PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Osiris Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shachlo Popyachtsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smalls comes to the cage accompanied by Biggie Smalls - Niggas Bleed. Popyachtsa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Upyachka Dance. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Smalls
vs
Popyachtsa

188 cm
25
192 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

190 cm
35
202 lbs
29 - 22 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Osiris Smalls!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shachlo Popyachtsa!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Popyachtsa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Popyachtsa tries to clinch up but Smalls circles away and keeps his distance.
Popyachtsa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Popyachtsa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smalls circles away quickly and effectively.
Popyachtsa takes a swing at Smalls's ribcage but misses.

Smalls drives through with a takedown into Popyachtsa's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Smalls passes Popyachtsa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Smalls prevents Popyachtsa from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Popyachtsa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Popyachtsa wants to sweep but no luck.

Popyachtsa uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Popyachtsa scores with a nice strike.
Smalls throws a sloppy head kick and Popyachtsa moves out of range easily.
Smalls throws out a loose jab but Popyachtsa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shachlo Popyachtsa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Popyachtsa does no damage.
Popyachtsa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Popyachtsa closes the distance and clinches.
Smalls throws an elbow that misses.
Popyachtsa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Popyachtsa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Popyachtsa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Popyachtsa keeps control of Smalls as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smalls.
Popyachtsa throws a head punch that misses.
Smalls takes a shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Smalls.
Popyachtsa lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Popyachtsa breaks from the clinch.
Popyachtsa tries to bum rush Smalls with a series of wild strikes but Smalls uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Popyachtsa drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Smalls right on the button. Smalls goes down! Popyachtsa follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Popyachtsa gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shachlo Popyachtsa!
Shachlo Popyachtsa is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Shachlo Popyachtsa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.