PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bunyos Feri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rod The Iceberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Feri
vs
The Iceberg

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bunyos Feri!
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, Rod The Iceberg!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Feri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Iceberg displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Feri.
The Iceberg with a lazy takedown attempt

and Feri counters by clinching up.

Feri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from The Iceberg as Feri shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bunyos Feri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Iceberg fails with the takedown.
The Iceberg fails with a takedown attempt.
The Iceberg shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Feri pinned against the cage. Feri gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Feri pushes The Iceberg up against the cage in a clinch.

Feri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Feri gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Feri has The Iceberg pressed against the cage, preventing The Iceberg from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Feri will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning The Iceberg up against the cage.

Feri lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The Iceberg works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Iceberg is trying to control the position but Feri postures up.
The Iceberg throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Feri's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Feri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Iceberg on the ground.
Feri won't allow The Iceberg to sweep him here.
Feri has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

The Iceberg looking for a guillotine here but Feri defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Feri throwing strikes from guard but The Iceberg blocks nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Feri postures up.
Feri controls from within his opponent's guard.
The Iceberg wants to get back to his feet but Feri is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bunyos Feri wasn't doing enough on the ground.
The Iceberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Iceberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rod The Iceberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Iceberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Feri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Iceberg as he avoids it easily.
Feri leaves The Iceberg with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The Iceberg closes the distance looking to clinch
and Feri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Feri shoots in looking for a takedown. The Iceberg tries to sprawl out of it but Feri keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Iceberg manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Iceberg throws a right and a left that Feri avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Feri.

Feri darts in and clinches The Iceberg up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Feri breaks the clinch.
Feri slaps away a takedown attempt from The Iceberg, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The Iceberg leaves Feri with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Feri is breathing heavily.

Feri rushes The Iceberg and presses him up against the cage.
Feri tries to break the clinch but The Iceberg is controlling the position.
The Iceberg wants a takedown but no success here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Feri breaks the clinch.
The Iceberg moves in looking to clinch but Feri pushes him off.
The Iceberg moves to clinch but Feri breaks away
and Feri counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bunyos Feri dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Iceberg is looking to clinch but Feri is avoiding it.
The Iceberg tries to clinch

and Feri holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Iceberg fails to pull guard.

Feri jumps guard and drags The Iceberg to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Feri has his foot on The Iceberg's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Iceberg works his way back into a safe position though.
Feri controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Feri looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! The Iceberg has picked Feri up and slammed him! Feri can't keep hold of the triangle and The Iceberg manages to pass to side control!
You can see the frustration on Feri's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

The Iceberg tries for a kimura but Feri is defending well.
Feri is trying to control The Iceberg's posture but The Iceberg avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Iceberg is trying to get an arm triangle but Feri is defending well.
Feri tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but The Iceberg wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The Iceberg is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Feri is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Feri tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Iceberg wants to stand but Feri is controlling his arm.
The Iceberg tries to advance to mount but Feri denies him.
Feri is looking to reverse the position.
The Iceberg has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The Iceberg is landing with some decent strikes but Feri is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The Iceberg jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Feri manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The Iceberg wants to control but Feri is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Iceberg tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Iceberg has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Feri's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The Iceberg tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Feri is looking for a sweep.
The Iceberg tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Iceberg in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Feri is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rod The Iceberg!