PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akhmad ShugaR (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Sanofskij (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ShugaR comes to the cage accompanied by Dagestan. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

ShugaR
vs
Sanofskij

184 cm
19
192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
27
187 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

BALCO MMA ELITE

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akhmad ShugaR!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Sanofskij!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ShugaR misses with a looping right.
Sanofskij slips a straight right by ShugaR.

ShugaR scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sanofskij wants to control but ShugaR is keeping busy.
ShugaR frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sanofskij is looking to get to half guard.

ShugaR with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
ShugaR is landing with some decent strikes but Sanofskij is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
ShugaR thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sanofskij really doesn't want to stay on the ground with ShugaR. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ShugaR controlling the pace for now.
ShugaR trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ShugaR lands a big elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sanofskij can do anything to dispel that myth.
ShugaR raining down shots from the mount!

ShugaR working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
ShugaR wants to control the pace but Sanofskij is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ShugaR dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

ShugaR has control of Sanofskij's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sanofskij regains control of the situation pretty easily.
ShugaR controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

ShugaR throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Sanofskij has his hands clasped together but ShugaR breaks the hold and Sanofskij is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by ShugaR!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Akhmad ShugaR!