PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gaff Terra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Mazaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mazaro is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hed Pe - Raise Hell. Ivan Mazaro struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Ivan Mazaro will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Terra
vs
Mazaro

189 cm
18
201 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
195 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaff Terra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Mazaro!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terra tests Mazaro's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Ivan Mazaro has been cut.

Terra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mazaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Terra controls his hands.
Terra misses with an elbow strike.
Mazaro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terra.
Terra has Mazaro pressed against the cage, preventing Mazaro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Terra.
Terra keeps control of Mazaro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Terra scores with a shoulder strike.
Terra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Terra has Mazaro pressed against the cage, preventing Mazaro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mazaro avoiding damage as Terra throws knees to the body.
Mazaro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Terra taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Terra blocks an elbow strike from Mazaro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Terra.
Terra dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mazaro blocks an elbow strike.
Mazaro trying to land knees to the body.
Mazaro blocks an elbow strike.
Mazaro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Terra.
Terra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mazaro avoids the elbow strike from Terra, against the cage.
Mazaro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Terra lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Ivan Mazaro's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terra scores with a shoulder strike.
Mazaro tries to land knees in the clinch but Terra avoids the damage to the body.
Terra effectively controlling the action here.
Terra seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Terra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Terra breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Terra has Mazaro pressed against the cage.
Terra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mazaro tries to break free but Terra pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Terra effectively controlling the action here.
Mazaro is trying to maintain a safe position but Terra gets an underhook and turns Mazaro into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mazaro tries to break free but Terra pushes him back against the cage.
Terra pushes off an throws an elbow but Mazaro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mazaro avoids a wild elbow strike from Terra.

Mazaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Terra throws a right hand that Mazaro ducks under and follows up with a left that Mazaro also avoids with ease.
Mazaro misses with a leg kick.
Terra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mazaro counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Terra is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Terra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Terra throws an elbow that misses.
Mazaro misses with a knee strike.
Mazaro looks gassed!
Mazaro blocks an elbow strike from Terra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazaro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terra.
A nice right hand lands inside from Terra.
Nice elbow from Terra.
Terra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Terra scores with a shoulder strike.
Terra's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mazaro blocks an elbow strike.
Mazaro has had enough of the clinch but Terra keeps him there for the moment.
Terra stalling in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mazaro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terra is defending well for now.
Mazaro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Terra is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaff Terra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Mazaro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Terra works Mazaro's body with a nice hook.
Terra looks to land a combination but Mazaro avoids it well.
Mazaro looks to land a combination but Terra avoids it well.
Terra throws a good cross that connects.

Terra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Terra stalling in the clinch.
Terra lands an elbow inside.
Terra lands a nice uppercut.
Mazaro missing with knees to the body.
Mazaro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mazaro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terra avoids it.
Mazaro lands a good knee to the midsection. Terra won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Terra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mazaro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mazaro is breathing heavily.
Terra lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Terra breaks the clinch.
Terra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some bone on bone action there as Terra checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gaff Terra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Terra moves into the clinch.
Terra lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

The cut above Ivan Mazaro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Terra.
Terra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Terra has Mazaro pushed against the cage.
Terra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Terra is stalling here.
A short right from Terra on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terra has Mazaro pressed against the cage.
Terra missing with knees to the body.
Mazaro working hard to break the clinch.
Mazaro misses with a knee to the head.
Terra stalls.
Mazaro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Terra's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gaff Terra.
Mazaro moves in looking to clinch but Terra pushes him off.
Mazaro tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Terra swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazaro dodges the punch combination from Terra.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Terra misses with an elbow strike.
Mazaro takes an elbow to the temple.
Terra lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mazaro.
The referee calls for Terra to work.
Terra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mazaro blocks the elbow strike.
Terra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Ivan Mazaro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ivan Mazaro's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gaff Terra!