PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimitri Svyatogor (ranked 1809 p4p, 965 weight class) and Denis White (ranked 214 p4p, 117 weight class). Svyatogor comes to the cage accompanied by Carl Espen - Silent Storm. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Svyatogor
vs
White

209 cm
20
261
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
26
275
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dimitri Svyatogor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denis White!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svyatogor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Svyatogor cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
White slips under a jab from Svyatogor.
White has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Svyatogor's head.

It looks like Dimitri Svyatogor has been cut.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Svyatogor.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Svyatogor seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dimitri Svyatogor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Svyatogor throws out the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Svyatogor misses with a series of wild punches.
Svyatogor lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Svyatogor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Svyatogor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Svyatogor has time to react.
White moves out of range as Svyatogor strikes.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Svyatogor throws a combination. White tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Svyatogor tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Svyatogor misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White tests Svyatogor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Svyatogor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Svyatogor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Svyatogor's jaw. Svyatogor's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! White does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Denis White!
Denis White is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Denis White thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.