PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dy Lu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Morozov
vs
Lu

178 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin Morozov!
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, Dy Lu!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morozov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lu!
Morozov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lu tries to lock up and control but Morozov gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Morozov working for a guillotine from mount but Lu is in no mood to give up.
Lu keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Morozov is working for a guillotine from mount but Lu frees his head quite easily.
Morozov controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morozov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Morozov controlling the position easily from mount.
Morozov thowing shots but they're missing.

Morozov has hold of Lu's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lu manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Morozov is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lu lands a nice shot to the body.
Morozov tries to bum rush Lu with a series of wild strikes but Lu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lu shoots in but Morozov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morozov avoids the head kick by Lu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lu fails with a takedown attempt.
Lu throws a series of punches but Morozov avoids them all with ease.
Lu looks gassed!
Lu throws a body kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Lu. Those never looked like landing.

Lu gets caught flat footed, as Morozov shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Morozov drops back looking for a leg! Lu is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lu manages to kick Morozov off! Morozov jumps back into Lu's guard.

Morozov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov stays in close to Lu's body and controls the position.
Morozov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lu's guard.
Morozov winds up and cracks Lu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Morozov controlling the action here.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morozov thows a huge punch but Lu dodges it nicely.
Morozov passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lu!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morozov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lu looks a forlorn figure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morozov lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Morozov has isolated one of Lu's arms. Lu looking to fight him off but Morozov twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Konstantin Morozov!