PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Ardunk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adriana Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Ardunk
vs
Lima

166 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
130 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Ardunk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adriana Lima!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ardunk sprawls well. Ardunk wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lima gets slowly back to his feet.
Lima swings for the body but Ardunk moves out of range.

Lima closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ardunk did well to prevent Lima getting side control.
Lima passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ardunk can't escape the position.
Lima takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lima is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Lima is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ardunk can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Lima jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Ardunk is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Ardunk and Lima has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardunk is looking to regain half guard here but Lima keeps moving and retains side control.

Lima is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ardunk has escaped the position, nice work there.
I wouldn't like to be where Ardunk is right now.

Lima tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Lima looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ardunk can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Adriana Lima!