PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Redondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slava Zaytcev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zaytcev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Basta - Urban kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Redondo
vs
Zaytcev

190 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kelvin Redondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slava Zaytcev!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Zaytcev as Redondo shoots in.
Redondo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Zaytcev is fending him off so far but Redondo persists. Nope, Zaytcev circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Redondo as Zaytcev shoots in.
Zaytcev shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Redondo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zaytcev's waist but Zaytcev gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Redondo off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelvin Redondo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Redondo scores with a takedown into Zaytcev's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Redondo trying to control but Zaytcev is working from the bottom.
Redondo pushing down on Zaytcev's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Redondo is keen to just control but Zaytcev is a slippery customer.
Zaytcev is looking to control Redondo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zaytcev avoid being mounted?
Zaytcev scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Redondo manages to mount him!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Redondo stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Kelvin Redondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redondo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Redondo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Redondo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Redondo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Zaytcev doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Redondo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Redondo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Redondo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redondo scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Redondo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zaytcev sees it coming and defends easily.
Zaytcev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Redondo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Redondo working over Zaytcev with some ground and pound. Zaytcev looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Redondo is working for a submission of some sort.

Redondo has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Zaytcev defend it? Redondo steps over the head and cranks it - Zaytcev is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Redondo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kelvin Redondo!