PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Ripkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Watts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Watts
vs
Ripkin

172 cm
20
159 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

170 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruno Ripkin!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Watts. No joy for Ripkin on that attempt.

Ripkin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ripkin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Let's hope that Ripkin has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Ripkin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ripkin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripkin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Ripkin in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Watts tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Ripkin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Ripkin!