PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasili Zhirkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasili Zhirkov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Buckley
vs
Zhirkov

180 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Sydney Fight Gear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Buckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vasili Zhirkov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckley misses with a jab, cross combination.

Zhirkov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Buckley to the ground. Zhirkov is now in Buckley's guard.
Buckley wants to sweep here but Zhirkov controlling him for the moment.
Zhirkov is looking to work some ground and pound but Buckley has wrist control.
Zhirkov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Buckley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zhirkov on the ground.
Zhirkov controls the position.
Zhirkov working the body and head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Buckley wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Zhirkov seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Buckley is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Vasili Zhirkov!
A very excited looking Vasili Zhirkov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.