PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between chok rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sika molo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

rivera
vs
molo

172 cm
21
250 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

160 cm
28
262 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, chok rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sika molo!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
molo thows a body shot but no joy.
molo shoots in looking for a takedown but rivera manages to keep the fight standing, pushing molo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
rivera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
rivera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
molo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like chok rivera has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
molo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
molo shoots for a takedown but rivera saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
molo tries to clinch there but rivera circles away.
rivera avoids a punch combination nicely.
rivera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
sika molo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
molo doesn't manage to clinch there - rivera circles away.
molo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as rivera sprawls well. rivera wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. molo gets slowly back to his feet.
chok rivera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of sika molo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
molo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

molo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming rivera to the mat! rivera manages to get full guard.
rivera is breathing heavily.
rivera wants to stand but molo is controlling the position.
rivera keeping moving, preventing molo from controlling successfully.
molo landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

rivera had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. molo defends it easily.
molo is looking to work some ground and pound but rivera has wrist control.
molo is working rivera over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
molo with a nice head shot there.
molo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
molo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
molo working the head with strikes.
The referee asks molo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. molo prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on molo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
rivera taking a bit of punishment here - molo scoring with strikes.
molo controls the position from side control.
molo lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
molo is staying tight to rivera's torso, preventing him from escaping.
molo working the head with strikes.
molo advances to full mount.
molo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
molo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
molo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

molo throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! rivera has his hands clasped together but molo breaks the hold and rivera is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by molo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). sika molo!