PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexanderovski Volkan (ranked 4795 p4p, 449 weight class) and Quang Le (ranked 3680 p4p, 385 weight class). Le has chosen What If as his entrance music. Alexanderovski Volkan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Volkan
vs
Le

190 cm
18
222 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexanderovski Volkan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Quang Le!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkan cracks a nice hook into Le's ribs.
Volkan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Le avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Volkan forces Le back against the cage and clinches.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Volkan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Le looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Volkan.
Le blocks an elbow strike.
Le blocking some punches.

Le jumps guard and drags Volkan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Our spies down at at Evolution Fitness Center inform us that Le has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le looking to control.
Volkan trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Volkan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Volkan with a nice head shot there.
Le should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Volkan looking to sit in guard and control but Le gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Volkan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Le defends it easily.

Volkan is looking for a triangle here but Le uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Volkan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Volkan tries to get out of the position.
Le content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le scoring with punches and elbows.
Volkan is trying to work for a sweep but Le has mounted him!

Le swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Quang Le!
During a confident post fight interview, Quang Le thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.