PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Dragunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rubert Kuminauha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragunov comes to the cage accompanied by Respirar você - Capital Inicial. Kuminauha has chosen Celine Dion - Just Walk Away as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dragunov
vs
Kuminauha

188 cm
27
278 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

198 cm
29
240 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Dragunov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rubert Kuminauha!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuminauha tries for a takedown but Dragunov circles away easily
and Dragunov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dragunov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kuminauha shoots and misses

and Dragunov counters with a shoot takedown. Kuminauha fights it but they end up in guard.
Dragunov stays in close to Kuminauha's body and controls the position.
Kuminauha controls Dragunov momentarily but Dragunov frees himself.
Dragunov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dragunov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kuminauha is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Kuminauha has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Dragunov should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Kuminauha has tightened it up now! Dragunov should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rubert Kuminauha!