PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Butane (ranked 6836 p4p, 1987 weight class) and Igor Shevchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Butane might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Genesis. Shevchenko is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mouth For War - Pantera. Igor Shevchenko acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Butane
vs
Shevchenko

197 cm
38
255
23 - 20 - 0

190 cm
28
270
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hulk Butane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Igor Shevchenko!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shevchenko circles away quickly and effectively.
Shevchenko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Butane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Butane takes one to the side of the head.
Shevchenko fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Butane slips under a jab.
Shevchenko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butane.
Shevchenko blocks a jab.
Hulk Butane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Butane is looking to chop away at Shevchenko's legs.
Shevchenko looks to throw the jab but Butane is out of range.
Shevchenko slips under a jab from Butane.
Butane lands a leg kick that knocks Shevchenko off balance momentarily.
Butane misses with a hook to the body
enabling Shevchenko to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Shevchenko.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shevchenko misses with a two punch combination.
Butane loads up on a big right hand but Shevchenko slips the punch.
Shevchenko throws a shot from downtown. Butane moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Shevchenko crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Butane - the referee stops the clock and Shevchenko gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Butane. Shevchenko manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Butane connects with the punch.
Shevchenko missing with a left hand there. Butane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab from Butane.
Butane 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.
Butane throws a leg kick
and Shevchenko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Butane throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shevchenko with a nice calf kick.
Butane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Shevchenko checks a leg kick.
Butane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shevchenko.
Butane drops his hands momentarily and Shevchenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shevchenko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Butane eats them both and turns towards Shevchenko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shevchenko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shevchenko walks into a stiff left hand from Butane.
A low kick from Shevchenko misses
and Butane makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A jab from Butane misses.
Shevchenko is looking for the big counter here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shevchenko scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Butane doesn't seem bothered though.
Butane misses with the combination.
A low kick lands for Butane.
Shevchenko throws a leg kick but Butane checks it.
Shevchenko fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Butane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Butane digs a good hook to Shevchenko's body.
Butane fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shevchenko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Butane misses with a lunging right hand
and Shevchenko counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shevchenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Butane misses with a body shot
and Shevchenko counters with a nice uppercut.
No joy there for Shevchenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shevchenko misses with a looping right.
Shevchenko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butane circles away quickly and effectively.
Butane feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shevchenko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Butane connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shevchenko scrambles back to his feet.
Butane looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shevchenko throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Butane counters with a nice uppercut.
Butane lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Butane scores with a kick to the body.
Shevchenko walks into a left hand.
Shevchenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butane.
Shevchenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Butane throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shevchenko on the side of the head.
Butane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shevchenko.
A counter left hand to the body from Butane misses its target.
Butane on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Shevchenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Butane.
Nice shot lands for Shevchenko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butane throws a right hand that misses
and Shevchenko counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Butane misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shevchenko walks into a jab.
Butane looks to land a right hand but Shevchenko moved out of range.
Shevchenko ducks under a wild hook from Butane.
The fighters circling - Butane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shevchenko misses with a looping right.
Butane throws a jab when Shevchenko was well out of range.
Butane misses with a hook.
Shevchenko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A low kick from Shevchenko misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Butane scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Butane misses with a looping left.
Shevchenko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Butane attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shevchenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Igor Shevchenko will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Shevchenko.
Butane scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shevchenko in his tracks.
Butane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shevchenko manages to avoid it.
Shevchenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shevchenko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Butane misses with a body kick.
Jab by Shevchenko.
Shevchenko slips under a jab.
Shevchenko checks a low kick from Butane.
Butane tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Butane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shevchenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Butane.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butane looks to score with a jab to the body but Shevchenko is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Shevchenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shevchenko does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Good work by Shevchenko as he checks the leg kick.
Shevchenko feints a counter leg kick.
Shevchenko works Butane's body with a nice hook.
Butane is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shevchenko scores with a punch to the head.
Shevchenko has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Butane moves out of range of the body kick from Shevchenko.
Butane tries a head kick but it misses.
Shevchenko lands a front kick.
Igor Shevchenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Butane.
A looping hook to the body misses from Butane. Shevchenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Butane takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Shevchenko lands a big head kick that sends Butane tumbling to the mat! Shevchenko takes a step backwards and waves Butane back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Butane is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Butane.
Butane works Shevchenko's body with a nice hook.
Butane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Shevchenko lands a big uppercut and Butane crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Butane looks OK. Shevchenko waves Butane back to his feet!
Oh Butane is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shevchenko catches Butane with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Butane forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Igor Shevchenko!
Igor Shevchenko thanked the fans post fight for their support.