PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vtnom Snake (ranked 5484 p4p, 25419 weight class) and Ditlev Truelsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snake comes to the cage accompanied by wae. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Snake
vs
Truelsen

180 cm
18
154
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
164
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vtnom Snake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ditlev Truelsen!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Snake darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Snake looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Truelsen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Truelsen wants to control but Snake passes into side.
Truelsen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Truelsen struggling a bit here.
Truelsen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Truelsen taking a bit of punishment here - Snake scoring with strikes.
Truelsen is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truelsen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Snake off and has taken his back!
A lull in the action here.
Snake holding on to Truelsen's left wrist, preventing the choke.

Truelsen is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Truelsen is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Snake is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snake wants to control his opponent's hands but Truelsen gets his hands free.
Snake is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Snake defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Truelsen's arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Truelsen struggling to keep hold of the position.

Truelsen has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Snake is in real trouble here. Truelsen gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Snake is tapping out! Truelsen wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ditlev Truelsen!
Ditlev Truelsen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
In defeat, Vtnom Snake stepped up to the mic, saying 'end'.