PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between SunOf Kirosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Bam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bam is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Military Soviet Hymn . Bam Bam acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Kirosawa
vs
Bam

195 cm
24
305 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
261 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Murder Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, SunOf Kirosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bam Bam!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kirosawa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Kirosawa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bam can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bam wants to control from the top but Kirosawa keeps moving.
Bam landing some decent shots from guard.
Kirosawa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Kirosawa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bam works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bam throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bam throwing shots but Kirosawa is blocking nicely.
Bam wants to take a breather but Kirosawa is having none of it.
Kirosawa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bam.
Bam is looking to take a break and control but Kirosawa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bam is thwarting Kirosawa's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam lands strikes from half guard.
Kirosawa tries to roll over but Bam keeps him under control.

Kirosawa looking for submissions off his back.
Kirosawa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bam missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Kirosawa actively working from the bottom here.
Bam is nestled in close to Kirosawa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bam connects with a nice short shot to Kirosawa's temple.
Bam takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Bam is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bam lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bam throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Kirosawa looking for submissions off his back.
Bam is nestled in close to Kirosawa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kirosawa wants to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Bam.

Bam seems to be looking for submissions.
Bam is looking to pass Kirosawa's guard but actually Kirosawa recovers to full guard.
Bam scoring with some ground and pound.
Bam is working Kirosawa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bam throws a big right hand that misses.
Bam's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bam lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Kirosawa working for a triangle but Bam defends it easily.
Kirosawa is breathing heavily.
Bam is pushing down on Kirosawa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kirosawa is fighting to maintain full guard but Bam has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bam landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bam winds up and cracks Kirosawa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bam missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kirosawa tries to get to full guard but Bam has control of the leg.

Kirosawa actively working from the bottom here.
Bam lands with a punch from half guard.
Bam has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bam is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kirosawa has hold of Bam's hands but Bam slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bam works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bam lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like SunOf Kirosawa has been cut.
Bam with a couple of short strikes.
Bam with the ground and pound from mount.
Bam landing shots from mount.
Bam looking to control but Kirosawa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bam working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bam looking to finish Kirosawa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kirosawa!
Bam lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kirosawa hang on?
Bam working Kirosawa over with strikes here.
Bam in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bam Bam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on SunOf Kirosawa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bam closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kirosawa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Bam is putting a hurting on Kirosawa here, landing some big shots from side control.

Bam thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bam wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kirosawa keeps working.
Bam scores with punches from side control.

SunOf Kirosawa's cut is getting worse.
Bam taking a breather here.
Bam is working Kirosawa over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bam Bam has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kirosawa manages to get back to half guard.
Kirosawa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bam scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirosawa gets full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kirosawa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bam defends well.
Bam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bam with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bam works over Kirosawa with some ground and pound from guard.
Bam chips away with some ground and pound.
Bam scoring with punches to the head and body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bam. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Kirosawa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kirosawa keeping moving, preventing Bam from controlling successfully.
Bam landing with the ground and pound.
Bam working some strikes from top position.
Bam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kirosawa's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bam is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bam controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bam has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kirosawa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bam works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Kirosawa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bam landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bam landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bam wants to control but Kirosawa is keeping him busy.
Bam working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bam wants to take a breather but Kirosawa is having none of it.

Kirosawa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bam pulls his head out easily.
Bam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bam is taking a breather. Kirosawa says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Bam is trying for a kimura here. Kirosawa looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Bam wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bam Bam!