PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikita Kazantcev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Montgomery
vs
Kazantcev

164 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicky Montgomery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikita Kazantcev!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kazantcev closes the distance and pushes Montgomery back into the cage.

Kazantcev lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Montgomery wants to get back to his feet.
Kazantcev trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montgomery trying to hold on to Kazantcev's head to control him but Kazantcev postures up.
Kazantcev controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kazantcev is nestled in close to Montgomery, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kazantcev tries to pass to full mount but Montgomery defends it.
Kazantcev keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kazantcev drops an elbow to the side of Montgomery's head.
Kazantcev sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Montgomery defending well though.
Montgomery tries to get to full guard but Kazantcev has control of the leg.
Kazantcev drops an elbow to the side of Montgomery's head.

Kazantcev seems to be looking for submissions.
Kazantcev is thwarting Montgomery's attempts to control the position.
Kazantcev looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Montgomery knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kazantcev on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Montgomery could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kazantcev throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery wants to get back to full guard but Kazantcev has passed into side control.
Kazantcev wants to stand but Montgomery is controlling his arm.
Kazantcev in side control lands a decent elbow.

Kazantcev thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Montgomery takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Montgomery tries to improve position but can't.
Montgomery wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Kazantcev is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Montgomery might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazantcev scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kazantcev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kazantcev looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kazantcev lands some shots froms side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Kazantcev is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Montgomery is trying to escape and Kazantcev transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Montgomery is forced to tap! Nice work there by Kazantcev! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nikita Kazantcev!