PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Braddock (ranked 1063 p4p, 120 weight class) and Dmitry Bezymyanny (ranked 1946 p4p, 231 weight class). Bezymyanny has chosen Little Richard - Long Tall Sally as his entrance music. 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.

Braddock
vs
Bezymyanny

185 cm
26
285 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
245 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Braddock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitry Bezymyanny!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock with a hook.
Braddock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Braddock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bezymyanny.
Braddock throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bezymyanny counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like John Braddock has been cut.
Bezymyanny fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Braddock on the side of the head.
Bezymyanny ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bezymyanny looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Braddock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bezymyanny uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braddock.
Bezymyanny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braddock was well out of range. Poor timing from Bezymyanny.
Braddock scores with a one two! Bezymyanny had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bezymyanny clobbers Braddock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braddock scores with the left hand. Bezymyanny knows he should have avoided that one.
Bezymyanny throws a nice looking combination but Braddock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bezymyanny pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Braddock has closed the distance and engaged Bezymyanny in a clinch.
Braddock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Braddock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Braddock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Braddock displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bezymyanny up against the cage.
Braddock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Bezymyanny pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bezymyanny rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Braddock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bezymyanny fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braddock walks into a straight right hand from Bezymyanny.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Braddock has Bezymyanny up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bezymyanny.
Bezymyanny wants to stall.
Bezymyanny blocking some punches.
Bezymyanny lands a hook that snaps the head of Braddock backwards.
Bezymyanny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Braddock.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braddock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bezymyanny's efforts to push away.
Braddock lands a right hand.
Bezymyanny tries to work over Braddock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Braddock keeps control of Bezymyanny as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bezymyanny is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Braddock working aggressively here.
Braddock lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezymyanny letting Braddock take a breather here.
Braddock has Bezymyanny pressed against the cage.
Braddock seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Bezymyanny has had enough of the clinch but Braddock keeps him there for the moment.
Braddock misses with a punch to the body.
Braddock stalling the fight.
Braddock slowing the pace effectively.
Braddock struggles to land a body shot inside as Bezymyanny controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Braddock.
Braddock has Bezymyanny pressed against the cage, preventing Bezymyanny from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braddock lands with a left to the head.
Braddock stalling.
Braddock prevents a body shot from Bezymyanny.
Braddock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Braddock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Braddock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Bezymyanny's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Braddock.
Braddock is working Bezymyanny over against the cage.
Braddock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bezymyanny backwards.
Bezymyanny looks winded!
Bezymyanny working hard to break the clinch.
Braddock pushes Bezymyanny back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bezymyanny letting Braddock take a breather here.
A frustrated look appears on Bezymyanny's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Braddock.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good body shot from Braddock.
Braddock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short left from Braddock.
Braddock has Bezymyanny pushed against the cage.
Bezymyanny prevents a body shot from Braddock.
Braddock lands with a light punch inside.
Braddock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bezymyanny tries to break free but Braddock pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Braddock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Braddock's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Braddock rushes Bezymyanny and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Braddock.
Braddock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Braddock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Braddock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bezymyanny has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Braddock lands a shot to the body.
Braddock creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bezymyanny's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bezymyanny drops to his knees and Braddock pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Braddock!
John Braddock retains his heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, John Braddock started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.