PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nipao Grasie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Grasie
vs
Morozov

212 cm
19
238 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
290 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nipao Grasie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Morozov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grasie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morozov.
Morozov misses with a double jab.
Morozov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morozov looks to land a left hand but Grasie moved out of range nicely.
Grasie slips under a jab.
Grasie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morozov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Nipao Grasie has been cut.
Morozov tries a head kick but it misses.
Grasie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grasie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morozov throws a right and a left that Grasie avoids nicely.
Morozov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Morozov.
Morozov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grasie blocks a head kick by Morozov.
Grasie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Morozov does no damage.
A swing and a miss from Morozov.
Morozov slaps away a takedown attempt from Grasie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morozov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morozov leaves Grasie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nipao Grasie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morozov looks to land a combination but Grasie avoids it well.
Morozov tries a head kick but it misses.
Pavel Morozov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morozov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morozov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grasie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Morozov but Morozov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Morozov tries to bum rush Grasie with a series of wild strikes but Grasie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grasie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Nipao Grasie's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov throws out a loose jab but Grasie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grasie blocks a head kick by Morozov.

Grasie gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morozov wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morozov is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Morozov looks gassed!

Grasie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Grasie trying to control the position but Morozov is working away.

Morozov tries to escape back to his feet but Grasie has kept hold of him... Oh, now he's got Morozov's back and is looking for the choke... Is it? Is it sunk in? YES! Morozov is tapping! Grasie saw the opportunity and took it - ruthless!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nipao Grasie!