PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rudolf Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Ginta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Daniel Ginta will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Roman
vs
Ginta

181 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
25
258 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rudolf Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Ginta!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ginta defends it nicely.
Ginta looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Roman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Ginta tries to keep at a distance but Roman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Roman tries for a takedown but Ginta manages to get underhooks.
Roman stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ginta prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudolf Roman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ginta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roman tries for a takedown. No joy.
A hook to the body from Ginta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Roman jumps into guard, dragging Ginta to the mat.
Ginta is fighting to break Roman's control of his arms but Roman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Roman has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Ginta doesn't defend quickly enough and Roman has managed to lock this one up! Can Ginta escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Roman on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rudolf Roman!