PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between pretzle twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jostain rugsvain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). rugsvain has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! pretzle twist has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

twist
vs
rugsvain

193 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, pretzle twist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jostain rugsvain!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
rugsvain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but twist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
rugsvain looks gassed!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from twist.
twist misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from rugsvain.

twist closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
rugsvain being controlled for a moment.

twist has hold of rugsvain's arm. He's looking for a kimura. rugsvain seems comfortable defending it but twist has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! rugsvain is real pain and he's forced to tap out! rugsvain is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but twist couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). pretzle twist!