PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Dragunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dragunov
vs
Lopez

185 cm
18
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Dragunov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lopez gets the takedown into side control.
Dragunov looks to move to half guard but instead Lopez has passed into mount! Damn!
Dragunov is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dragunov tries to lock up and control but Lopez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lopez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dragunov bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Lopez looking for a guillotine here but Dragunov defends easily.
Dragunov tries to free his leg and advance position but Lopez is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Dragunov postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Lopez is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dragunov, into his guard.
Lopez tries to free his leg and advance position but Dragunov is retaining full guard.
Lopez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Dragunov isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lopez stacks Dragunov on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lopez!
Dragunov is not content to let Lopez control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lopez taking a breather here.
Lopez cracks Dragunov with a big right hand but Dragunov just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lopez is chipping away with strikes.
Lopez is looking to take a break and control but Dragunov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dragunov stuck in half guard on the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Dragunov is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dragunov is breathing heavily.
Lopez uses his free foot to push down on Dragunov's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dragunov.
Dragunov tries to lock up and control but Lopez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dragunov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lopez content just to control the position here.
Dragunov is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lopez wants to take Dragunov's back here but Dragunov is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Lopez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lopez looking to control but Dragunov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lopez working Dragunov over with strikes here.
Lopez prevents Dragunov from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Lopez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lopez moves out of range of the body kick from Dragunov.
Dragunov misses with a takedown

and Lopez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Dragunov is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Lopez pulls his head out easily.

Lopez seems to be working for a kimura but Dragunov defends the submission attempt.
Lopez trying to mount his opponent but Dragunov defends it.
Lopez controlling the action here.
Lopez wants to control but Dragunov is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragunov is trying to control but Lopez passes into side control!
Lopez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Lopez decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Dragunov tries to reverse the position but Lopez maintains control.
Dragunov tries to lock up and control but Lopez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dragunov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lopez looking to finish Dragunov with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dragunov!
Dragunov working to try and regain half guard.
Dragunov slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov wants to improve his position but Lopez is controlling well.
Dragunov is pressing down on Lopez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Dragunov manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lopez is looking to improve his position but Dragunov isn't that keen on the idea.

Dragunov is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lopez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dragunov trying to control but Lopez is having none of it.
Lopez is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dragunov looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Dragunov looking to control but Lopez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ivan Dragunov!