PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zhasulan Boranbayev (ranked 3975 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamil Mirzamagomedov (ranked 3145 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhasulan Boranbayev looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Boranbayev
vs
Mirzamagomedov

177 cm
25
157 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
157 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zhasulan Boranbayev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shamil Mirzamagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mirzamagomedov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Mirzamagomedov lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Boranbayev is trying to escape back to his feet but Mirzamagomedov uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Boranbayev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mirzamagomedov cracks Boranbayev with a big right hand but Boranbayev just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Boranbayev taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mirzamagomedov scoring with punches and elbows.
Mirzamagomedov tries to stand but Boranbayev is controlling his head.
Mirzamagomedov trying to control the action but Boranbayev is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirzamagomedov wants to stand but Boranbayev has his arm trapped.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shamil Mirzamagomedov!