PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Grozni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damo Bodhidharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Grozni
vs
Bodhidharma

186 cm
29
212 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

180 cm
31
265 lbs
23 - 19 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Grozni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Damo Bodhidharma!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Grozni is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bodhidharma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grozni circles away quickly and effectively.
Grozni lands a jab.
Bodhidharma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grozni.
Grozni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grozni tries to clinch up but Bodhidharma circles away and keeps his distance.
Bodhidharma throws a one two combo.

It looks like Ivan Grozni has been cut.
Grozni looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A head kick misses from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma misses with a two punch combination.

Oooooh!!! Bodhidharma has knocked Grozni down with a huge combo! Bodhidharma steps away and waves a wobbly Grozni back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Grozni is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bodhidharma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh Grozni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bodhidharma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grozni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grozni throws an off balance right hand
and Bodhidharma counters with a thumping low kick.
Grozni is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bodhidharma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grozni.

Bodhidharma closes the distance and pushes Grozni back into the cage.
Bodhidharma misses with some punches.
Bodhidharma is leaning against Grozni and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Bodhidharma breaks the clinch.
Bodhidharma throws a right hand that Grozni ducks under and follows up with a left that Grozni also avoids with ease.
Look low, kick high! Bodhidharma uses the oldest trick in the book to send Grozni tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Bodhidharma is absolutely delighted - when Grozni wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Damo Bodhidharma!
Damo Bodhidharma made sure to mention his sponsor, Zipp Zapp in his post fight interview.