PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between janis svitins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgars Lusins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgars Lusins will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

svitins
vs
Lusins

180 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, janis svitins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edgars Lusins!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Lusins.
svitins is looking to clinch.
svitins tries to close the distance and clinch but Lusins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lusins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lusins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says svitins as he avoids it easily.

Lusins darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

svitins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
svitins gets full guard.
svitins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lusins manages to get himself to full guard.

svitins drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Lusins dives on top into guard.

svitins working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lusins doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lusins manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

svitins has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Lusins should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, svitins has tightened it up now! Lusins should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). janis svitins!