PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Britt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anatoliy Yuli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuli comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wild Boys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Anatoliy Yuli acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Britt
vs
Yuli

171 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rusty Britt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anatoliy Yuli!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Britt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yuli.
Nice sprawl there from Britt as Yuli shoots in.

Yuli tries to sprawl but Britt drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Britt is trying to work for a kimura but Yuli is defending well.
Britt not doing much here.

Britt is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Yuli is not content to let Britt control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Britt is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Britt passes the guard and advances to mount!
Britt sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Britt avoids the attempt from Yuli to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Britt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yuli is looking to escape.
Britt really is a fat lump.

Britt has control of Yuli's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Yuli regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Yuli reaches up to try and control the position but Britt seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Yuli rolls and tries to escape and now Britt has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Britt working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Yuli is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Britt has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Yuli taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rusty Britt!