PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dzhugashvili comes to the cage accompanied by Gosudarstvenniy Gimn SSSR . Carl Statham is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
vs
Statham

187 cm
20
212 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
28
219 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Statham!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Statham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dzhugashvili moves out of range of the strikes.
Dzhugashvili getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Statham takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Statham tries to bum rush Dzhugashvili with a series of wild strikes but Dzhugashvili uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dzhugashvili throws a series of punches but Statham avoids them all with ease.

Dzhugashvili closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Statham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Statham misses with a body punch.
Statham misses with a punch on the inside.
Statham misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Statham throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dzhugashvili is trying to break free.
Dzhugashvili blocking some punches.
Dzhugashvili wants to break free but Statham has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham swings wildly with an uppercut but Dzhugashvili uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dzhugashvili takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Statham swings wildly with an uppercut but Dzhugashvili uses good head movement to avoid it.
Statham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Statham.
Statham misses with some punches.
Statham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Statham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Statham lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dzhugashvili backwards.
Statham misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dzhugashvili.
Statham misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short left from Statham.

Dzhugashvili pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Oooooh!!! Dzhugashvili has knocked Statham down with a huge combo! Dzhugashvili steps away and waves a wobbly Statham back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Carl Statham has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dzhugashvili connects with a nice cross there... Statham is looking wobbly and Dzhugashvili recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Statham to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Dzhugashvili jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili!
Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili very nearly forgot to thank BioPharm Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.