PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gegard Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and naof naof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gegard Mousasi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mousasi
vs
naof

186 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
208 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gegard Mousasi !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, naof naof!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousasi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mousasi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

naof shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
naof passes into half guard.

naof wants to work for an arm triangle but Mousasi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mousasi is trying to stand up here but naof is controlling him well.

naof is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mousasi defends it well.

naof is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Mousasi as he works his way to full guard.
naof won't allow Mousasi to get back to his feet.

naof drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Mousasi manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now naof has Mousasi in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi trying to control the position from guard on top but naof is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Mousasi drops back looking for a leg! naof is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and naof manages to kick Mousasi off! Mousasi jumps back into naof's guard.
naof is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mousasi stopping the sweep attempt from naof.
Mousasi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. naof swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

naof looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Mousasi is defending well. naof quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Mousasi has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! naof celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). naof naof!