PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ales Zhandunka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen Saliva-Badass as his entrance music. Ales Zhandunka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zhandunka
vs
King

220 cm
45
291 lbs
42 - 29 - 0

189 cm
29
227 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 42 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ales Zhandunka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony King!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by King or perhaps it was just good defense by Zhandunka, which made it look bad.
A head kick by King misses
and Zhandunka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
King slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
King throws a right hand that Zhandunka ducks under and follows up with a left that Zhandunka also avoids with ease.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Zhandunka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Nice shot lands for Zhandunka.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zhandunka.
King takes one to the chin there.
King gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Zhandunka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
King shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Zhandunka pinned against the cage. Zhandunka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zhandunka seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ales Zhandunka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony King.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King misses with a shot to the body
and Zhandunka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from King lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zhandunka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zhandunka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
King throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zhandunka counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhandunka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from King.
Zhandunka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Zhandunka connects with a crisp jab.

King is rocked!
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
King swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zhandunka counters with a crisp right that sends King to the canvas! Zhandunka follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ales Zhandunka!
A relieved looking Ales Zhandunka thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.