PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Sanofskij (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Russovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Sanofskij
vs
Russovich

182 cm
25
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

180 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Sanofskij!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Russovich!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanofskij closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Russovich defending against the ground and pound.
Sanofskij throwing shots but missing, from side control.
An elbow from Sanofskij crashes against the mat.
Russovich is not content to let Sanofskij control the position.
Russovich manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sanofskij's best efforts.
Russovich is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sanofskij's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sanofskij's back!
Sanofskij just trying to survive but Russovich is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Sanofskij is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Sanofskij preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Russovich.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Russovich is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sanofskij has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Russovich is hanging on to Sanofskij's back as he tries to escape.

Russovich is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sanofskij has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Russovich struggling to land strikes to the head as Sanofskij covers up.
Sanofskij can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanofskij defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Russovich's arms.
Russovich looks gassed!
Russovich gets his hands free as Sanofskij looks to control.
Sanofskij is trying to break free.
Russovich not allowing Sanofskij to control his hands.

Sanofskij is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Sanofskij tries to roll but Russovich sticks to his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Russovich has got one arm under Sanofskij's chin. This could be trouble... Sanofskij trying to control the other hand but Russovich gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Sanofskij has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ivan Russovich!