PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anzor Dankovich (ranked 918 p4p, 729 weight class) and Sven Torvik (ranked 127 p4p, 100 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Dankovich
vs
Torvik

192 cm
23
260
7 - 4 - 0

191 cm
23
265
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anzor Dankovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sven Torvik!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torvik pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dankovich is out of range and Torvik settles back down.
Dankovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dankovich.

It looks like Sven Torvik has been cut.
Torvik looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dankovich. That's going to slow Torvik down.
Torvik scores with a hook.

It looks like Anzor Dankovich has been cut.
Dankovich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dankovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torvik circles away from the clinch attempt

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

Dankovich is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torvik misses with a hook.
Torvik checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torvik let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dankovich sizes up Torvik with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torvik blocks a jab.
Dankovich punishes Torvik's body with a nice straight punch.
Dankovich with a nice calf kick.
The crowd cheers as Torvik lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dankovich doesn't seem phased though.

Anzor Dankovich's cut is getting worse.
Torvik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dankovich.
Dankovich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Torvik has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torvik throws a low kick but Dankovich moves out of range easily.
Torvik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dankovich.
Torvik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dankovich throws a nice outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torvik. Dankovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dankovich tries to clinch but Torvik moves away
and Torvik counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torvik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to the body from Torvik misses
and Dankovich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dankovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torvik.
A right-left combo lands from Dankovich.
Dankovich gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Torvik counters with a nice right hand that sends Dankovich toppling to the canvas! Dankovich scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Torvik finish him?!
Torvik takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice defenses there by Torvik.
Torvik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Torvik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dankovich throws out the jab.
Dankovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torvik.
Torvik looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anzor Dankovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torvik scores with a jab to the jaw.

Anzor Dankovich's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Torvik takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Torvik has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dankovich.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dankovich clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dankovich.
Torvik lands a right hand.
Dankovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torvik backwards.
Dankovich blocking some punches.
Torvik has a couple of punches blocked by Dankovich.
Torvik blocks a body shot from Dankovich.
Torvik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dankovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torvik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dankovich backwards.
Dankovich blocking some punches.
Dankovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torvik creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Jeez, Anzor Dankovich's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Torvik lands a shoulder strike.
Dankovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Torvik.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Torvik.
Dankovich misses with a body punch.
Dankovich can't find room to land a body shot as Torvik controls the action.
Dankovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torvik misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dankovich prevents a body shot from Torvik.
Torvik working aggressively here.
Dankovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dankovich.
Dankovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torvik backwards.
Dankovich can't find room to land a body shot as Torvik controls the action.
Torvik blocks an uppercut.
Dankovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Torvik has a couple of punches blocked by Dankovich.
Torvik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torvik.
Dankovich blocking some punches.
Dankovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dankovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dankovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torvik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torvik lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dankovich.
A head punch on the inside from Dankovich fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dankovich.
Torvik has a couple of punches blocked by Dankovich.
Torvik lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Torvik dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Torvik loads up on a big right hand but Dankovich slips the punch.
Dankovich feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Torvik checks a leg kick.
Dankovich lands a really nice looking cross but Torvik seems unphased.
Torvik walks into a jab.
A big left from Torvik misses.
Dankovich throws a body kick that misses.
Dankovich tries to clinch up.
Dankovich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torvik appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torvik dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dankovich. That did some damage!
Dankovich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Torvik stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Torvik looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheers as Dankovich lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torvik doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dankovich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dankovich throws a body punch but Torvik moves out of range.
Torvik swings for the body but Dankovich moves out of range.
Sven Torvik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torvik lands with a nice body punch.
Torvik on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Dankovich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torvik, pushing him back against the cage.
Dankovich lands a left hand.
Dankovich prevents a body shot from Torvik.
Torvik lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Torvik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Torvik misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dankovich fails to land.
Sven Torvik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dankovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dankovich prevents a body shot from Torvik.
Torvik working aggressively here.
Torvik misses with a body punch.
Torvik lands a hook that snaps the head of Dankovich backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torvik lands with a light punch inside.
Torvik stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dankovich works on Torvik's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Dankovich.
Torvik swings wildly with an uppercut but Dankovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torvik misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Torvik.
Torvik blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Torvik.
Dankovich throws an elbow that misses.
Dankovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torvik.
Dankovich lands a nice uppercut.
Torvik misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Torvik fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torvik lands with a right to the head.
Torvik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dankovich presses Torvik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Torvik is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Dankovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dankovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Torvik blocks a body shot from Dankovich.
Dankovich tries a body shot but Torvik blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dankovich.
Torvik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torvik lands with a short punch from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anzor Dankovich's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sven Torvik!
Sven Torvik was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.