PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Bartosiński (ranked 875 p4p, 1358 weight class) and Egor Kuznecov (ranked 56 p4p, 83 weight class). Bartosiński comes to the cage accompanied by H4J4 - Walka z cieniem. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bartosiński
vs
Kuznecov

195 cm
23
283
10 - 3 - 0

193 cm
25
283
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

30th Century Beer Store
Conquer

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tomasz Bartosiński!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egor Kuznecov!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartosiński rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Kuznecov counter with a right hand.
Bartosiński waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznecov.
Bartosiński takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bartosiński uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuznecov.
Bartosiński uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kuznecov.
Kuznecov tries to clinch up but Bartosiński circles away and keeps his distance.
Bartosiński sizes up Kuznecov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bartosiński moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznecov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuznecov just misses with a punch to the body.
Bartosiński throws a head kick that misses
and Kuznecov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kuznecov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznecov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bartosiński.
Bartosiński swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kuznecov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bartosiński looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A head kick misses from Bartosiński.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kuznecov scores with a jab to the body.
Bartosiński lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kuznecov's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznecov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bartosiński throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuznecov moves in looking to clinch but Bartosiński pushes him off.
Kuznecov moves out of range as Bartosiński throws a body kick.
Kuznecov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bartosiński.
A shot to the body from Bartosiński misses
enabling Kuznecov to counter with a crisp jab.
Bartosiński throws a leg kick that is checked

and Kuznecov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kuznecov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kuznecov throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bartosiński knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kuznecov on the ground.
Kuznecov tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kuznecov cracks Bartosiński with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kuznecov happy to just control the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznecov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Kuznecov in side control, throwing shots but Bartosiński defends.
Bartosiński is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Kuznecov is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuznecov dominating with strikes here.
Kuznecov landing strikes from the mount.
Kuznecov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kuznecov prevents Bartosiński from getting the reversal.
Bartosiński on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bartosiński tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznecov lands a big elbow.
Kuznecov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kuznecov thowing shots but they're missing.
Kuznecov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kuznecov misses with a head shot.
Kuznecov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kuznecov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartosiński is bucking up trying to escape but Kuznecov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kuznecov postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Bartosiński in real trouble here! The ref calls for Bartosiński to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Egor Kuznecov!
Egor Kuznecov is the new super heavyweight champion!
A victorious Egor Kuznecov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.