PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Semki Est (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Junakovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Est
vs
Junakovic

225 cm
24
300 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

225 cm
20
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Semki Est!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Junakovic!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junakovic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Est as he jumps to the side.
Junakovic fails with the takedown.
Junakovic misses with a takedown attempt

and Est counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Semki Est has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Junakovic.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Est stays in close to Junakovic's body and controls the position.

Est thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Est controls from within his opponent's guard.
Junakovic keeping moving, preventing Est from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Semki Est wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Junakovic with a poor takedown

and Est counters with a nice double leg into side control. Junakovic won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Junakovic is pushing Est's head away, looking to escape. Est manages to hold on to the position though.
Junakovic looks gassed!

Est is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Junakovic is trying to escape and Est transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Junakovic is forced to tap! Nice work there by Est! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Semki Est!