PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Fischerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Rakhmanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rakhmanov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Russian national anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fischerson
vs
Rakhmanov

183 cm
19
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kurt Fischerson!
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, Mikhail Rakhmanov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fischerson moves in looking to clinch but Rakhmanov pushes him off.
Fischerson wants to clinch.
Fischerson tries to clinch up but Rakhmanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Fischerson throws a leg kick but Rakhmanov checks it.
Fischerson is looking to clinch.
Rakhmanov throws a series of punches but Fischerson avoids them all with ease.
Fischerson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rakhmanov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rakhmanov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fischerson.
Rakhmanov blocks a head kick by Fischerson.
Rakhmanov swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fischerson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rakhmanov throws a series of strikes that have Fischerson backpedaling.
Rakhmanov misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fischerson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fischerson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Rakhmanov scores a takedown into full mount!
Rakhmanov wants to take Fischerson's back here but Fischerson is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Fischerson has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rakhmanov lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rakhmanov landing with strikes.
Rakhmanov has Fischerson flattened out and is raining down punches.

Rakhmanov has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Fischerson is in real trouble here. Rakhmanov gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Fischerson is tapping out! Rakhmanov wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mikhail Rakhmanov!
Mikhail Rakhmanov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.