PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Twborg (ranked 1905 p4p, 235 weight class) and Alexey Juravlev (ranked 1878 p4p, 231 weight class). Twborg comes to the ring accompanied by I'l beat yo azz!. Johnny Twborg has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Twborg
vs
Juravlev

194 cm
35
272 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

182 cm
44
245 lbs
47 - 24 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Twborg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 24 - 2, fighting out of London, Alexey Juravlev!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juravlev swats away the attempt to clinch by Twborg.
Twborg is looking to clinch.
Twborg moves to clinch but Juravlev breaks away
and Juravlev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Twborg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Twborg backs off Juravlev throws a huge counter combo but Twborg manages to avoid it all.

Twborg moves into the clinch.
Juravlev misses with the head strike.
Twborg lands a right hand.
Twborg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Twborg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juravlev tries to land knees in the clinch but Twborg avoids the damage to the body.
Twborg struggles to land a body shot inside as Juravlev controls his hands.
Twborg can't find room to land a body shot as Juravlev controls the action.
Twborg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Twborg has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Juravlev pushes Twborg back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Juravlev.
Nice body punch from Twborg - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twborg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Twborg tries a body shot but Juravlev blocks it.

Juravlev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Juravlev lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Twborg backs up against the ropes.
Twborg tries to clinch but Juravlev moves away
and Juravlev counters with a straight right hand.

Twborg forces Juravlev back against the ropes and clinches.
Twborg scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like Alexey Juravlev has been cut.
Twborg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Juravlev.
Juravlev tries to throw a body punch but Twborg avoids it by throwing Juravlev back against the ropes.
Twborg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Twborg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Twborg lands with a right to the head.

Juravlev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Twborg tries to close the distance and clinch but Juravlev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twborg tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Juravlev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Twborg wants to clinch up but Juravlev keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Twborg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Twborg clinches up with Juravlev and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Twborg.
Juravlev misses with the head strike.
Juravlev is trying to maintain a safe position but Twborg gets an underhook and turns Juravlev into the ropes.
Twborg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Twborg lands a nice shot to the body.
Juravlev looks winded!
Twborg lands with a left to the head.
A body shot lands from Twborg.
Twborg digs a right hand underneath Juravlev's ribcage. Juravlev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Twborg is leaning against Juravlev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Twborg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Twborg lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Twborg scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Twborg.
Twborg tries a body shot but Juravlev blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juravlev looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Twborg.
Twborg misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Twborg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Twborg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Twborg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Juravlev's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Juravlev tries to keep at a distance but Twborg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Juravlev pushes Twborg back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Twborg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Juravlev manages to break the clinch.
Juravlev has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Twborg is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Twborg gets a clinch.
Juravlev blocks a body shot from Twborg.
Twborg tries to work over Juravlev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Twborg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Juravlev's elbow.
Juravlev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Twborg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Twborg misses with a punch to the body.
Twborg digs a right hand underneath Juravlev's ribcage. Juravlev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Twborg tries to throw a body punch but Juravlev avoids it by throwing Twborg back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Twborg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Twborg lands with a light punch inside.
Twborg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Juravlev can do to turn this around?
Twborg lands a nice shot to the body.
Juravlev prevents a body shot from Twborg.
Twborg misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Twborg creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Juravlev is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twborg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Juravlevs head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twborg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Twborg.
Twborg works on Juravlev's body with a couple of short punches.
Twborg lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That has opened up Alexey Juravlev's cut even more.
Twborg presses Juravlev against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Twborg pushes Juravlev back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Johnny Twborg has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Twborg tries to work over Juravlev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Juravlev blocks a body shot from Twborg.
Twborg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Twborg struggles to land a body shot inside as Juravlev controls his hands.
Twborg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Juravlev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Twborg lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Twborg.
A short uppercut from Twborg.
Juravlev tries to break free but Twborg pushes him back against the ropes.
Twborg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Twborg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Juravlev.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Twborg pushes Juravlev back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Twborg struggles to land a body shot inside as Juravlev controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Twborg.
Juravlev prevents a body shot from Twborg.
Juravlev throws a head punch that misses.
Twborg digs a right hand underneath Juravlev's ribcage. Juravlev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Twborg lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Twborg.
Twborg misses with a body punch.
Twborg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Twborg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Twborg lands with a light punch inside.
Twborg misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Twborg.
Twborg works on Juravlev's body with a couple of short punches.
Twborg presses Juravlev against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Twborg struggles to land a body shot inside as Juravlev controls his hands.
Twborg lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Twborg.
Twborg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Twborg works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Twborg misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Twborg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Juravlev'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Twborg has closed the distance and engaged Juravlev in a clinch.
Juravlev is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Juravlev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Juravlev breaks the clinch.

Twborg rushes Juravlev and presses him up against the ropes.
Juravlev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Juravlev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Twborg blocks it with crossed arms.
Twborg misses with a punch to the body.
Twborg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Juravlev misses with the head strike.
Juravlev is looking to break free of the clinch but Twborg has double underhooks.
Twborg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Juravlevs head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Twborg.
Twborg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Twborg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Juravlev backwards.
Twborg tries to throw a body punch but Juravlev avoids it by throwing Twborg back against the ropes.
Twborg lands with a left to the head.

Juravlev is rocked!

The cut above Alexey Juravlev's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice body punch from Twborg - that landed with a thud.
Juravlev is still on wobbly legs! Can Twborg finish him?
Juravlev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juravlev blocks a body shot from Twborg.
Twborg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Twborg creates a little bit of space and unloads with a massive uppercut! Juravlev drops to the mat, out cold! Wow, that was brutal! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Twborg!
Johnny Twborg bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.