PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Olav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Acosta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olav comes into the arena with WALK - PanterA blaring out of the sound system. Acosta has chosen The Day the Whole World Went Away as his entrance music. Nicolas Acosta looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Olav
vs
Acosta

178 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Slaughterhouse Threads

MMA Elite Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dennis Olav!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicolas Acosta!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acosta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Olav fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Acosta wants to clinch.
Acosta tries to clinch but Olav is having none of it.
Acosta with a lazy takedown attempt

so Olav counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Olav has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Olav gets to his feet. Acosta looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Acosta wants to clinch.
Nicolas Acosta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olav is looking to land body kicks.

Olav looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Acosta trying to control the position.
Olav trying to control but Acosta is working from the bottom.
Olav lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acosta not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Olav stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Acosta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Olav trying to control but Acosta is working from the bottom.
Acosta bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Olav's guard.
Acosta looks gassed!
Olav is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Olav wants to stand but Acosta is controlling the position.
Olav is pulling down on Acosta's head. It's preventing any offense from Acosta, at least for the moment.
Acosta trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Olav working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Acosta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Acosta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Acosta trying to control the position from guard on top but Olav is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Olav trying to control the position.
Olav is really struggling to control Acosta but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Acosta throws a right hand that Olav ducks under and follows up with a left that Olav also avoids with ease.

Olav gets a clinch.
Acosta throws a knee to the head but misses.

Acosta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Acosta tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Olav counters with a single leg into guard. Acosta didn't expect that.
Olav is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Acosta has his feet on Olav's thighs here. He's pushed Olav off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Olav screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nicolas Acosta!
Nicolas Acosta is the new middleweight champion!