PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Bob McDonald (ranked 53 p4p, 217 weight class) and Dimitri Svyatogor (ranked 4 p4p, 8 weight class). McDonald comes to the cage accompanied by Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

McDonald
vs
Svyatogor

196 cm
39
275
45 - 22 - 1

209 cm
29
261
23 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 45 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Bob McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimitri Svyatogor!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svyatogor throws a right hand that misses
and McDonald counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Svyatogor misses the target.
An attempted straight right counter from McDonald misses the target.
McDonald misses with a body punch
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Svyatogor moves away and avoids it.
McDonald throws a hook to the side of Svyatogor's head but Svyatogor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Svyatogor staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Svyatogor.
Some wild striking there from McDonald.
McDonald with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svyatogor slips under a jab from McDonald.
McDonald misses the shot to the body.
Svyatogor takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from McDonald. Svyatogor does a little dance to reset his feet.
McDonald throws a sloppy body shot
and Svyatogor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McDonald throws out a loose jab but Svyatogor uses good head movement to avoid it.

McDonald closes the distance and clinches.
Svyatogor has a couple of punches blocked by McDonald.

McDonald manages to break the clinch.
McDonald looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McDonald misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Svyatogor to counter with a crisp jab.
Jim Bob McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald throws a poor cross that misses
and Svyatogor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McDonald misses with a hook
and Svyatogor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svyatogor scores with a hook to the body. McDonald takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McDonald lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Svyatogor connects with a nice looking jab.
McDonald is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Svyatogor's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
McDonald misses with a left hand
and Svyatogor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Svyatogor misses with a hook.
McDonald misses with an uppercut
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Svyatogor does it's job there.
McDonald takes one to the side of the head.
McDonald swings widly with a right hand
and Svyatogor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McDonald is breathing heavily.
Svyatogor scores with a jab to the head.
McDonald misses with a telegraphed body shot
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDonald misses with a right hand
and Svyatogor counters with an inside leg kick.
Svyatogor slips under a jab.
McDonald misses with a jab to the body
and Svyatogor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McDonald misses with a body shot.
Svyatogor is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McDonald had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
Jab from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor loads up on a big right hand but McDonald slips the punch.
Svyatogor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McDonald misses with a left hand
and Svyatogor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svyatogor is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook from Svyatogor.
A shot to the liver by Svyatogor. Beautiful body shot.
McDonald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Svyatogor.
A swing and a miss from Svyatogor.
McDonald misses with a left hand
and Svyatogor counters with a nice uppercut.
McDonald works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McDonald throws a hook to the side of Svyatogor's head but Svyatogor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Svyatogor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svyatogor is looking to slow McDonald down with leg kicks.

McDonald forces Svyatogor back against the cage and clinches.
McDonald misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Svyatogor.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Svyatogor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Svyatogor.
A short uppercut from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor misses with a body punch.
Svyatogor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Svyatogor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Svyatogor struggles to land a body shot inside as McDonald controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McDonald.
McDonald blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonald throws a head punch that misses.
Svyatogor misses with a body punch.
Svyatogor comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jim Bob McDonald has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svyatogor.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dimitri Svyatogor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Bob McDonald's cut.
That's time! McDonald's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Svyatogor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dimitri Svyatogor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Svyatogor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Svyatogor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Svyatogor scores with a decent looking hook.

McDonald is rocked!
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks McDonald out cold! What a finish! Svyatogor is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dimitri Svyatogor!
An out of breath and clearly excited Dimitri Svyatogor thanked Brooklyn Apothecary for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Jim Bob McDonald was interviewed post fight and said 'A country boy can survive'.