PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grisha Kamenow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kova Tangis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamenow's entrance music is Linkin Park - Bleed It Out. A fine choice. Grisha Kamenow had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Kamenow
vs
Tangis

189 cm
23
211 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

182 cm
24
218 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grisha Kamenow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kova Tangis!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamenow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tangis avoids a kick to the body.
Tangis moves in looking to clinch but Kamenow pushes him off.
Tangis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kamenow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tangis wants to clinch.
Kamenow throws a series of punches but Tangis avoids them all with ease.

Kamenow gets tackled into the cage by Tangis. Tangis maintains the clinch.

Tangis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kamenow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tangis doesn't manage to clinch there - Kamenow circles away.
Kamenow throws a head kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tangis - that will leave a mark!
Kamenow jabs at Tangis's body.
Kamenow keeps the fight on the outside.
Kamenow connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tangis fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kamenow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kamenow moves out of range as Tangis throws a body kick.
Tangis wants to clinch but Kamenow slips to the side
and Kamenow counters with a head kick.
A head kick by Kamenow misses

and Tangis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tangis.
Tangis wants to pass the guard but Kamenow is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kamenow is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tangis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tangis scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tangis stands up over Kamenow, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kamenow is looking to stand back up but Tangis counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Kamenow.
Tangis prevents Kamenow from improving his position.

Tangis stands up from half guard.
Kamenow throws a lazy head kick

and Tangis counters with a head kick that drops Kamenow to the mat! Kamenow scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Kamenow is rocked!
Kamenow is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tangis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oh Kamenow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tangis gets a clinch.

Tangis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tangis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Tangis gets a clinch.

Tangis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kamenow blocks a head kick by Tangis.
Kamenow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tangis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kamenow tries a head kick but it misses.
Kamenow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kamenow seems to have got his legs back now.

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

Tangis instigates a clinch.
Kamenow throws a knee to the head but misses.

Tangis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tangis wants to clinch.

Tangis instigates a clinch.
Tangis gets through Kamenow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Tangis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kamenow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kamenow.
Tangis connects with a leg kick. Kamenow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Tangis moves into the clinch.

Tangis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kamenow lands with a kick to the temple. Tangis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tangis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kamenow's sensitive parts.
Tangis fails in his attempt to clinch.

Tangis clinches with his opponent.
Kamenow looking to throw knees to the head but Tangis is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tangis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kamenow throws a knee to the head but misses.

Tangis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tangis tries to clinch but Kamenow is having none of it.
Tangis throws a head kick but Kamenow moves out of range.

Tangis rushes Kamenow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kamenow with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tangis lands a hook to the side of the head.

Tangis breaks the clinch.

Tangis drops Kamenow with a beautiful combination! Kamenow stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tangis is looking for the KO!
Kamenow keeps the fight on the outside.
Kamenow throws a big shot that misses.
Tangis is looking to clinch but Kamenow is avoiding it.
Tangis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kamenow throws a sloppy head kick and Tangis moves out of range easily.

Tangis drives through and clinches with Kamenow against the cage.
Tangis stalls.
Kamenow is trying to force a seperation but Tangis has the dominant position.
Kamenow dodges an elbow strike from Tangis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kamenow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tangis is struggling to control the position.

Tangis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kova Tangis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A head kick misses from Kamenow.
Kamenow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tangis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Tangis clinches with his opponent.
Tangis managing to block the knees to the body from Kamenow.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kamenow tries a knee to the head but Tangis blocks it.
Tangis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kamenow is defending well for now.

Tangis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kamenow keeps the fight on the outside.
Kamenow tries a head kick but it misses.

Tangis lands a left and a right that send Kamenow crashing to the mat, dazed. Tangis thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tangis tries to clinch up.
Kamenow is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Tangis just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Kamenow has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kova Tangis!
A victorious Kova Tangis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.