PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Last Man Standing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Hess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Last Man Standing has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Man Standing
vs
Hess

168 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Last Man Standing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Hess!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Standing darts in and clinches Hess up against the cage.
Standing throws an elbow that misses.
Hess takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hess jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Standing walks away with a smile on his face. Hess gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Standing tries to close the distance and clinch but Hess swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hess drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Standing defends it well.

Hess shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hess showed some decent athleticism there.
Standing knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hess on the ground.
Hess takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Hess is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Standing sees it coming and defends easily.

Hess is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Standing is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tom Hess!