunging right hand
and Zend cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zend pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zend pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zend.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zend connects with a single shot there.
Zend throws a jab when Danko was well out of range.
Danko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zend counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Danko dodges the punch combination from Zend.
Danko throws a sloppy body shot
and Zend counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Danko is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Zend bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zend swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Danko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Good exchange - Danko coming out on top.
Danko misses with a low kick.
Danko stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zend.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zend throws the kick towards the body but Danko avoids it.
Danko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Danko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danko misses with a hook to the body
and Zend counters with a head kick. That will keep Danko thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Danko misses the jab.
Zend connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ivan Danko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zend takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Danko misses with a hook
and Zend counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zend lands with a right hand.
Danko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Danko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zend.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zend lands a jab to Danko's midsection.
Zend jabs Danko right on the nose. Danko blinks but takes it well.
Zend thows a body shot but no joy.
Zend uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Danko.
Zend throws a head kick that Danko semi-blocks.
Zend looks to land a left hand but Danko moved out of range nicely.
Man Zend is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head kick misses from Zend.
Zend takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zend connects with a jab.
Zend lands with a hook. Danko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danko throws a push kick but Zend slaps the foot to one side.

And that's the end of the fight!
Man Zend showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zend has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Man Zend!