PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnnie Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Julio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Solomon
vs
Julio

219 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

195 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnnie Solomon!
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, Don Julio!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Julio drives through and clinches with Solomon against the cage.
Solomon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Julio gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Solomon regains guard.
Julio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Julio drops back looking for a leg! Solomon is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Solomon manages to kick Julio off! Julio jumps back into Solomon's guard.
Solomon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Julio pushes down on Solomon's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Julio looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julio lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Julio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Solomon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Julio.
Solomon is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio thows a huge punch but Solomon dodges it nicely.
Solomon regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Julio.
Solomon being controlled here, momentarily.
Solomon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Solomon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Julio postures up.
Julio trying to control the position from guard on top but Solomon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Julio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Julio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Julio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Julio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Julio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Julio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Solomon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Julio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Julio distracts Solomon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Solomon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Julio gets to his feet and stands over Solomon, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Solomon felt that one! Julio unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Solomon from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Julio!
During a confident post fight interview, Don Julio thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.