PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigoriy Dants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ruslan agaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ruslan agaev acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Dants
vs
agaev

180 cm
25
260 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

180 cm
23
250 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grigoriy Dants!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, ruslan agaev!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dants stuffs the takedown.
Dants displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like ruslan agaev has been cut.

agaev bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

agaev working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

agaev is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dants knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

agaev wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dants, who protects the arm well.
Dants is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

agaev working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dants is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, agaev asserts his dominance and retains side control.

agaev looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.

agaev is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dants has escaped the position, nice work there.

agaev is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dants knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

agaev tries for a kimura but Dants is defending well.
Dants wants to get back to his feet but agaev drags him back down.

agaev wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dants, who protects the arm well.

agaev is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dants is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dants is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, agaev asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Dants sneaks out the side door and pushes agaev away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dants misses with a series of wild punches.

agaev is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dants's half guard.

Dants is defending against the submission attempts here by agaev.

agaev is looking for a kimura here.
agaev looks gassed!
agaev works his way into side control.
Dants is looking to work his way out of this bad position but agaev is controlling him well.

agaev thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

agaev wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dants, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

agaev is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dants is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dants is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

agaev is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Dants looks calm but he's in trouble here. agaev gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Dants is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! agaev lets go of the hold and Dants can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). ruslan agaev!