PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinzenz Emmerich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Soloman (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.

Emmerich
vs
Soloman

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vinzenz Emmerich!
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, James Soloman!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emmerich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Soloman.
Emmerich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Emmerich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emmerich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Emmerich darts in trying to clinch

and Soloman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Soloman postures up in Emmerich's guard and throws a big left but Emmerich blocks it.
Soloman wants to control from the top but Emmerich keeps moving.
Soloman throwing strikes from guard but Emmerich blocks nicely.
Soloman content to stall in guard here.
Soloman wants to control from the top but Emmerich keeps moving.

Emmerich looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soloman wants to control from the top but Emmerich keeps moving.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. James Soloman wasn't active enough on the ground.
Soloman slaps away a takedown attempt from Emmerich, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Soloman tries to keep at a distance but Emmerich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Soloman tries to score a body lock takedown but Emmerich shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Soloman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vinzenz Emmerich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Soloman.
Emmerich throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Soloman has Emmerich pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Soloman pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Emmerich tumbling to the mat - Soloman dives into Emmerich's guard.
Emmerich keeping moving, preventing Soloman from controlling successfully.
Soloman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emmerich swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soloman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Soloman cracks Emmerich with a solid left hand.
Soloman landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soloman trying to control the position from guard on top but Emmerich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soloman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Soloman passes Emmerich's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Soloman slips a nice elbow through Emmerich's hands, connecting with Emmerich's forehead.
Soloman drops an elbow to the side of Emmerich's head.
Emmerich is looking to control Soloman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Emmerich avoid being mounted?
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Soloman moves nicely into side control.
Emmerich is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soloman advances nicely into full mount.
Soloman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Emmerich in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Soloman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Soloman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Soloman landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Soloman raining down shots from the mount!
Emmerich really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Emmerich is breathing heavily.
Soloman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Emmerich's face.
Soloman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Soloman with a couple of short strikes.
Soloman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Emmerich can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soloman looking to finish Emmerich with some ground and pound. This is bad for Emmerich!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Soloman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Soloman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Soloman raining down shots from the mount!
Soloman raining down shots from the mount!

Soloman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Emmerich manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Soloman is trying to get an arm triangle but Emmerich is defending well.
Emmerich is not content to let Soloman control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emmerich wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Soloman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Soloman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Emmerich avoids it really well and circles away.
Soloman shoots in for a double leg but Emmerich sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Emmerich tries to clinch but Soloman moves out of range.
Soloman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Soloman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vinzenz Emmerich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Soloman.
Soloman shoots in for a takedown but Emmerich shows good takedown defense.
Emmerich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Emmerich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Soloman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Emmerich throws a left and a right that both miss

and Soloman counters with a shoot takedown. Emmerich fights it but they end up in guard.
Emmerich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Emmerich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Soloman on the ground.
Soloman passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soloman has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Emmerich is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soloman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Emmerich's face.
Soloman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Soloman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Soloman.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Soloman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soloman controlling the pace for now.
Emmerich is squirming around, avoiding Soloman's attempts to control the action.
Soloman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Soloman is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Emmerich is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Soloman!