PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Suvorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sriracha Smiff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Suvorov
vs
Smiff

193 cm
24
250 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Suvorov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sriracha Smiff!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smiff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suvorov looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Suvorov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Suvorov rushes Smiff and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Smiff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suvorov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smiff.
Suvorov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smiff misses with a wild combination.
Suvorov keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice takedown defense from Smiff. No joy for Suvorov on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suvorov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Smiff throws a hook but Suvorov avoids it easily.
Suvorov is looking for a counter combo.
We've been hearing reports that Suvorov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smiff. Suvorov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smiff misses with a jab to the body

and Suvorov counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smiff is trying to stand back up but Suvorov is controlling him
Smiff is pressing down on Suvorov's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Suvorov has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Smiff is proving hard to escape from.

Suvorov postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Smiff is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Suvorov, into his guard.

Suvorov keeping moving, preventing Smiff from controlling successfully.
Smiff is looking to work some ground and pound but Suvorov has wrist control.
Smiff lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smiff with a nice head shot there.
Smiff missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Suvorov keeping full guard, as Smiff tries to pass.
Smiff is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smiff makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smiff postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smiff keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Suvorov's head.
Smiff pushing down on Suvorov's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiff is trying to control the action in half guard but Suvorov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smiff not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smiff wants to control but Suvorov is keeping him busy.
Suvorov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smiff on the ground.
Smiff landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Smiff works his foot free and advances to mount.
Suvorov is breathing heavily.

Smiff is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Suvorov is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Suvorov flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Smiff anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Suvorov and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Smiff slips an arm under Suvorov chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Smiff has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Smiff is squeezing on Suvorov like an anaconda would it's prey. Suvorov fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sriracha Smiff!
Sriracha Smiff decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.