PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arkady Rossovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Legion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rossovich comes to the cage accompanied by By Your Side. Legion has chosen Winds of Plague - A Cold Day in Hell/Anthems to the Apocalypse as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rossovich
vs
Legion

150 cm
26
145 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arkady Rossovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Legion!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legion dodges the punch combination from Rossovich.
Legion steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rossovich.
Legion wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rossovich lands a nice leg kick that just misses Legion's sensitive parts.
Rossovich attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Legion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rossovich.
Rossovich swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Rossovich - just one landing.
Rossovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Legion fails to land with a series of punches.
Legion thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've been hearing reports that Rossovich has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rossovich throws a low kick but it's checked well by Legion.
Legion bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rossovich's head backwards.

Rossovich closes the distance and clinches.

Legion jumps guard and drags Rossovich to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rossovich controlling from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rossovich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Legion is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Legion looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Legion has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Rossovich doesn't defend quickly enough and Legion has managed to lock this one up! Can Rossovich escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Legion on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Derek Legion!
Our winner, Derek Legion, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.