PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Bahamonde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Sagajew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bahamonde might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ennio Morricone FT. Nas - Ecstasy of Gold. Sagajew has chosen Kanye West - Stronger as his entrance music. Ruslan Sagajew acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Bahamonde
vs
Sagajew

213 cm
20
274 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

178 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Gilop®

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 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Bahamonde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruslan Sagajew!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagajew misses with a combination

and Bahamonde counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sagajew won't be happy with that.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Bahamonde is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sagajew has escaped the position, nice work there.

Bahamonde is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sagajew knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Bahamonde has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Sagajew is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Bahamonde yanks on the arm and Sagajew is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Bahamonde.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eduardo Bahamonde!