PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emils Heartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heartman comes into the arena with King of the ring blaring out of the sound system. Russo has chosen Destroy Everything as his entrance music. Emils Heartman had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Heartman
vs
Russo

190 cm
20
208 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

179 cm
20
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

PhoQus Sports Enhancement

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emils Heartman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Russo!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Heartman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Russo's guard.
Russo is trying to keep Heartman in close.

Russo is looking for a triangle but Heartman pushes his legs off easily.
Russo is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Heartman has gone for a leg lock! Russo slips out almost immediately though and dives into Heartman's guard.
Russo scoring with punches to the head and body.

Russo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Russo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Let's hope that Russo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo connects with a couple of short punches.

Heartman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Russo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Heartman throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Russo postures up.
Russo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Russo throwing strikes from guard but Heartman blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Russo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Heartman has his foot on Russo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Russo works his way back into a safe position though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Russo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Heartman is breathing heavily.
Russo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Heartman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Russo is trying to work for a kimura but Heartman is defending well.
Heartman is staying active underneath Russo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Russo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Russo seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Russo working over Heartman with some ground and pound. Heartman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo wants to take a breather but Heartman is having none of it.

Russo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Russo in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Heartman tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Russo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jimmy Russo!