PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Eikmeyer (ranked 7825 p4p, 3761 weight class) and Bogdan Uzun (ranked 569 p4p, 381 weight class). Uzun has chosen "Trogdor the Burninator" by Strong Bad as his entrance music. Mario Eikmeyer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eikmeyer
vs
Uzun

190 cm
47
272
35 - 58 - 2

195 cm
29
280
4 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 58 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Eikmeyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Bogdan Uzun!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uzun keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Uzun drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Eikmeyer working for a triangle but Uzun defends it easily.

Eikmeyer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Uzun can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Uzun trying to control the position from guard on top but Eikmeyer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Eikmeyer looking for a triangle here. Uzun is fighting it but it looks tight! Eikmeyer pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Uzun is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mario Eikmeyer!
Mario Eikmeyer bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.