PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vale Tudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Doe has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Doe
vs
Tudo

225 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Doe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vale Tudo!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Doe throws a low kick but Tudo avoids it.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Tudo pushes him off.
Doe wants to clinch.
Doe throws a head kick but Tudo moves out of range.
Doe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tudo.
Doe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tudo. Tudo obviously looking to wear him down.
Tudo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Doe is breathing heavily.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tudo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Tudo pushes him off.
John Doe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tudo clinches with his opponent.

Tudo breaks from the clinch.
Doe closes the distance but Tudo moves to the side
and Tudo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tudo closes the distance and clinches.

Tudo gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Tudo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Doe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tudo on the ground.
Doe is looking to escape.
Still in half guard, Tudo seems content to control.
Doe is trying to get back to full guard.
Tudo passes to full mount!
Tudo blocks Doe's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Doe is looking to get to half guard.
Tudo controlling the pace for now.
Tudo prevents Doe from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Doe wants to escape the position.
Tudo has good solid back control here.
Tudo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
I really don't envy Doe right now.

Doe won't enjoy being in this position. Tudo looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Doe is tapping - it's over boys! Tudo picks up the submission victory!

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