PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vanapa Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Animai might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Here comes the hotstepper. Tomasz Drwal struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.5lbs 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. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Animai
vs
Drwal

186 cm
28
212 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

187 cm
24
224 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vanapa Animai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomasz Drwal!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Animai shoots and misses
and Drwal counters with a right hand to the body.
Animai has his takedown stuffed
and Drwal counters with an inside leg kick.
Drwal cracks Animai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drwal scores with a shot to the body.
Drwal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Animai's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Animai misses with a takedown
enabling Drwal to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vanapa Animai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Animai shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Drwal to counter with a crisp jab.
Drwal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vanapa Animai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Animai shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Drwal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Animai doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Animai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Animai is breathing heavily.
Drwal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Drwal looks to throw the jab but Animai is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Animai takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Animai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drwal.
Animai with a lazy takedown attempt
and Drwal counters with a good low kick that Animai was not able to check.
Animai misses with a takedown attempt
letting Drwal counter with a right hand.
Animai shoots and misses
and Drwal counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Drwal.

Oooooh!!! Drwal has knocked Animai down with a huge combo! Drwal steps away and waves a wobbly Animai back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Animai is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Animai takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Oh Animai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Drwal throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Animai crashing down! Animai tries to stagger back to his feet but Drwal just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Animai asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomasz Drwal!
After winning the bout, Tomasz Drwal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.