PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liubomir Panayotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradley Cooper (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.

Panayotov
vs
Cooper

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Liubomir Panayotov!
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, Bradley Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panayotov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Panayotov pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Panayotov drives through with a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cooper striking off his back but it's not causing Panayotov any problems.
Cooper is looking to sweep but instead, Panayotov has passed into half guard.

Panayotov seems to be looking for submissions.
Panayotov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cooper does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cooper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Panayotov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Panayotov seems to be working for a kimura but Cooper defends the submission attempt.

Panayotov maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Cooper could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Panayotov has cracked it and Cooper is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Panayotov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Liubomir Panayotov!