PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Dorotsheensky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Long
vs
Dorotsheensky

220 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
244 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Romeo Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martin Dorotsheensky!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Long gets a takedown into half guard.
Dorotsheensky manages to get to full guard.
Dorotsheensky is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dorotsheensky bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Long's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Long kicks Dorotsheensky off and gets to his feet.

Long shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Long showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Long is trying to work for a kimura but Dorotsheensky is defending well.

Long looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorotsheensky is looking for a sweep. Long is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dorotsheensky is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Long's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Long's back!
Dorotsheensky avoiding Long 's attempts to control his hands.

Dorotsheensky is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Long won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Dorotsheensky off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Martin Dorotsheensky!
Martin Dorotsheensky seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.