PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Jose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alek Zimmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Jose
vs
Zimmer

198 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jackson Jose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alek Zimmer!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zimmer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jose to the mat! Jose manages to get full guard.

Zimmer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Zimmer drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jose dives on top into guard.

Zimmer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jose wants to stand but Zimmer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Zimmer seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jose has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jose trying to control but Zimmer is working from the bottom.

Zimmer looking for a triangle here. Jose is fighting it but it looks tight! Zimmer pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Jose is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alek Zimmer!
Our winner, Alek Zimmer, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.