PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbynek Taticzek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantastic comes to the cage accompanied by System Of A Down-Cigaro. Taticzek has chosen Feuer Frei as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Fantastic
vs
Taticzek

180 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
184 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Fantastic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zbynek Taticzek!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantastic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taticzek moves away.
Fantastic misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Fantastic misses.
We've been hearing reports that Fantastic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fantastic loads up on a big right hand but Taticzek slips the punch.
Fantastic is looking to chop away at Taticzek's legs.
Fantastic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fantastic looks to land a combination but Taticzek avoids it well.
Taticzek 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.
Fantastic dips to his left and cracks Taticzek with an uppercut!
Fantastic throws a left and a right that both miss

and Taticzek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fantastic tries to throw a body punch but Taticzek avoids it by throwing Fantastic back against the cage.
Taticzek avoiding damage.
Fantastic misses with some punches.
Fantastic is trying to maintain a safe position but Taticzek gets an underhook and turns Fantastic into the cage.
Fantastic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fantastic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taticzek tries to work over Fantastic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantastic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taticzek misses with some punches.
Fantastic throws a head punch that misses.
Taticzek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fantastic's elbow.
Taticzek blocking some punches.
Fantastic misses with a body punch.
Fantastic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taticzek tries to throw a body punch but Fantastic avoids it by throwing Taticzek back against the cage.
Fantastic swings wildly with an uppercut but Taticzek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taticzek taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fantastic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taticzek struggles to land a body shot inside as Fantastic controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Fantastic.
Fantastic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic misses with a punch on the inside.
Taticzek scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantastic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taticzek blocking some punches.
Taticzek misses with a body punch.
Taticzek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic misses with some punches.
Come on Taticzek - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fantastic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taticzek misses with a body punch.
Fantastic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic working aggressively here.
Taticzek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic prevents a body shot from Taticzek.
Fantastic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic pushes Taticzek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taticzek can't find room to land a body shot as Fantastic controls the action.
Fantastic misses with the head strike.
Taticzek lands a knee to the body.
Taticzek works on Fantastic's body with a couple of short punches.
Taticzek trying to stall but Fantastic improves his position.
Fantastic tries a body shot but Taticzek blocks it.
Fantastic lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fantastic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Fantastic fails to land.
Fantastic misses with some punches.
Fantastic avoiding damage as Taticzek throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taticzek trying to stall but Fantastic improves his position.
Taticzek lands a left hand.
Fantastic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic managing to block the knees to the body from Taticzek.
Taticzek's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic tries to throw a body punch but Taticzek avoids it by throwing Fantastic back against the cage.
Fantastic misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Fantastic fails to land.
Fantastic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic has a couple of punches blocked by Taticzek.
Taticzek swings wildly with an uppercut but Fantastic uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fantastic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taticzek dodges an elbow strike from Fantastic.
Fantastic lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Fantastic dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fantastic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Taticzek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Taticzek scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic scores with a one two! Taticzek had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taticzek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fantastic.
Taticzek staying out of range there.
Taticzek scores with a body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fantastic looks to throw the jab but Taticzek is out of range.
Taticzek swings for the body but Fantastic moves out of range.
Taticzek lands a jab to Fantastic's midsection.
Taticzek cracks a nice hook into Fantastic's ribs.
Taticzek avoids the body shot from Fantastic.
Fantastic looks to throw the jab but Taticzek is out of range.
Taticzek is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fantastic rather than just go for the knockout.
Fantastic misses with a wild body shot.
Taticzek moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic takes a swing at Taticzek's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Johnny Fantastic has been cut.
Fantastic throws a hook but Taticzek blocks it.

Taticzek sends Fantastic crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Taticzek is motioning to the referee to let Fantastic up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Fantastic is rocked!
Crack! Taticzek connects with the perfect overhand right and Fantastic falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Taticzek!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zbynek Taticzek! Zbynek Taticzek retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Zbynek Taticzek thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.