PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mustafa Graf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berkut Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berkut Rain struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Berkut Rain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Graf
vs
Rain

175 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Mustafa Graf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Berkut Rain!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rain gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Graf to score an easy takedown into full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rain is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Graf trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Graf controlling from the top position.
Graf throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Graf is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Graf looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rain!
Rain is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graf is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rain can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rain is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Graf is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Graf extends the arm and Rain is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mustafa Graf!