PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neal Monnelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Tatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monnelli comes into the arena with Legenda - Where the Devils Dance blaring out of the sound system. Tatov has chosen Superunknown as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monnelli
vs
Tatov

225 cm
24
312 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

201 cm
22
299 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Neal Monnelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Igor Tatov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monnelli scores with a sloppy right hand. Tatov should have avoided that one.
Monnelli keeps the fight on the outside.
Neal Monnelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monnelli has a takedown stuffed.
Monnelli lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Monnelli throws a series of punches but Tatov moves out of range.
Monnelli looks to throw the jab but Tatov is out of range.
Monnelli takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Monnelli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatov manages to avoid it.
Monnelli throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Tatov.
Tatov throws a right hand that Monnelli ducks under and follows up with a left that Monnelli also avoids with ease.

Tatov clinches up against the cage.
Tatov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatov tries to land a knee to the head but Monnelli blocks with his arms.
Tatov digs a right hand into Monnelli's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Monnelli's gas tank.
Monnelli is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Tatov.
Tatov lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Neal Monnelli has been cut.
Tatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Still in the clinch, Tatov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tatov pushes Monnelli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Tatov.
A nice left hand lands by Tatov.

Monnelli is rocked!
Monnelli's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Monnelli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tatov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Monnelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tatov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Monnelli seems to have got his legs back now.
Tatov misses with a knee strike.
Tatov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tatov scores with a shoulder strike.
Tatov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tatov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Monnelli's face.
Tatov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Tatov.
Tatov cracks Monnelli with a nice body shot.
Tatov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Monnelli backwards.
Tatov lands a body punch.
Tatov lands with a short shot to the head.

Tatov drops Monnelli onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Monnelli is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Monnelli is pressed against the cage. Tatov pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Monnelli! Two more big strikes from Tatov and Monnelli crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Igor Tatov!