PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Katla Vanagandr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Driello Touredo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vanagandr
vs
Touredo

199 cm
27
230 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
26
242 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Katla Vanagandr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Driello Touredo!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Touredo takes one on the button.
Touredo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vanagandr throws a right and a left that Touredo avoids nicely.
Vanagandr misses with a looping right.
Vanagandr avoids the head kick by Touredo.
A head kick misses from Touredo.
Touredo swinging wildly here.
Vanagandr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vanagandr digs a good body shot into Touredo's ribs.
Vanagandr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Touredo.
Touredo jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Vanagandr tries to sprawl but Touredo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Vanagandr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vanagandr tries to get out of the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Vanagandr wants to control but Touredo is keeping busy.
Vanagandr wants to improve his position but Touredo is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Touredo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vanagandr's head.

Touredo wants to work for an arm triangle but Vanagandr is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Touredo is looking to take a break and control but Vanagandr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Touredo prevents Vanagandr from improving his position.

Touredo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Vanagandr sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanagandr is looking to control Touredo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vanagandr avoid being mounted?
Touredo is trying to control the action in half guard but Vanagandr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vanagandr is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Touredo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Touredo's back!
Touredo is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vanagandr wants to control but Touredo is keeping busy.
Touredo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Touredo is squirming around, avoiding Vanagandr's attempts to control the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanagandr looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touredo's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Touredo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vanagandr looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vanagandr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Touredo on the ground.
Vanagandr can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Touredo is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Katla Vanagandr.
A jab from Vanagandr misses.
Vanagandr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Touredo moves away.
Vanagandr throws a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Touredo throws a series of punches but Vanagandr moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Vanagandr as Touredo shoots in.
Touredo misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katla Vanagandr dominated that round.
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 head kick misses from Touredo.
Vanagandr looks to throw the jab but Touredo is out of range.
Vanagandr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Touredo.
Vanagandr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Vanagandr misses the target.
Touredo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Driello Touredo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanagandr swats away the attempt to clinch by Touredo.
Touredo looks to land a combination but Vanagandr avoids it well.
Touredo misses with a two punch combination.
Vanagandr misses with a body shot.
Vanagandr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Touredo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Touredo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Vanagandr eats them both and turns towards Touredo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Vanagandr misses with a combination
enabling Touredo to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanagandr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Touredo avoids the body shot from Vanagandr.
Vanagandr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Touredo on the side of the head.
Touredo looks to land a right hand but Vanagandr moved out of range.
Touredo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vanagandr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vanagandr misses with a left hand
and Touredo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Touredo connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Touredo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vanagandr throws out a powerful jab.
Vanagandr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touredo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Touredo throws a right hand that Vanagandr ducks under and follows up with a left that Vanagandr also avoids with ease.

Vanagandr lands a left and a right that send Touredo crashing to the mat, dazed. Vanagandr thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Driello Touredo has been cut.
Vanagandr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vanagandr cracks Touredo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vanagandr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vanagandr swats away the attempt to clinch by Touredo.
Touredo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Vanagandr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Touredo misses with a takedown attempt - Vanagandr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vanagandr misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touredo misses with a takedown attempt - Vanagandr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A big left from Vanagandr misses.
Vanagandr throws out a powerful jab.
Touredo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Touredo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vanagandr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Touredo punishes Vanagandr's body with a nice straight punch.
Vanagandr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Touredo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vanagandr throws a body punch but Touredo moves out of range.
Vanagandr misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Touredo misses with a two punch combination.
Touredo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Katla Vanagandr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Driello Touredo.
Touredo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Katla Vanagandr has been cut.
Touredo throws a low kick but Vanagandr avoids it.
Vanagandr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vanagandr connects with a right that clearly hurt Touredo. He's backed up against the ropes with nowhere to go as Vanagandr proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Touredo collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katla Vanagandr!
Katla Vanagandr made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Full damage, POW right in the kisser!'.