PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Teijo Tarzan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunther Octavius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tarzan
vs
Octavius

185 cm
25
300 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

210 cm
26
300 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Teijo Tarzan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunther Octavius!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Octavius is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tarzan's half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Octavius thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tarzan's head.
Octavius prevents Tarzan from standing back up.
Tarzan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Octavius.
Octavius trying to control the action but Tarzan is working from the bottom.
Tarzan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Octavius on the ground.

Tarzan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A left and a right from Octavius both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Teijo Tarzan has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Octavius shoots for a double leg takedown but Tarzan sprawls well. He's pushed Octavius's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Octavius punishes Tarzan's body with a nice straight punch.
A cross from Octavius lands.
Tarzan is breathing heavily.
Octavius throws a right and a left that Tarzan avoids nicely.

Octavius shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Octavius showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tarzan is trying to stand up here but Octavius is controlling him well.

Tarzan kicks off Octavius and gets to his feet.
Octavius lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tarzan at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarzan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Octavius misses with a double jab.
Octavius moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Octavius closes the distance and clinches up with Tarzan, looking for a takedown. Octavius pushes Tarzan against the cage but Tarzan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Octavius shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tarzan is trying to stand.
Octavius takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Octavius with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tarzan squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Octavius working Tarzan over with strikes here.
Octavius unloads with some shots from mount but Tarzan bucks and avoids them well.
Tarzan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Octavius working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tarzan is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Octavius lands a big shot there that rocks Tarzan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tarzan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Octavius lands a big elbow.
Octavius fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Octavius throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Octavius dominating with strikes here.
Octavius unloads with some shots from mount but Tarzan bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tarzan is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Octavius throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Octavius controlling his opponent.
Tarzan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tarzan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Octavius punching from mount but Tarzan doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Octavius punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tarzan prevents Octavius from taking his back.
Tarzan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Octavius throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tarzan really wants to buck Octavius off and get back to his feet.
Tarzan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Octavius.

Tarzan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Octavius.
Octavius punching from mount but Tarzan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Octavius looking to secure an arm triangle but Tarzan defends it well.

Octavius with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Octavius throws some wild stikes that Tarzan manages to avoid easily.
Tarzan wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Octavius misses with a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tarzan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Octavius.

Tarzan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Octavius.
Tarzan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Octavius looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tarzan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tarzan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tarzan really wants to buck Octavius off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunther Octavius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Teijo Tarzan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Octavius shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tarzan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Tarzan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Octavius asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Octavius looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Octavius scoring with punches and elbows.
Tarzan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Octavius asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Octavius tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Octavius has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tarzan prevents Octavius from moving into mount.
Gunther Octavius has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tarzan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Octavius controlling the position from side mount.
Octavius scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tarzan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Octavius asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Tarzan explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right-left combo lands from Octavius.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Octavius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tarzan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Octavius.
Gunther Octavius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarzan throws a series of punches but Octavius avoids them all with ease.
Octavius shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tarzan pinned against the cage. Tarzan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Octavius shoots in looking for a takedown. Tarzan tries to sprawl out of it but Octavius keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tarzan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Teijo Tarzan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gunther Octavius.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarzan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Octavius on the side of the head.
Octavius will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tarzan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tarzan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Octavius shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tarzan as he jumps to the side.
Teijo Tarzan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tarzan throws a right and a left that Octavius avoids nicely.
Octavius changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tarzan tries to avoid it but Octavius manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tarzan to the ground. Tarzan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tarzan cracks a nice hook into Octavius's ribs.
Nice cross by Tarzan.

It looks like Gunther Octavius has been cut.
Tarzan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gunther Octavius seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Octavius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tarzan.
Tarzan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tarzan throws an overhand right that lands on Octavius's shoulder, as Octavius tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tarzan.
Tarzan throws out a loose jab but Octavius uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Octavius throws a jab but it's blocked by Tarzan.
Tarzan missing with a left hand there. Octavius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Octavius lands a jab.
Tarzan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Octavius is defended easily by Tarzan.

Tarzan drops Octavius with a beautiful combination! Octavius stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tarzan is looking for the KO!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Octavius takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Octavius tries to move into range but Tarzan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tarzan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tarzan wants to land a leg kick but Octavius is out of range.

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

Octavius is rocked!
Tarzan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Octavius is still on wobbly legs! Can Tarzan finish him?
Tarzan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Octavius circles away quickly and effectively.
Tarzan misses with an uppercut. Octavius saw that one coming.
Octavius seems to have recovered his senses.
Tarzan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarzan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Octavius misses with a takedown attempt - Tarzan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Octavius shoots in but Tarzan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tarzan throws the left hand but Octavius avoids the punch easily.
Teijo Tarzan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Octavius misses with a few strikes there.
Octavius fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice jab there from Tarzan.
Octavius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tarzan.
Octavius misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tarzan with a jab.
Tarzan connects with a body shot that sends Octavius's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Teijo Tarzan dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tarzan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tarzan misses with a hook.
Octavius is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tarzan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tarzan misses the jab.
No joy there for Octavius, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Octavius feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tarzans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Octavius tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tarzan swivels and escapes.

Oooooh!!! Tarzan has knocked Octavius down with a huge combo! Tarzan steps away and waves a wobbly Octavius back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Tarzan misses.
Tarzan throws a hook to the side of Octavius's head but Octavius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tarzan throws a looping overhand right but Octavius ducks down to avoid it.
Tarzan slaps away a takedown attempt from Octavius, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Teijo Tarzan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gunther Octavius.
Octavius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tarzan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tarzan throws a hook but Octavius blocks it.
Tarzan cracks the inside of Octavius's front leg.
Tarzan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Octavius defending well as Tarzan loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Octavius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tarzan with a jab.
Tarzan throws a series of punches but Octavius moves out of range.
Tarzan throws the left hand but Octavius avoids the punch easily.
Octavius has his takedown stuffed
and Tarzan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tarzan scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice shot by Tarzan.
Tarzan throws a series of strikes that have Octavius backpedaling.
Octavius fails with a takedown attempt.
Octavius shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tarzan as he jumps to the side.
Tarzan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Octavius misses.

Oooooh!!! Tarzan has knocked Octavius down with a huge combo! Tarzan steps away and waves a wobbly Octavius back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Tarzan misses with a looping right.
Tarzan throws an overhand right that lands on Octavius's shoulder, as Octavius tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Octavius misses with the combination.
Octavius has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Octavius there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tarzan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tarzan throws an overhand right that lands on Octavius's shoulder, as Octavius tries to avoid the shot.
Octavius misses with a body shot.
Tarzan wants to slow Octavius down by chopping away at his legs.
Octavius tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tarzan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Octavius somewhat.
Tarzan scores with a three punch combo!
Octavius displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarzan throws out the jab.
Tarzan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Octavius. Octavius circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Octavius looks for a takedown but Tarzan sprawls well.
Tarzan tests Octavius's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tarzan misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Octavius shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tarzan as he jumps to the side.
Tarzan stuns Octavius with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tarzan lands a lovely overhand right.
Tarzan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tarzan lands a lovely overhand right.
Tarzan dodges the punch combination from Octavius.
Octavius takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Octavius has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tarzan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tarzan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Octavius doesn't seem bothered though.

Tarzan cracks Octavius with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tarzan has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Octavius to stand back up!
Octavius looks up at the clock. Bad move! Tarzan lands a right hand from hell, dropping Octavius. Tarzan pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teijo Tarzan!
Our winner, Teijo Tarzan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.