PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yegor Savaryn (ranked 5792 p4p, 181 weight class) and Nic Tatarapulous (ranked 6555 p4p, 195 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Savaryn might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Anvil - Hammering sounds. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Savaryn
vs
Tatarapulous

203 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yegor Savaryn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nic Tatarapulous!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savaryn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatarapulous.
Tatarapulous tries to clinch but Savaryn moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Savaryn.
Tatarapulous throws an overhand right that lands on Savaryn's shoulder, as Savaryn tries to avoid the shot.
Tatarapulous tries to clinch
and Savaryn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tatarapulous's knee momentarily.
Tatarapulous throws a series of punches but Savaryn moves out of range.
Tatarapulous wants to clinch.
Tatarapulous misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatarapulous doesn't manage to clinch there - Savaryn circles away.
Savaryn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tatarapulous throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tatarapulous is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tatarapulous moves out of range of the strikes.
Savaryn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatarapulous tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Savaryn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Tatarapulous clinches.
Tatarapulous lands with a light punch inside.
Tatarapulous blocks a body shot from Savaryn.
Tatarapulous can't find room to land a body shot as Savaryn controls the action.
Savaryn has a couple of punches blocked by Tatarapulous.
Savaryn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tatarapulous misses with a hook from the clinch.
Savaryn tries to work over Tatarapulous's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Savaryn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tatarapulous tries a knee to the head but Savaryn blocks it.
Tatarapulous tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Savaryn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Savaryn lands with a right to the head.
Savaryn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Savaryn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatarapulous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tatarapulous tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savaryn's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savaryn lands a left hand.
Savaryn throws a punch but it's blocked by Tatarapulous.
Tatarapulous works on Savaryn's body with a couple of short punches.
Savaryn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatarapulous makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Savaryn throws a head punch that misses.
Savaryn avoids the elbow strike from Tatarapulous, against the cage.
Tatarapulous working aggressively here.
Savaryn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Savaryn throws a head punch that misses.
Tatarapulous scores with a hook to the body.
Savaryn is breathing heavily.
Tatarapulous blocks an uppercut.
Tatarapulous lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Savaryn blocks a body shot from Tatarapulous.
Savaryn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Savaryn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tatarapulous lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Savaryn backwards.
Tatarapulous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tatarapulous tries a body shot but Savaryn blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatarapulous misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tatarapulous misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tatarapulous lands an uppercut.
Savaryn misses with the head strike.
Savaryn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Savaryn fails to land.
Savaryn tries to work over Tatarapulous's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tatarapulous controlling the action here for a moment.
Tatarapulous digs a right hand into Savaryn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Savaryn's gas tank.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tatarapulous throws an elbow but misses.
Tatarapulous prevents a body shot from Savaryn.
Tatarapulous wants to stall.
Tatarapulous blocking some punches.
Savaryn has a couple of punches blocked by Tatarapulous.
Tatarapulous blocking some punches.
Tatarapulous lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savaryn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Tatarapulous.
Savaryn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Savaryn lands a shoulder strike.
Savaryn scores with a shot to the side of Tatarapulous's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savaryn swings wildly with an uppercut but Tatarapulous uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savaryn struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatarapulous controls his hands.
Tatarapulous lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Savaryn misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Tatarapulous.
Savaryn throws a head punch that misses.
Savaryn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tatarapulous misses with the head strike.
Savaryn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Savaryn throws a head punch that misses.
Savaryn misses with the head strike.
Savaryn tries to work over Tatarapulous's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tatarapulous tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nic Tatarapulous will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tatarapulous walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Savaryn drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Tatarapulous swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Savaryn's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nic Tatarapulous!
In defeat, Yegor Savaryn stepped up to the mic, saying 'Wow, you good.. No no, i just wasnt ready.'.