PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Savicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Savicki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reese
vs
Savicki

194 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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, Andy Reese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Savicki!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savicki tries for a takedown but Reese sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Reese gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Reese wants to get back to his feet.
Reese knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Savicki on the ground.
Savicki moves into full guard.

Savicki isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Reese stacks Savicki on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Reese!
Savicki tries to bench press Reese off him but Reese keeps the position.
Reese wants to lay and pray for a moment but Savicki keeps working.
Savicki manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Savicki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Savicki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Savicki is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Reese has his hands clasped together but Savicki extends an breaks Reese's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Savicki.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Robert Savicki!