PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Spat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chun Rhialto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spat
vs
Rhialto

200 cm
29
211 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

183 cm
31
204 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Spat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chun Rhialto!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhialto tries for a takedown but Spat circles away easily
and Spat counters with a solid body kick.

Spat fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rhialto sprawls well initially but Spat persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Spat trying to control from half guard but Rhialto is working away.
Still in half guard, Spat seems content to control.
Spat thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rhialto's head.
Spat is controlling the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Jack Spat wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Rhialto shoots and misses
and Spat finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Spat tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rhialto swivels and escapes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rhialto scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spat struggling a bit here.
Spat has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Rhialto tries for a kimura but Spat is defending well.
Spat is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rhialto's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Spat trying to control here.
Spat is looking for a sweep. Rhialto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Spat is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rhialto's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rhialto's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spat trying to control.
Rhialto trying to control the action but Spat just sinks the hooks in.
Spat controls the position.
Spat's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Rhialto has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Spat.
Rhialto breaks Spat's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Spat trying to keep a closed guard but Rhialto is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rhialto preventing the sweep.
Spat not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Rhialto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rhialto trying to control but Spat is working from the bottom.
Spat is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Rhialto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Spat trying to keep a closed guard but Rhialto is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spat has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Rhialto doesn't defend quickly enough and Spat has managed to lock this one up! Can Rhialto escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Spat on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jack Spat!