PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaban Demidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Battle has chosen Break Stuff as his entrance music. The key to victory for Kaban Demidov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Demidov
vs
Battle

210 cm
23
297 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

213 cm
22
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaban Demidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andre Battle!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battle throws a low kick but Demidov avoids it.
Demidov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Battle throws a jab but it's blocked by Demidov.
Battle shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Demidov as he avoids it easily.
A low kick from Battle is predictable there
and Demidov counters with an inside leg kick.
Battle looks gassed!

Demidov darts in and clinches Battle up against the cage.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Demidov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demidov.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
Demidov pushes Battle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Demidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demidov.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Demidov with a knee to the head.
Demidov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Battle's face.
Demidov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Demidov.
Battle can't break the clinch.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov crunches a lovely knee into Battle's ribcage.
Demidov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Demidov.
Demidov crunches a lovely knee into Battle's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demidov.
Demidov with a knee to the head.
Battle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Demidov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Demidov lands a knee to the head.
Demidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Battle tries to pull guard but Demidov holds him up against the cage and eventually Battle drops back down to his feet.
Kaban Demidov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Battle.
A left hand lands to the body for Demidov.
Demidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demidov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Demidov blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demidov is pressed up against the cage. Battle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Demidov down to the mat. Demidov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kaban Demidov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Demidov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Battle.
Demidov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Battle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demidov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Battle was well out of range. Poor timing from Demidov.
Demidov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Battle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Demidov stuns Battle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Battle lands with a nice body punch.
Battle misses with a combination
and Demidov counters with a nice kick to the body.
Andre Battle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demidov tries to close the distance and clinch but Battle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Demidov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Battle cracks Demidov with an open hand slap.
Battle sizes up Demidov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov lands a high kick!

Battle scores with a takedown into Demidov's guard.
Battle passes Demidov's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Demidov is defending against the submission attempts here by Battle.
Demidov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Battle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demidov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Battle is one step ahead there.
Demidov manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Demidov controlling the pace for now.
Demidov prevents Battle from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Demidov controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaban Demidov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Battle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demidov.
Battle misses with a looping right.
Battle cracks Demidov with an open hand slap.

It looks like Kaban Demidov has been cut.
Demidov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Battle.
Battle fails to land with a series of punches.
Battle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demidov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Demidov misses.
Demidov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Demidov throws a series of punches but Battle moves out of range.

Demidov instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Battle tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Demidov smiles and moves away.
Battle throws the kick towards the body but Demidov avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Andre Battle has been cut.
Demidov throws a series of punches but Battle moves out of range.
Demidov's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Demidov duly obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Demidov rushes Battle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Battle's face.
Demidov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Battle's face.
Demidov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Demidov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Battle has a couple of punches blocked by Demidov.
Battle tries to score a body lock takedown but Demidov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Demidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Demidov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Battle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Battle looking to throw knees to the head but Demidov is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battle tries to break the clinch but Demidov is controlling the position.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kaban Demidov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Demidov lands a nice knee to the body.
Demidov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kaban Demidov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Battle.
Battle tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Demidov smiles and moves away.
Demidov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Battle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Demidov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Demidov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Demidov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Demidov scores with a hook to the body.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
Demidov scores with a shoulder strike.
Battle is looking to break free of the clinch but Demidov has double underhooks.
Demidov lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov scores with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Demidov.
Demidov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Demidov lands a body punch.
Demidov scores with a hook to the body.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
Demidov lands a knee to the head.
Demidov lands a knee to the head.
Demidov with a knee to the head.
Demidov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Demidov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Battle can do to turn this around?
Battle tries for a takedown. No joy.
Demidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Battle can't break the clinch.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demidov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Battle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Demidov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Battle.
Demidov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Battle.
Battle trying to control the position but instead, Demidov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Battle into the cage.
Demidov scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Demidov as the two fighters clinch.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Demidov.
A knee to the head by Demidov.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demidov.
Demidov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Battle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Battle can't break the clinch.
Battle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Battle drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demidov landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Demidov.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Battle swings wildly with an uppercut but Demidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaban Demidov dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Battle throws a lazy head kick
and Demidov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Battle misses.
Demidov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kaban Demidov is winning the standup battle so far.
Battle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Demidov throws a jab but it's blocked by Battle.
Battle takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Demidov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Demidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Demidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demidov lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Demidov.
Demidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demidov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Battle has had enough of the clinch but Demidov keeps him there for the moment.
Demidov scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demidov.
Demidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Demidov connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battle tries to pull guard but Demidov holds him up against the cage and eventually Battle drops back down to his feet.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Demidov is pressed up against the cage. Battle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Demidov down to the mat. Demidov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Battle tries to land a leg kick but Demidov saw it coming and moves away.
Demidov connects with a high kick.
Demidov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Battle looks for a takedown but Demidov sprawls well.
Kaban Demidov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Battle.
Demidov thuds his shin into the meat of Battle's side.
Demidov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Battle falls off balance throwing a combination
and Demidov counters with a head kick. That will keep Battle thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Demidov thuds his shin into the meat of Battle's side.
Demidov throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demidov slips a jab from Battle.
Demidov wants to clinch.

Demidov moves into the clinch.
Demidov looking to throw knees to the head but Battle is blocking nicely.
Demidov gets underhooks to prevent Battle's takedown attempt.
Demidov pushes Battle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Demidov lands a body shot.
Demidov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Battle backwards.
Knees to the body from Demidov.
Demidov lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Demidov.
Demidov scores with a knee to the head.
Demidov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Battle looking for a takedown.
Demidov scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Demidov.
Battle drops down looking for an ankle pick but Demidov pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Battle.
Kaban Demidov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Demidov moves into the clinch successfully.
Battle goes for a takedown in the clinch but Demidov prevents it.
Demidov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Demidov scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Demidov.
Kaban Demidov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A knee to the head by Demidov.
Battle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Battle wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demidov has him pressed against the cage.
Demidov lands a knee to the head.
Demidov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Demidov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Demidov.
Demidov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Battle backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demidov prevents Battle from breaking the clinch.
Andre Battle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Still in the clinch, Demidov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Battle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Demidov lands a nice knee to the body.
Demidov lands with a left to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Demidov.
Demidov crunches a lovely knee into Battle's ribcage.
Demidov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Demidov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Demidov scores with a shoulder strike.
Demidov connects with a knee to the head.

Battle is rocked!
Demidov controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Kaban Demidov!