PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Mayhem (ranked 5037 p4p, 469 weight class) and Evgeni Rasputin (ranked 6961 p4p, 522 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mayhem
vs
Rasputin

175 cm
18
243 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
236 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

VENUM MMA WEAR
Woodhouse's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bryan Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Evgeni Rasputin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rasputin darts in and clinches Mayhem up against the cage.
Mayhem can't find room to land a body shot as Rasputin controls the action.
Rasputin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rasputin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mayhem lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rasputin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
A short right from Rasputin.
Mayhem lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rasputin backwards.
Mayhem takes a shot to the head.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rasputin tries to work over Mayhem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mayhem.
Rasputin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mayhem definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rasputin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mayhem backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rasputin.
Rasputin tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Rasputin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rasputin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rasputin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mayhem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mayhem lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rasputin or not.
A head punch on the inside from Rasputin fails to land.
Rasputin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rasputin misses with some punches.
Rasputin misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Rasputin.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.
Rasputin throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mayhem.

It looks like Evgeni Rasputin has been cut.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem blocking some punches.
Rasputin prevents a body shot from Mayhem.
Rasputin misses with the head strike.
Rasputin has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
Rasputin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rasputin has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
Rasputin scores with a shot to the side of Mayhem's head.
Rasputin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rasputin lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rasputin.
Mayhem blocking some punches.
Mayhem can't find room to land a body shot as Rasputin controls the action.
Rasputin throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rasputin.
Mayhem lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rasputin or not.
Rasputin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mayhem lands with a light punch inside.
Rasputin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mayhem blocking some punches.
Rasputin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rasputin tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
Rasputin throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayhem blocks a body shot from Rasputin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mayhem.
A head punch on the inside from Rasputin fails to land.
Rasputin misses with a punch on the inside.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rasputin tries to throw a body punch but Mayhem avoids it by throwing Rasputin back against the cage.
Rasputin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rasputin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rasputin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
Rasputin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rasputin 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.

Evgeni Rasputin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evgeni Rasputin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rasputin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mayhem counters with a straight right hand.
Rasputin throws a combination that misses
and Mayhem counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rasputin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mayhem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rasputin tries to close the distance and clinch but Mayhem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mayhem closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rasputin throws a lazy uppercut
and Mayhem counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rasputin forces Mayhem back against the cage and clinches.
Mayhem misses with the head strike.
Rasputin tries to work over Mayhem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rasputin lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mayhem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Rasputin fails to land.
Rasputin can't find room to land a body shot as Mayhem controls the action.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.
Mayhem lands a body shot.
Rasputin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rasputin has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
Rasputin scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rasputin fails to land.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evgeni Rasputin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rasputin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mayhem backwards.
Rasputin throws a head punch that misses.
Rasputin can't find room to land a body shot as Mayhem controls the action.
Rasputin misses with a punch to the body.
Mayhem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mayhem prevents a body shot from Rasputin.
Rasputin tries to work over Mayhem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
Mayhem blocks a body shot from Rasputin.
Rasputin tries to work over Mayhem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mayhem misses with some punches.
Rasputin tries to work over Mayhem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rasputin tries to throw a body punch but Mayhem avoids it by throwing Rasputin back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rasputin blocks a body shot from Mayhem.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rasputin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Rasputin on the inside.
Rasputin lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Rasputin.
Rasputin blocks an uppercut.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rasputin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rasputin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rasputin misses with a punch to the body.
Rasputin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mayhem backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mayhem backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rasputin blocking some punches.
Mayhem gets through Rasputin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rasputin scores with a shoulder strike.
Rasputin lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rasputin.
A short left from Rasputin.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mayhem working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rasputin misses with the head strike.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mayhem tries a body shot but Rasputin blocks it.
Rasputin throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evgeni Rasputin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Evgeni Rasputin's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Mayhem has closed the distance and engaged Rasputin in a clinch.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mayhem.
Rasputin misses with a body punch.
Rasputin struggles to land a body shot inside as Mayhem controls his hands.
Mayhem struggles to land a body shot inside as Rasputin controls his hands.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rasputin misses with a punch on the inside.
Rasputin misses with the head strike.
Rasputin digs a right hand underneath Mayhem's ribcage. Mayhem let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rasputin.
A left hand lands to the body for Rasputin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Rasputin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rasputin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin lands with a light punch inside.
Rasputin has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.
Rasputin tries a body shot but Mayhem blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Rasputin fails to land.
Rasputin tries to throw a body punch but Mayhem avoids it by throwing Rasputin back against the cage.
Rasputin scores with a shot to the side of Mayhem's head.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Mayhem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mayhem tries to throw a body punch but Rasputin avoids it by throwing Mayhem back against the cage.
Rasputin misses with some punches.
Rasputin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rasputin scores with a hook to the body.
Rasputin blocking some punches.
Mayhem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rasputin has a couple of punches blocked by Mayhem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem blocks an uppercut.
Rasputin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mayhem's elbow.
Mayhem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
Rasputin throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Rasputin - that landed with a thud.
Rasputin misses with a punch to the body.
Rasputin struggles to land a body shot inside as Mayhem controls his hands.
Rasputin misses with some punches.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
Mayhem is leaning against Rasputin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rasputin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rasputin misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin misses with a body punch.
Mayhem blocks a body shot from Rasputin.
A short uppercut from Rasputin.
Mayhem working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Rasputin.
Rasputin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evgeni Rasputin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mayhem misses with a body punch.
Rasputin throws a punch but it's blocked by Mayhem.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rasputin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin working aggressively here.
Mayhem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rasputin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mayhem tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rasputin's elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rasputin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bryan Mayhem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mayhem struggles to land a body shot inside as Rasputin controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evgeni Rasputin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rasputin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evgeni Rasputin!