PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Lewinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karim Zidan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewinski's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shoot from the hip. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lewinski
vs
Zidan

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Dragon

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raymond Lewinski!
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, Karim Zidan!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lewinski closes the distance and clinches.

Lewinski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zidan closes the distance looking to clinch

and Lewinski counters with a takedown into side control.
Lewinski scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Zidan to see if he's OK.

Lewinski tries for a kimura but Zidan is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewinski moves into full mount!
Lewinski takes Zidan's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Zidan is in trouble.

Lewinski is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Zidan taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Lewinski.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raymond Lewinski!
After winning the bout, Raymond Lewinski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.