PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Solovynov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuri Solovynov looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Solovynov
vs
Hearns

182 cm
26
164 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
162 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuri Solovynov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Hearns!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Solovynov misses.
Hearns looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Solovynov scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hearns won't allow Solovynov to pass to mount.
Hearns throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hearns has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Solovynov is working away from the top position though.
Hearns is trying to stand up here but Solovynov is controlling him well.
Solovynov prevents Hearns from improving his position.

Hearns has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Solovynov escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Solovynov!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns is trying to improve his position.
Hearns gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns wants to improve his position but Solovynov is controlling well.
Solovynov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Hearns is looking to escape.

Hearns looking for subs from the bottom but Solovynov mounts him!
Hearns wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

Solovynov has got one arm under Hearns's chin. This could be trouble... Hearns trying to control the other hand but Solovynov gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Hearns has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yuri Solovynov!