PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jabbar Omarov (ranked 1161 p4p, 1265 weight class) and Derek Trucks (ranked 156 p4p, 175 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Omarov
vs
Trucks

184 cm
35
200
21 - 12 - 1

183 cm
34
196
21 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jabbar Omarov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Trucks!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trucks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Omarov moves into range and clinches up with Trucks.
A right handed body shot lands from Trucks.
Omarov working aggressively here.
Trucks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Omarov backwards.
Trucks tries a body shot but Omarov blocks it.
Trucks gets underhooks to prevent Omarov's takedown attempt.
Omarov takes a shot to the head.
Omarov tries to work over Trucks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trucks lands with a left to the head.
Omarov misses with a punch on the inside.
Trucks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Omarov.
Trucks misses with some punches.
Trucks misses with a punch on the inside.
Trucks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Omarov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Omarov presses Trucks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Omarov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Omarov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trucks throws a punch but it's blocked by Omarov.
A short right from Omarov.
Trucks lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Omarov blocking some punches.
Omarov throws a head punch that misses.
Omarov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trucks has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Omarov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Trucks can turn it around.
Omarov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Omarov swings wildly with an uppercut but Trucks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trucks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trucks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trucks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trucks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Omarov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Omarov.
Trucks misses with the head strike.
Omarov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trucks.
Trucks lands a nice shot to the body.
Trucks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Trucks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Omarov blocks a jab.
Omarov misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omarov connects with a body shot that sends Trucks's belly button to the back.
Trucks throws a looping overhand right but Omarov ducks down to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trucks swings widly with a right hand
and Omarov counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Omarov drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Trucks is trying to control Omarov's posture but Omarov avoids it.

Omarov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Omarov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Trucks is trying to control Omarov's posture but Omarov avoids it.
Omarov working the head with strikes.
Omarov landing strikes.
Trucks tries to bench press Omarov off him but Omarov keeps the position.
Omarov lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

It looks like Derek Trucks has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trucks is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Omarov lands with a punch from half guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Trucks looking for submissions off his back.

Trucks looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Omarov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Trucks is looking for a sweep. Omarov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Omarov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trucks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

The cut above Derek Trucks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Derek Trucks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jabbar Omarov!
Jabbar Omarov really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Altitude Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.