PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dummer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasiliy Sobolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobolev has chosen Ya kuplu tebe dom as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Dummer
vs
Sobolev

183 cm
27
264 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

201 cm
32
265 lbs
13 - 17 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Dummer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vasiliy Sobolev!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dummer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Jack Dummer has been cut.
Sobolev walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Vasiliy Sobolev has been cut.
Dummer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sobolev moves away.
Dummer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jack Dummer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dummer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sobolev shoots in and gets a takedown into Dummer's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sobolev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobolev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dummer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sobolev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sobolev is in close to Dummer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dummer keeping full guard, as Sobolev tries to pass.
Sobolev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sobolev looking to sit in guard and control but Dummer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sobolev wants to stand up but Dummer is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sobolev scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sobolev lands a really nice looking cross but Dummer seems unphased.
Dummer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dummer looks to land a right hand but Sobolev moved out of range.
Sobolev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dummer.

Sobolev closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dummer to the mat! Dummer manages to get full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobolev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dummer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sobolev slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sobolev works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sobolev tries to advance to mount but Dummer denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobolev working the head and body with strikes.
Dummer parries the strikes from Sobolev easily there. Sobolev is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dummer to escape.
Sobolev working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sobolev landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dummer takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sobolev working the head with strikes.
Sobolev lands an elbow.
Sobolev lands a nice forearm strike.

Jack Dummer's cut is getting worse.
Sobolev working the ground and pound.
Sobolev working the ground and pound.

Jeez, Jack Dummer's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Dummer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vasiliy Sobolev!
Vasiliy Sobolev was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.