PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauno Necktie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Dust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Necktie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Enigma - Return To Innocence. Dust is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Raining Blood. This should be fireworks!

Necktie
vs
Dust

225 cm
23
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mauno Necktie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ken Dust!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Necktie tries to clinch up but Dust circles away and keeps his distance.

Dust drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Necktie is trying to control the position but Dust postures up.

Necktie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dust doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dust manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Necktie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Necktie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Necktie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dust is trying to get back to full guard.

Necktie is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust tries to kick Necktie off but Necktie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dust manages to get to full guard.
Dust really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Necktie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dust preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Necktie wants to pass the guard but Dust is keeping the position.
Necktie postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Necktie showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dust wants to sweep but no luck.
Dust keeping moving, preventing Necktie from controlling successfully.
Necktie slips nicely into half guard.
Necktie throwing shots but Dust is blocking nicely.
Dust is looking to get back to full guard here but Necktie has managed to pass to side control instead.
Necktie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dust tries to hold on but Necktie pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Necktie unloading with bombs!
Dust is desperately trying to improve his position but Necktie has a good base and remains in mount.
Necktie trying to control but Dust is having none of it.
Necktie cracks Dust with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dust looks gassed!
Necktie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Necktie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Necktie working for a guillotine from mount but Dust is in no mood to give up.
Necktie lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Necktie controlling the position easily from mount.
Dust is trying to escape the mount.
Necktie takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Dust just trying to survive but Necktie is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Necktie has got one arm under Dust's chin. This could be trouble... Dust trying to control the other hand but Necktie gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Dust has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mauno Necktie!