PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawrence Uranium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papadopoulos's entrance music is Robocop Theme by Basil Polidouris. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Papadopoulos
vs
Uranium

185 cm
27
266 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

206 cm
20
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lawrence Uranium!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Uranium as Papadopoulos shoots in.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papadopoulos avoids the head kick by Uranium.
Papadopoulos shoots in but Uranium avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Papadopoulos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Uranium sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Papadopoulos somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ghiorghos Papadopoulos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Uranium moves into range and clinches up with Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Uranium is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Papadopoulos is looking to take this one to the mat.

Uranium turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Uranium trying to control the action but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Papadopoulos is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Uranium is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Papadopoulos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Papadopoulos is trying desperately to improve position.
Papadopoulos taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uranium looking to control but Papadopoulos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Uranium has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BOOM! Uranium connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Papadopoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Uranium on the ground.
Papadopoulos is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uranium tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Uranium trying to control but Papadopoulos is having none of it.
Papadopoulos is looking to get to half guard.
Uranium cracks Papadopoulos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Uranium trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Papadopoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Papadopoulos tries to get out of the position.
Uranium prevents Papadopoulos from getting the reversal.
Uranium trying to control but Papadopoulos is having none of it.
Papadopoulos is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uranium is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Papadopoulos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Uranium working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Papadopoulos looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Uranium! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Lawrence Uranium!
Lawrence Uranium took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina) for their support in the buildup to the fight.