PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Makhegov (ranked 5252 p4p, 5541 weight class) and Amit Francor (ranked 280 p4p, 291 weight class). Miroslav Makhegov has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Makhegov
vs
Francor

170 cm
22
135
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
23
135
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miroslav Makhegov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amit Francor!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Makhegov has closed the distance and engaged Francor in a clinch.
Francor fails to pull guard.

Francor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Makhegov stuffs the takedown attempt from Francor. Francor gets slowly back to his feet.
Francor lands a two punch combo.
Makhegov shoots in looking for a takedown but Francor manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Makhegov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Francor fails with a takedown attempt.
Miroslav Makhegov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amit Francor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Makhegov shoots in for a takedown but Francor shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Makhegov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Makhegov slows the pace down in half guard.
Francor tries to kick Makhegov off but Makhegov keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Francor is looking to control Makhegov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Francor avoid being mounted?
Makhegov seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Francor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Makhegov tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Francor.
Francor throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Makhegov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Makhegov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Makhegov 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.
Makhegov tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Makhegov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makhegov is working hard here to advance position.
Makhegov passes into side control, despite Francor's attempt to control the position.
Makhegov is putting a hurting on Francor here, landing some big shots from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Francor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Makhegov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Makhegov working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Francor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Makhegov has hold of Francor's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Francor tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Makhegov cranks the arm and Francor screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Francor, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Miroslav Makhegov!
After winning the bout, Miroslav Makhegov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.