PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Feofil Molovgomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

King
vs
Feofil Molovgomedov

180 cm
23
180 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

174 cm
20
174 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Experienced

FJCP Healthy Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nikolai Feofil Molovgomedov!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Molovgomedov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Molovgomedov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Molovgomedov slips a jab and a cross from King.
Molovgomedov connects with a high kick.
King throws a combination that misses
and Molovgomedov counters with a good low kick that King was not able to check.
King has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Abobomination Training $700 13 LEGIT elite coaches in the buildup to the fight.

Molovgomedov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Molovgomedov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Molovgomedov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Molovgomedov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
King wants to get back to full guard.
Molovgomedov trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Molovgomedov is working for a kimura but King is defending it quite comfortably.
Molovgomedov is figuring out what he wants to do next.
It looks like Molovgomedov might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Molovgomedov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. King doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Molovgomedov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Molovgomedov seems to be working for a kimura but King defends the submission attempt.
Molovgomedov not doing much here.
Molovgomedov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molovgomedov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Molovgomedov has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
King really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Molovgomedov quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Molovgomedov but it's paid off an King is forced to tap! Nice work by Molovgomedov.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nikolai Feofil Molovgomedov!