PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Tepes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolai Demikovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tepes comes to the cage accompanied by uncle otis- the game. Demikovic has chosen Russian National Anthem as his entrance music. The key to victory for Vlad Tepes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Tepes
vs
Demikovic

185 cm
31
277 lbs
22 - 21 - 0

191 cm
32
250 lbs
22 - 23 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 22 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vlad Tepes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 23 - 2, fighting out of London, Nicolai Demikovic!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demikovic looks to clinch
and Tepes counters with a low kick, right behind Demikovic 's knee.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tepes. That's going to slow Demikovic down.
Tepes throws a head kick but Demikovic moves out of range.
Tepes checks a low kick from Demikovic.
Tepes swings for the body but Demikovic moves out of range.
Demikovic shoots in looking for a takedown but Tepes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Demikovic's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Tepes has Demikovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Tepes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Demikovic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tepes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Demikovic tries to pull guard but Tepes holds him up against the cage and eventually Demikovic drops back down to his feet.
Vlad Tepes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolai Demikovic.
Tepes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Demikovic wants a takedown but no success here.
Tepes lands with a short shot to the head.
Demikovic jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tepes walks away with a smile on his face. Demikovic gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A low kick from Demikovic is predictable there
and Tepes counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Nicolai Demikovic has been cut.
Demikovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tepes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tepes with a hook.
Tepes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demikovic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tepes pinned against the cage. Tepes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Demikovic gets a clinch.
Demikovic is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tepes is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tepes.
Demikovic looks winded!
Demikovic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tepes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tepes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tepes is pushing Demikovic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tepes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tepes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demikovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tepes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tepes.
Tepes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tepes tries to throw a body punch but Demikovic avoids it by throwing Tepes back against the cage.
Tepes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tepes.
Tepes lands a knee to the body.
Tepes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Nicolai Demikovic's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes lands a knee to the head.
Tepes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tepes missing with knees to the body.
Tepes is trying to stall.
Demikovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tepes lands with a left to the head.
Tepes can't find room to land a body shot as Demikovic controls the action.
Demikovic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tepes pulls his leg out and moves away.
Demikovic shoots in for a takedown but Tepes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Demikovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Tepes circles away.

Tepes has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tepes tries to land a knee to the head but Demikovic blocks with his arms.
Tepes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Demikovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Demikovic lands a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tepes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tepes unloads with some shots from mount but Demikovic bucks and avoids them well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tepes throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Demikovic because Tepes loaded up on that one.
Tepes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Demikovic is looking to escape.
Demikovic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vlad Tepes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicolai Demikovic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A jab from Tepes misses.

Demikovic gets tackled into the cage by Tepes. Tepes maintains the clinch.
Tepes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tepes missing with knees to the body.
Demikovic can't get the takedown.
Tepes misses with a punch on the inside.
Tepes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tepes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Demikovic's face.
Tepes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Demikovic is looking to break free of the clinch but Tepes has double underhooks.
Tepes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tepes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demikovic is defending well for now.
Vlad Tepes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Demikovic is trying to break the clinch but Tepes is controlling him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tepes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Demikovic is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Tepes.
Tepes with a knee to the head.
Tepes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tepes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Demikovic can do to turn this around?
A knee to the head by Tepes.

Demikovic ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Demikovic no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tepes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tepes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Demikovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tepes throws a big elbow that misses.
Tepes postures up in Demikovic's guard and throws a big left but Demikovic blocks it.
Tepes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Demikovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tepes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tepes trying to control the position from guard on top but Demikovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demikovic trying to control the position.
Tepes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tepes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tepes seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Demikovic is looking to clinch.
Vlad Tepes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tepes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Demikovic's sensitive parts.
Demikovic misses with a takedown
and Tepes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tepes catches Demikovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tepes.
Tepes misses with an uppercut. Demikovic saw that one coming.

Tepes lands a big uppercut and Demikovic crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Demikovic looks OK. Tepes waves Demikovic back to his feet!

Demikovic is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Tepes has closed the distance and engaged Demikovic in a clinch.
Demikovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Tepes finish him?
Demikovic stalling in the clinch but Tepes improves position.
Demikovic is trapped in a tight thai clinch here. Tepes pulls him left and then right before unleashing a vicious knee to the head. Oh damn - Demikovic is out cold! That's some serious business! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Vlad Tepes!
Vlad Tepes tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.