PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tomislav Grobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaev Ivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Grobar
vs
Ivan

183 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
137 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tomislav Grobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Isaev Ivan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grobar gets the takedown into side control.
Ivan is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ivan is letting Grobar control him for a moment.
Grobar sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ivan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Grobar working the head with strikes.
Grobar looks up at the clock and then as Ivan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Grobar smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ivan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Grobar trying to control the action but Ivan is working from the bottom.
Ivan is letting Grobar control him for a moment.

Grobar working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Grobar misses with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grobar tries to move to mount but Ivan blocks the move with his legs.

Grobar goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ivan rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Grobar's guard! Nice work there by Ivan!
Grobar wants to sweep here but Ivan controlling him for the moment.
Grobar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Grobar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Grobar working for a guillotine from mount but Ivan is in no mood to give up.

Grobar is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ivan is surviving well by controlling Grobar's body position as best he can.
Grobar wants to control the pace but Ivan is squirming around nicely.

Grobar get's back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grobar tries to clinch up.

Grobar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Grobar throws a big right hand that misses.
Grobar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ivan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Grobar trying to control the position from guard on top but Ivan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Grobar postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ivan is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Grobar, into his guard.
Ivan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grobar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grobar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grobar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ivan looks gassed!

Grobar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Grobar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ivan is aware though and is defending well.

Grobar looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ivan is defending well. Grobar quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ivan has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Grobar celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tomislav Grobar!