PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jin Ping (ranked 4903 p4p, 4946 weight class) and Darius Morgandorffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ping
vs
Morgandorffer

166 cm
21
142
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
142
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jin Ping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darius Morgandorffer!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morgandorffer closes the distance and clinches.

Morgandorffer has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ping uses from the top position.
Ping has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ping trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgandorffer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgandorffer is adopting a defensive guard.
Morgandorffer's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Morgandorffer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ping wants to improve his position but Morgandorffer is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morgandorffer is working for a submission of some sort.
Morgandorffer passes to side control.
Ping is trying to work for a sweep but Morgandorffer has mounted him!
Morgandorffer controlling the position easily from mount.
Ping tries to hold on but Morgandorffer pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ping is wriggling around trying to escape.

Ping tries to improve his position but Morgandorffer has taken his back! Morgandorffer has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Ping tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Morgandorffer pushes Ping away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Darius Morgandorffer!
During a confident post fight interview, Darius Morgandorffer thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.