PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ashley Sharp (ranked 24723 p4p, 0 weight class) and German Titov (ranked 5345 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sharp
vs
Titov

210 cm
19
193 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

195 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashley Sharp!
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, German Titov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Titov connects with an inside leg kick.

Titov takes the fight into the clinch.

Titov turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Sharp sneaks out the side door and pushes Titov away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Sharp fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Titov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp defending well as Titov loads up on a big left hand.
Sharp plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Titov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Titov is fending him off so far but Sharp persists. Nope, Titov circles away and we're back to standing.

Titov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sharp did well to prevent Titov getting side control.
Sharp wants to get back to full guard.
Titov blocks the strikes from Sharp.
Sharp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Titov on the ground.
Titov looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Titov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sharp keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titov works his foot free and advances to mount.

Titov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sharp tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Titov is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Sharp is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). German Titov!