PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Homes (ranked 24956 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Mazepin (ranked 2901 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Homes
vs
Mazepin

194 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
250 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larry Homes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Mazepin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Homes.
Mazepin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Homes fails to land with a series of punches.
Mazepin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Homes misses with a hook. Mazepin ducked under it nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mazepin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Homes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Homes could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Homes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Homes misses the body punch
and Mazepin counters with a two punch combo.
Larry Homes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazepin moves out of range as Homes strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazepin shoots in for a takedown but Homes shows good takedown defense.
Mazepin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Homes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Homes swings for the body but Mazepin moves out of range.
Mazepin is looking for the big counter here.

Homes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Homes controlling the action here for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Homes pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Homes is trying to trip Mazepin. He has hold of a leg but Mazepin is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Homes persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Homes wants to control from the top but Mazepin keeps moving.

Mazepin has his feet on Homes's thighs here. He's pushed Homes off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Homes screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fedor Mazepin!
During a confident post fight interview, Fedor Mazepin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.