PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Ant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Mask (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Mask will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ant
vs
Mask

187 cm
25
197 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

210 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gregory Ant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Mask!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ant shoots in for a takedown but Mask shows good takedown defense.
Mask jabs Ant to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mask scores with the left hand. Ant knows he should have avoided that one.
Mask clobbers Ant with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Ant closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mask to the mat! Mask manages to get full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ant stops Mask from standing up.
Ant trying to control the position from guard on top but Mask is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ant drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ant jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Ant drops back looking for a leg! Mask is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mask manages to kick Ant off! Ant jumps back into Mask's guard.
Ant preventing the sweep.

Ant drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Mask dives on top into guard.

Ant is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mask is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ant is trying to keep Mask in close.
Mask wanted to stand there but Ant had control of the position.

Ant is looking to sinch up a triangle. Mask throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Ant's body to avoid the submission. Ant has instead reached around Mask's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Ant arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gregory Ant!