PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nemanja Tosic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele has chosen Christian as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nemanja Tosic has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tosic
vs
Steele

195 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Plays chess

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nemanja Tosic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Steele!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping body kick lands there for Tosic.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tosic shoots in for a takedown but Steele shows good takedown defense.
Tosic dodges the punch combination from Steele.
Steele tries to clinch but Tosic moves out of range.
Steele throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steele tries to clinch but Tosic is having none of it.
Tosic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tosic shoots in but no luck this time.
A head kick misses from Tosic.
Tosic is looking to clinch but Steele is avoiding it.

Steele darts in and clinches Tosic up against the cage.
Steele wants to get back to striking at distance but Tosic won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Tosic.
Steele slows down the pace here.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Tosic jumps guard.
Steele wants to pass the guard but Tosic is keeping the position.
Tosic will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tosic has his hands on Steele's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steele working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tosic's head.
Steele really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tosic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tosic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Steele is fighting to break Tosic's control of his arms but Tosic is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Steele stands up and waves to Tosic to follow him.
Christian Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tosic tries to clinch there but Steele circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosic tries to clinch up but Steele circles away and keeps his distance.
Steele avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tosic is looking to clinch.
Steele stalks Tosic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tosic's face. Tosic staggers backwards, shaken.
Steele closes the distance looking to clinch

so Tosic counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tosic is breathing heavily.
Steele tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tosic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Steele swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Steele wants to sweep but no luck.

Steele keeping busy on the bottom but Tosic has passed one foot through into half guard.
Steele missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele wants to get back to full guard.

Tosic seems to be looking for submissions.

Tosic wants to work for an arm triangle but Steele is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Steele darts in and clinches Tosic up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Steele.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Tosic pulls Steele into guard.
Steele in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tosic is trying to control the position but Steele postures up.
Tosic trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele postures up.

Steele stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Tosic has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Steele manages to get his head free but now Tosic has transitioned to an armbar! Steele grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Tosic! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nemanja Tosic!