PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Mayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anatoliy Lapikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever. Lapikov has chosen AC/DC - Hells Bells as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mayo
vs
Lapikov

170 cm
42
142 lbs
32 - 29 - 1

186 cm
27
220 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 32 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Mayo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anatoliy Lapikov!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lapikov wants to slow Mayo down by chopping away at his legs.
Lapikov misses with a body shot

and Mayo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mayo.
Lapikov tries to throw a body punch but Mayo avoids it by throwing Lapikov back against the cage.
I was talking to Mayo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mayo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lapikov up against the cage.
Mayo landing knees to the body.
Mayo lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Lapikov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lapikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lapikov throws a head punch that misses.
Lapikov lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lapikov.
Come on Mayo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lapikov blocks a body shot from Mayo.
Mayo gets through Lapikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mayo avoids the elbow strike from Lapikov, against the cage.
Mayo taking a breather.
Lapikov lands with a right to the head.
We've been informed that Lapikov has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Lapikov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapikov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mayo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lapikov blocks it with crossed arms.
Lapikov missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lapikov.
Lapikov misses with the head strike.
Lapikov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayo is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapikov.
Mayo tries to stall but Lapikov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mayo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lapikov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lapikov.
Mayo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lapikov pushes off an throws an elbow but Mayo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mayo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mayo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Lapikov.

Mayo is rocked!
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!
Lapikov unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Mayo! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lapikov is unloading with more strikes now! Mayo drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anatoliy Lapikov!
During a confident post fight interview, Anatoliy Lapikov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.