PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Chernicin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Corrales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrales comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Party Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Chernicin
vs
Corrales

170 cm
22
150 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

180 cm
28
169 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Chernicin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Corrales!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chernicin fails with the takedown

and Corrales counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Corrales.

Corrales avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Corrales controls from within his opponent's guard.
Corrales works over Chernicin with some ground and pound from guard.
Corrales is looking to work some ground and pound but Chernicin has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corrales not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chernicin wants to stand up but Corrales is controlling him.
Corrales controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrales slips nicely into half guard.

Corrales is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Corrales is looking for a kimura here.

Corrales is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chernicin has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrales passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Chernicin!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Corrales with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Corrales takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Corrales is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Corrales extends the arm and Chernicin is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joseph Corrales!
Joseph Corrales took some time post fight to say the following; 'i feel great now imma go home and fuck a chinese bitch'.