PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Lilja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lilja has chosen Mozart - Kyrie as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Price
vs
Lilja

186 cm
24
210 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bubba Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wolfgang Lilja!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Price gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lilja landing knees to the body.
Lilja landing knees to the body.
Price lands a nice uppercut.
Lilja keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Price's efforts to push away.
Lilja tries a knee to the head but Price blocks it.
Lilja prevents a takedown attempt there.
Price is trying to force a seperation but Lilja has the dominant position.
Lilja leaning his opponent against the cage.
Price is trying to force a seperation but Lilja has the dominant position.
Price on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Price lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Price avoiding damage as Lilja throws knees to the body.
Price is trying to drag Lilja to the mat but Lilja just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Price looking to slow down the pace here.
Price has Lilja pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lilja manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Price is breathing heavily.
Lilja prevents a body shot from Price.
Lilja misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lilja.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bit of stalling here from Lilja.
Lilja continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Lilja with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bubba Price has been cut.
Lilja with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lilja stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilja lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lilja with a knee to the head.
Lilja with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lilja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lilja tries to land knees in the clinch but Price avoids the damage to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Lilja - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lilja connects with a nasty looking knee right to Price's face.
Lilja is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lilja landing knees to the head.
Lilja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lilja lands a knee to the body.
Price has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lilja is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Price looking to stall.
Lilja prevents the takedown attempt.
Lilja is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lilja scores with a knee to the head.
Lilja looking to throw knees to the head but Price is blocking nicely.
Price managing to block the knees to the body from Lilja.
Price on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja keeps control of Price as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lilja missing with knees to the body.
Price lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Price tries to score a body lock takedown but Lilja shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lilja lands a good knee to the midsection. Price won't want to take too many of those.
Price working aggressively here.
Lilja utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Price can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Price's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lilja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Price has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Price managing to block the knees to the body from Lilja.
Price is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lilja is keeping busy.
Lilja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Price blocks it with crossed arms.
Lilja tries to land knees in the clinch but Price avoids the damage to the body.
Price wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lilja has him pressed against the cage.
Price is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lilja gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Price takes a knee to the side of the body.
Price is trying to break the clinch but Lilja has him pressed against the cage.
Price tries to break the clinch but Lilja is controlling the position.
Lilja landing knees to the body.
Lilja lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Price creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Price lands with a short shot to the head.
Lilja tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Price is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lilja gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lilja prevents the takedown attempt.
Price takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lilja slows down the pace here.
Price avoiding damage as Lilja throws knees to the body.

Price breaks the clinch.
Lilja throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Lilja is looking to clinch.
Lilja connects with a solid leg kick.
Price takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lilja. Price shrugs it off though.
Lilja tries a head kick but it misses.

Price drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lilja wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Price wants to pass the guard but Lilja is keeping the position.

Lilja is looking to sinch up a triangle. Price throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Lilja's body to avoid the submission. Lilja has instead reached around Price's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Lilja arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Wolfgang Lilja!