PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanislaw Dziuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ric Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanislaw Dziuk has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dziuk
vs
Flair

210 cm
28
290 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

185 cm
25
243 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stanislaw Dziuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ric Flair!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dziuk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dziuk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dziuk throws a jab but it's blocked by Flair.
Dziuk scores with a shot to the body.
Dziuk connects with a leg kick. Flair looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by Dziuk as he checks the leg kick.
Flair on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dziuk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dziuk throws a series of punches but Flair avoids them all with ease.
Flair throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Flair.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Flair crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dziuk - the referee stops the clock and Flair gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dziuk. Flair manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dziuk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dziuk misses with a two punch combination.
Flair wants to land a leg kick but Dziuk is out of range.
Flair feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dziuk's calf.
Dziuk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dziuk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flair takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dziuk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stanislaw Dziuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dziuk blocks a head kick by Flair.
Flair looks to score with a jab to the body but Dziuk is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dziuk misses with a hook.
Dziuk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dziuk looks to land a combination but Flair avoids it well.
Dziuk with a jab.
Dziuk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
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!
Dziuk looks to land a combination but Flair avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Dziuk. Those never looked like landing.
Flair looks to land a body kick but Dziuk moved away.
Dziuk looks to score with a jab to the body but Flair is just out of range.
Flair scores with a kick to the body.
Dziuk is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dziuk misses with a combination
and Flair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Stanislaw Dziuk has been cut.
Flair lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dziuk will feel that in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flair scores with a leg kick.
Dziuk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Flair scores with a nice head shot.
Dziuk avoids the head kick by Flair.
Dziuk throws a combination that misses
and Flair counters with a good low kick that Dziuk was not able to check.
Flair tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dziuk throws a hook but Flair blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dziuk swinging wildly here.
Flair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dziuk.
Flair lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A combination from Dziuk does no damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Flair.
Flair works Dziuk's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Flair rushes Dziuk and presses him up against the cage.
The referee calls for Flair to work.
Flair lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Flair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stanislaw Dziuk's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dziuk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dziuk scores with a nice right hand.
Dziuk misses with a leg kick
and Flair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dziuk throws a hook to the side of Flair's head but Flair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flair lands a nice hook to Dziuk's body. Dziuk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stanislaw Dziuk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dziuk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flair lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dziuk takes a step back to recover.
Flair throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flair lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dziuk 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Flair.

Stanislaw Dziuk's cut is getting worse.
Flair feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dziuk's calf.
Dziuk is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Flair moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dziuk keeps the fight on the outside.
Flair misses with a body kick.
Dziuk misses with a body shot.
Dziuk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Flair. That's going to slow Dziuk down.
Flair misses with a head kick.
A big right from Flair misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flair misses with a kick to the body.
Dziuk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Flair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flair lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ric Flair seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dziuk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dziuk misses with a low kick.
Dziuk works over Flair's head and body with a nice combination.
Flair slips a jab and a cross from Dziuk.
Flair throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Stanislaw Dziuk's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dziuk avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Flair throws a head kick but Dziuk moves out of range.
Dziuk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dziuk throws a hook but Flair avoids it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Flair.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Flair. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Flair gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dziuk is looking to break free of the clinch but Flair has double underhooks.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair is stalling here.
Flair has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flair taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dziuk.
Flair just leaning against Dziuk, taking a breather.
Flair scores with a shot to the side of Dziuk's head.

Jeez, Stanislaw Dziuk's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flair is working Dziuk over against the cage.

Flair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dziuk tries to bum rush Flair with a series of wild strikes but Flair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dziuk throws a right hand that misses
and Flair counters with an inside leg kick.
Flair looks to land a body kick but Dziuk moved away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flair is looking to clinch but Dziuk is avoiding it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Flair. That's going to slow Dziuk down.
Flair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Flair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stanislaw Dziuk's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dziuk blocks a head kick by Flair.
Dziuk throws a hook but Flair avoids it easily.

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

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ric Flair!
An out of breath Ric Flair thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.