PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murtaz Vatsadze (ranked 459 p4p, 1057 weight class) and Wesley Janssen (ranked 74 p4p, 0 weight class). Vatsadze comes to the cage accompanied by Guerilla Radio/ R.A.M.. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Vatsadze
vs
Janssen

186 cm
27
205
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
27
216
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Murtaz Vatsadze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wesley Janssen!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vatsadze lands with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze cracks Janssen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vatsadze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Janssen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Janssen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Janssen misses with a takedown attempt
and Vatsadze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Janssen fails to land the takedown.
Vatsadze lands a right hook to the body.
Vatsadze throws out a powerful jab.
Vatsadze looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vatsadze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vatsadze misses with a hook. Janssen ducked under it nicely.
Janssen feints the counter takedown.
Janssen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Vatsadze counters by clinching up.
Murtaz Vatsadze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wesley Janssen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vatsadze is pressed up against the cage. Janssen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vatsadze down to the mat. Vatsadze avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vatsadze digs a good hook to Janssen's body.

Vatsadze closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatsadze is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Vatsadze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Janssen backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Vatsadze.
Janssen looks winded!
Vatsadze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Janssen backwards.

It looks like Wesley Janssen has been cut.
Vatsadze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Janssen backwards.
A body shot lands from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze cracks Janssen with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatsadze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vatsadze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A hook to the body from Vatsadze.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vatsadze tries to score a body lock takedown but Janssen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vatsadze lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vatsadze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Janssen backwards.
Vatsadze lands with a light punch inside.
Janssen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vatsadze prevents it.
A nice left hand lands by Vatsadze.
Vatsadze throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Janssens head.

That has opened up Wesley Janssen's cut even more.
Vatsadze lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze lands a nice uppercut.
Vatsadze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Vatsadze.
A short right from Vatsadze.
Vatsadze works on Janssen's body with a couple of short punches.
Vatsadze works on Janssen's body with a couple of short punches.
Vatsadze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vatsadze scores with a shoulder strike.
Vatsadze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Vatsadze scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vatsadze lands a hook that snaps the head of Janssen backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vatsadze.

Janssen is rocked!

The cut above Wesley Janssen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice left hand lands by Vatsadze.
Janssen is still on wobbly legs! Can Vatsadze finish him?
Vatsadze lands a shot to the body.
Vatsadze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vatsadze looking to throw knees to the head but Janssen is blocking nicely.
Janssen seems to have recovered his senses.
Vatsadze lands an uppercut.
Vatsadze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Janssen backwards.
Vatsadze lands a nice uppercut.
Vatsadze lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vatsadze - that landed with a thud.
Vatsadze lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Wesley Janssen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Vatsadze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vatsadze lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatsadze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vatsadze creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Janssen's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Janssen drops to his knees and Vatsadze pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murtaz Vatsadze!
Post fight, an emotional Murtaz Vatsadze said 'There can be only one! Next!'.