PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 620 p4p, 88 weight class) and Ulysses Blazkov (ranked 514 p4p, 78 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Blazkov's choice of entrance music: Trouble. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinyuk
vs
Blazkov

200 cm
25
240 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

194 cm
25
290 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ulysses Blazkov!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk throws a hook but Blazkov avoids it easily.
Blazkov moves away from the strike by Martinyuk.
Blazkov blocks a head kick by Martinyuk.
Blazkov was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Blazkov throws a hook to the side of Martinyuk's head but Martinyuk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blazkov misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk slips under a jab.
Martinyuk throws a shot from downtown. Blazkov moves away and avoids it.
Martinyuk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Martinyuk sets himself, and Blazkov steps forward looking for the clinch! Martinyuk avoids it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinyuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Blazkov.
Blazkov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martinyuk finds it's way round the side to connect with Blazkov's head.
Blazkov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinyuk throws a counter high kick but Blazkov was just alert enough to avoid it.
Martinyuk slips a jab from Blazkov.
Martinyuk looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blazkov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Martinyuk.
A jab from Martinyuk misses.
Blazkov throws a solid leg kick but Martinyuk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blazkov.
Martinyuk throws a right and a left that Blazkov avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk fakes the leg kick and cracks Blazkov in the body.
Blazkov closes the distance but Martinyuk moves to the side
and Blazkov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Ulysses Blazkov has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Blazkov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinyuk cracks Blazkov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
A left lands for Blazkov.
Blazkov misses with a hook. Martinyuk ducked under it nicely.
Blazkov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinyuk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov moves in looking to clinch but Martinyuk pushes him off.
Martinyuk moves out of range of the body kick from Blazkov.
Blazkov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Blazkov misses its intended target.
As Blazkov looks to move away, Martinyuk throws a big counter combo but Blazkov just gets out of the way.
Blazkov throws a leg kick that misses.
Martinyuk lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Martinyuk moves away from the strike by Blazkov.
Blazkov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Martinyuk if he has to take too many more of those.
Martinyuk defending well as Blazkov loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blazkov momentarily.
Blazkov tries to land a leg kick but Martinyuk saw it coming and moves away.
Martinyuk throwing a counter right hand but Blazkov manages to avoid it.
Martinyuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blazkov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blazkov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk throws a head kick that half lands.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Martinyuk checks a leg kick.
Martinyuk throws a counter high kick but Blazkov was just alert enough to avoid it.
Blazkov moves out of range as Martinyuk throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonid Martinyuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Blazkov's cut.
That's time! Martinyuk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blazkov misses with a few strikes there.
Martinyuk is looking to counter punch.

Blazkov gets a clinch.
Martinyuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Blazkov.
Martinyuk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blazkov backwards.
A short uppercut from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blazkov can do to turn this around?
Martinyuk working aggressively here.
Blazkov misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk tries to work over Blazkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinyuk lands a hook that snaps the head of Blazkov backwards.
Martinyuk prevents a body shot from Blazkov.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Martinyuk here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Blazkov misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blazkov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blazkov scores with a shot to the side of Martinyuk's head.
Blazkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk tries to work over Blazkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinyuk lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blazkov blocks a body shot from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazkov has a couple of punches blocked by Martinyuk.
Blazkov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martinyuk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinyuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinyuk pushes Blazkov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leonid Martinyuk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martinyuk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Martinyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blazkov throws a body shot but no joy.
Blazkov throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Martinyuk counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinyuk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blazkov has time to react.
Martinyuk punishes Blazkov's body with a nice straight punch.
Blazkov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinyuk.

Martinyuk lands a big uppercut and Blazkov crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Blazkov looks OK. Martinyuk waves Blazkov back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Martinyuk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinyuk moves out of range as Blazkov strikes.
Blazkov misses with an uppercut
and Martinyuk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinyuk lands a nice looking body kick.
Blazkov is breathing heavily.
Blazkov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Martinyuk is out of range and Blazkov settles back down.
Blazkov misses with a right hand

and Martinyuk counters with a crisp right hand that drops Blazkov! Martinyuk lets Blazkov back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Blazkov is rocked!
Blazkov ducks into an uppercut from Martinyuk and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leonid Martinyuk!
Leonid Martinyuk decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.