PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viacheslav Datsik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Conteh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Viacheslav Datsik's chin.

Datsik
vs
Conteh

188 cm
38
212 lbs
34 - 18 - 0

183 cm
33
208 lbs
21 - 10 - 1

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World class boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viacheslav Datsik!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conteh cracks a nice hook into Datsik's ribs.
Conteh ducks under a wild hook from Datsik.
A countering left hand to the body from Conteh misses.
Conteh keeps the fight on the outside.
We've been informed that Conteh 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.
Datsik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Datsik misses with a body punch
and Datsik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Datsik scores with a jab to the jaw.
Conteh takes a swing at Datsik's ribcage but misses.
Datsik just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Conteh's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Datsik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Conteh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conteh misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Datsik has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conteh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Datsik wants to clinch.
It seemed like Conteh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Datsik tries to clinch up but Conteh circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Datsik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Conteh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Datsik's corner calls for a 1-2. Datsik obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Datsik lands a nice leg kick that just misses Conteh's sensitive parts.
Datsik lands a front kick.
Datsik is looking to clinch but Conteh is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Datsik. Those never looked like landing.
Datsik misses with a leg kick
and Conteh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Datsik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conteh.
Datsik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Datsik throws out a powerful jab.
Viacheslav Datsik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Datsik swings widly with a right hand
and Conteh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Datsik moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Datsik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Conteh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Datsik misses with some punches.
Conteh throws a head punch that misses.
Conteh blocks the elbow strike.
Datsik lands an elbow inside.
Conteh lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Datsik lands an elbow inside that Conteh shrugs off.

It looks like John Conteh has been cut.
Conteh lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conteh.
Datsik misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Datsik throws an elbow but misses.
Datsik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conteh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Datsik misses with some punches.
Datsik lands an elbow just above Conteh 's eye.
Conteh lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conteh blocks an uppercut.
Datsik throws a punch but it's blocked by Conteh.
Conteh presses Datsik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Datsik misses with a punch on the inside.
Conteh avoids the elbow strike from Datsik, against the cage.
Conteh blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Conteh.
Datsik misses with an elbow over the top.
Datsik blocking some punches.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
Conteh misses with a punch to the body.
Datsik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conteh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conteh swings wildly with an uppercut but Datsik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conteh scores with a hook to the body.
Conteh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Conteh lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Datsik.
Conteh misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Datsik.
A head punch on the inside from Datsik fails to land.
Datsik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Datsik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Conteh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Conteh is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Conteh fails to land.
Datsik throws an elbow that misses.
Datsik blocks an uppercut.
Datsik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Conteh.
Conteh lands a shot to the body.
Datsik is breathing heavily.
Conteh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conteh lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Datsik fails to land.
Conteh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conteh blocking some punches.
Datsik blocks an uppercut.
Conteh blocks an elbow strike.
Conteh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Datsik backwards.
Nice elbow from Datsik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Viacheslav Datsik will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Conteh'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.

Conteh lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Datsik at a distance.
Datsik misses with an uppercut.
Conteh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Conteh avoids the head kick by Datsik.
Viacheslav Datsik is winning the standup battle so far.
Conteh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Datsik misses with a kick to the body.
Datsik closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Conteh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Datsik was well out of range. Poor timing from Conteh.

Datsik closes the distance and pushes Conteh back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Datsik blocking some punches.
Datsik blocking some punches.
Conteh has a couple of punches blocked by Datsik.
Datsik blocking some punches.
Datsik throws an elbow that misses.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Datsik.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh lands a left hand.
Conteh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Datsik throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Conteh.

Datsik is rocked!
Datsik prevents a body shot from Conteh.
Conteh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conteh lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Datsik to his knees! Conteh keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Conteh!
John Conteh is the new light heavyweight champion!
John Conteh decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.