PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jospeh Pollard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yaroslav Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaroslav Romanov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pollard
vs
Romanov

216 cm
24
162 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jospeh Pollard!
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, Yaroslav Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pollard shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Pollard was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pollard lands an elbow.
Pollard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pollard working away.
Pollard misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Romanov struggling a bit here.
Romanov is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pollard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romanov tries to improve position but can't.
Romanov throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanov taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pollard working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pollard grinds an elbow into Romanov's temple.
Check out the look on Pollard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pollard lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romanov manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Pollard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Pollard is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Romanov is tapping! Great win for Pollard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jospeh Pollard!