PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boris Zhivago (ranked 1832 p4p, 207 weight class) and Taco Stiffy (ranked 2940 p4p, 300 weight class). Zhivago comes to the cage accompanied by Cold as Ice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Zhivago
vs
Stiffy

172 cm
27
164 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

174 cm
26
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris Zhivago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taco Stiffy!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Stiffy misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Stiffy misses its intended target.
Taco Stiffy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhivago scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Stiffy, as that shot connected.
Stiffy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stiffy throws a lazy uppercut

and Zhivago moves into the clinch.
Stiffy misses with a body punch.
Zhivago tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zhivago works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stiffy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zhivago slows down the pace here.
Zhivago has a couple of punches blocked by Stiffy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stiffy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee calls for Zhivago to work.
Stiffy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stiffy tries to work over Zhivago's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Zhivago.
Stiffy working aggressively here.
Zhivago lands a body shot.
Zhivago lands with a left to the head.
Zhivago throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stiffys head.

Zhivago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stiffy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhivago moves away.
Stiffy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Zhivago misses with a jab to the body
and Stiffy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stiffy throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Zhivago to counter with a crisp jab.
Stiffy misses with a hook to the body
and Zhivago counters with a body kick that stops Stiffy in his tracks momentarily.
Stiffy cracks a nice hook into Zhivago's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Stiffy.
Stiffy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zhivago sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhivago swings for the body but Stiffy moves out of range.
Stiffy scores with a hook to the body. Zhivago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stiffy throws a hook but Zhivago blocks it.
Stiffy misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Zhivago misses its intended target.
Stiffy throws an off balance right hand
and Zhivago counters with a good low kick that Stiffy was not able to check.
Stiffy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taco Stiffy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stiffy throws a big shot that misses.
Stiffy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zhivago.
Stiffy throws the left hand but Zhivago avoids the punch easily.
Stiffy misses with an uppercut

and Zhivago counters with a single leg into guard. Stiffy didn't expect that.
Zhivago throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stiffy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zhivago keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stiffy's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhivago stands up over Stiffy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zhivago lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zhivago is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stiffy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zhivago's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stiffy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zhivago is pushing down on Stiffy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Stiffy is fighting to maintain full guard but Zhivago has managed to sneak the leg through.
Zhivago throwing shots but Stiffy is blocking nicely.
Zhivago thows a huge punch but Stiffy dodges it nicely.
Zhivago scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zhivago missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zhivago working the head and body with strikes.
Zhivago is trying to control. Stiffy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zhivago controlling the pace.
Stiffy is trying to control but can't.
Zhivago controlling the action here.
Zhivago has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiffy wants to get back to his feet.
Stiffy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zhivago is working away from the top position though.
Zhivago winds up and cracks Stiffy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stiffy trying to hold on to Zhivago's head to control him but Zhivago postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zhivago prevents Stiffy from standing back up.
Zhivago working Stiffy over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Zhivago there.
Zhivago scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stiffy is looking to control Zhivago's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stiffy avoid being mounted?
Zhivago slips a nice elbow through Stiffy's hands, connecting with Stiffy's forehead.

Stiffy is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boris Zhivago dominated that round.
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.

Stiffy misses the shot to the body.
Zhivago comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stiffy misses with the combination.
Zhivago half committed to a counter leg kick.
Stiffy throws a shot from downtown. Zhivago moves away and avoids it.
Zhivago half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Stiffy misses with a looping right.
Stiffy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zhivago counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zhivago moves out of range as Stiffy strikes.
Zhivago lands with a straight right. Stiffy didn't see that one coming.
A bone on bone clash there as Stiffy blocks the leg kick.
Boris Zhivago is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Stiffy misses.
Zhivago is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stiffy can do to turn this around?
Stiffy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhivago cracks Stiffy with a hook to the temple - Stiffy is on wobbly legs here! Zhivago swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Stiffy falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Zhivago wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Boris Zhivago!
A very excited looking Boris Zhivago made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.