PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vasiliy Sobolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Kidd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kidd is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Out of touch. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sobolev
vs
Kidd

201 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vasiliy Sobolev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyson Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobolev stuffs the takedown.

Sobolev shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sobolev looking to finish Kidd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kidd!
Kidd is trying desperately to improve position.
Kidd throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sobolev. What's that going to do exactly?
Sobolev with shots to the head and body - Kidd looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sobolev with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kidd is squirming around, avoiding Sobolev's attempts to control the action.
Kidd working to try and regain half guard.
Sobolev putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Kidd is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobolev looking to control but Kidd is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Sobolev looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kidd flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobolev cracks Kidd with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sobolev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kidd is trying to escape the mount.
Kidd swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sobolev lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kidd can do anything to dispel that myth.
BOOM! Sobolev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sobolev blocks Kidd's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sobolev putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sobolev blocks Kidd's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
A nice elbow there by Sobolev.
Kidd is still in real trouble! Can Sobolev finish him?
Kidd looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kidd swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sobolev loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Kidd scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sobolev land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sobolev stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vasiliy Sobolev!