PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramses Dragunav (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.

Taylor
vs
Dragunav

181 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Mark Taylor!
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, Ramses Dragunav!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragunav takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Dragunav has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Dragunav lands a right hand.

Dragunav drags the fight down to the ground.
Taylor trying to control but Dragunav is working from the bottom.
Dragunav lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Taylor!
Dragunav tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dragunav looking to control but Taylor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Taylor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragunav controlling from the full mount.
Taylor is bucking up trying to escape but Dragunav cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Taylor is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dragunav looking to control and managing it successfully.
Taylor working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragunav controlling his opponent.
Dragunav pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dragunav lands a big shot there that rocks Taylor but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Dragunav looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragunav sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Taylor taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragunav landing punches.

Taylor is rocked!
Dragunav sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dragunav's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Dragunav is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Taylor is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Taylor flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Dragunav anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Taylor and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Dragunav slips an arm under Taylor chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Dragunav has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Dragunav is squeezing on Taylor like an anaconda would it's prey. Taylor fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ramses Dragunav!