PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Helio Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Adam has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Adam
vs
Kimura

197 cm
26
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
31
205 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Adam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Helio Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adam closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kimura circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adam looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adam throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kimura counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Adam's guard now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kimura looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kimura accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Kimura drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Kimura as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Adam screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Kimura! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Helio Kimura!
In his post fight interview, Helio Kimura started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.