PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damian Lizard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Seivard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seivard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Reap and Sow- L'Astronaut kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Damian Lizard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lizard
vs
Seivard

176 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Victory! Sports Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Damian Lizard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle Seivard!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lizard throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Kyle Seivard has been cut.
Lizard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seivard takes a swing at Lizard's ribcage but misses.
Lizard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Damian Lizard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Seivard closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lizard to the mat! Lizard manages to get full guard.
Seivard works over Lizard with some ground and pound from guard.
Lizard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Seivard on the ground.
Seivard prevents Lizard from getting back to his feet.
Seivard trying to control the position from guard on top but Lizard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seivard stops Lizard from standing up.
Seivard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Seivard landing some decent shots from guard.
Seivard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Seivard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lizard keeping full guard, as Seivard tries to pass.
Seivard with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seivard content to stall in guard here.
Seivard trying to control but Lizard is working from the bottom.
Lizard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Seivard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seivard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seivard advances position into side control!
Seivard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lizard down.

Seivard is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Lizard looks calm but he's in trouble here. Seivard gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Lizard is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Seivard lets go of the hold and Lizard can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kyle Seivard!
Kyle Seivard seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.