PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roarus Dinosaur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toghrul Rasizade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roarus Dinosaur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dinosaur
vs
Rasizade

153 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

173 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Hates pizza

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

IniTech Nutrition

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roarus Dinosaur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toghrul Rasizade!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasizade throws a shot from downtown. Dinosaur moves away and avoids it.
Rasizade misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - Dinosaur coming out on top.
Dinosaur throws a head kick that misses.
Rasizade keeps the fight on the outside.
Dinosaur tries to clinch up but Rasizade circles away and keeps his distance.
Rasizade avoids the head kick by Dinosaur.

Rasizade darts in and clinches Dinosaur up against the cage.
Rasizade keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dinosaur's efforts to push away.
Dinosaur wants to get back to striking at distance but Rasizade won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Dinosaur.
Rasizade throws an elbow that misses.
Dinosaur is trying to break free.
A short left from Dinosaur.
Rasizade is pushing Dinosaur up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasizade misses with a punch on the inside.
Dinosaur lands a nice uppercut.
Rasizade changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dinosaur fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dinosaur feints and then cracks Rasizade's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rasizade down.
Rasizade has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dinosaur tries to clinch there but Rasizade circles away.
Dinosaur swinging wildly here.
Dinosaur definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Danga de danga de dang - Dinosaur scores with a four punch combination!
Dinosaur throws a front kick that sends Rasizade stumbling back into the cage.

Rasizade has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rasizade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinosaur prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rasizade misses with a punch on the inside.
Rasizade misses with a body punch.

Rasizade gets a trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Rasizade content to control rather than advance.
Dinosaur pushes Rasizade off looking to stand but Rasizade dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rasizade performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dinosaur won't allow Rasizade to pass to mount.
Rasizade controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinosaur tries to get to full guard but Rasizade has control of the leg.
Rasizade sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dinosaur wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dinosaur manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rasizade pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dinosaur is keeping the position for now.
Dinosaur is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dinosaur lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Rasizade wants to sweep here but Dinosaur controlling him for the moment.
Dinosaur is fighting to break Rasizade's control of his arms but Rasizade is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinosaur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rasizade has his hands on Dinosaur's head, controlling the position.
Dinosaur throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rasizade works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dinosaur distracts Rasizade with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dinosaur working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dinosaur stopping the sweep attempt from Rasizade.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rasizade is on top in guard.

Dinosaur being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roarus Dinosaur dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dinosaur throws a series of punches but Rasizade moves out of range.
Dinosaur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rasizade throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rasizade throws the left hand but Dinosaur avoids the punch easily.
Dinosaur ducks under a wild hook from Rasizade.
A combination from Dinosaur does no damage.
Dinosaur changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rasizade tries to avoid it but Dinosaur manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rasizade to the ground. Rasizade escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Toghrul Rasizade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rasizade attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rasizade scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dinosaur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinosaur bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dinosaur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dinosaur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Dinosaur as Rasizade shoots in.
Dinosaur attempts a counter takedown but Rasizade avoids it well and moves away.

Rasizade feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Toghrul Rasizade has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasizade controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dinosaur wants to stand and escape but Rasizade is having none of it.
Rasizade postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rasizade's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rasizade pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dinosaur is keeping the position for now.
Rasizade slips nicely into half guard.
Dinosaur gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinosaur looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rasizade stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dinosaur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rasizade passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dinosaur is trying to escape the position but Rasizade is controlling the position.
Rasizade working the head with strikes.
Rasizade taking a breather here.

Rasizade wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dinosaur, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinosaur is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rasizade controls the position from side control.

Rasizade has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Dinosaur is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Rasizade yanks on the arm and Dinosaur is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Rasizade.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Toghrul Rasizade!
Toghrul Rasizade really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that IniTech Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.