PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Herold Hassium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadim Boiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vadim Boiko has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hassium
vs
Boiko

171 cm
25
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
188 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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, Herold Hassium!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vadim Boiko!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassium shoots in for a takedown but Boiko shows good takedown defense.

Boiko closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hassium is not content to let Boiko control the position.
Hassium tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Boiko wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hassium manages to work his way to half guard, despite Boiko's best efforts.
Hassium is not content to let Boiko control the position.
Boiko working Hassium over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Boiko.

Hassium is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Boiko pulls his head out easily.
Hassium keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Hassium looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hassium is breathing heavily.
Hassium is refusing to be controlled, as Boiko sits in half guard.
Boiko is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boiko lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boiko seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Boiko stuffs the takedown.

Hassium looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Hassium is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Boiko trying to keep a closed guard but Hassium is proving a slippery customer.
Boiko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Boiko lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Boiko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassium is looking to get to half guard.
Boiko wants to control the pace but Hassium is squirming around nicely.

Boiko is working for a guillotine from mount but Hassium frees his head quite easily.
Hassium sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hassium tries to get to full guard but Boiko has control of the leg.
Hassium could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hassium gets full guard.
Boiko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hassium keeping full guard, as Boiko tries to pass.

Hassium looking for a triangle here. Boiko is fighting it but it looks tight! Hassium pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Boiko is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Herold Hassium!