PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tali Ihantala (ranked 18 p4p, 74 weight class) and Dimitri Svyatogor (ranked 2 p4p, 3 weight class). Tali Ihantala had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ihantala
vs
Svyatogor

203 cm
32
253
22 - 9 - 0

209 cm
29
261
24 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HELLBENT
Vegan Gains

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tali Ihantala!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimitri Svyatogor!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svyatogor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Svyatogor just misses with a punch to the body.
Svyatogor misses with an uppercut. Ihantala saw that one coming.
Svyatogor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Svyatogor misses with a hook
and Ihantala counters with a solid body kick.
Ihantala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ihantala has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A big right from Svyatogor misses.
Svyatogor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svyatogor takes a swing at Ihantala's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Ihantala.
Svyatogor throws a series of punches but Ihantala moves out of range.
Ihantala throwing a counter right hand but Svyatogor manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ihantala lands an overhand right.
Svyatogor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Ihantala was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Svyatogor moves away from the strike by Ihantala.
Ihantala throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Svyatogor to counter with a crisp jab.
Ihantala looks to throw the jab but Svyatogor is out of range.
Svyatogor throws a jab but it's blocked by Ihantala.
It looked like Ihantala wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ihantala throws a head kick but Svyatogor moves out of range.
Ihantala scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ihantala uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Svyatogor has time to react.
Svyatogor misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ihantala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ihantala fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Svyatogor to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Svyatogor looks to clinch but Ihantala throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Svyatogor taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tali Ihantala!
Tali Ihantala retains his super heavyweight title!
Our winner, Tali Ihantala, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.