PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Zarubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milan Savic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milan Savic will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Zarubin
vs
Savic

176 cm
24
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Zarubin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Milan Savic!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Savic has closed the distance and engaged Zarubin in a clinch.
Savic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zarubin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Zarubin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Savic tries for a takedown but Zarubin manages to get underhooks.

Savic has hold of one of Zarubin's legs. Zarubin is fighting the takedown attempt but Savic gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Savic prevents Zarubin from getting back to his feet.

Savic drops back looking for a leg! Zarubin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zarubin manages to kick Savic off! Savic jumps back into Zarubin's guard.
Savic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Savic trying to control but Zarubin is working from the bottom.

Savic drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Savic seems to have locked his on tight now - Zarubin screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Savic, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Milan Savic!
Post fight, Milan Savic took to the microphone: 'First of all, i want to thank my fans for the support. Second, i want to ask Chad and Fernando for a rematch with Jacob Miller. Let's do it again, i want my revenge. Thank you.'.