PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zheka Beatovskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beatovskiy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: NeiroMonk. Roberto Mendes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mendes
vs
Beatovskiy

190 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Mendes!
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, Zheka Beatovskiy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beatovskiy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mendes fails with an attempt to clinch.

Mendes closes the distance and pushes Beatovskiy back into the cage.

Mendes breaks from the clinch.

Mendes closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mendes lands in his opponent's guard.
Beatovskiy being controlled here, momentarily.
Mendes lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendes trying to control the position from guard on top but Beatovskiy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Beatovskiy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mendes passes Beatovskiy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Mendes seems content to control.
Mendes trying to pass the guard but Beatovskiy defending well.
Mendes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Mendes is working for a kimura but Beatovskiy is defending it quite comfortably.

Mendes has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Beatovskiy defend it? Mendes steps over the head and cranks it - Beatovskiy is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Mendes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Roberto Mendes!
Zheka Beatovskiy spoke after the fight, saying 'Keep it real'.