PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey John Gailfus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sosed sleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

John Gailfus
vs
sleva

169 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeffrey John Gailfus!
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, sosed sleva!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gailfus circles away from the clinch attempt.

sleva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gailfus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. sleva is keeping the position for now.

sleva is working an open guard so Gailfus takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Gailfus clinches up against the cage.
sleva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gailfus smiles and moves away.
sleva wants to clinch but Gailfus slips to the side

and Gailfus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gailfus controlling the action here.

Gailfus decides to stand up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gailfus feints and as sleva raises his hands in defense, Gailfus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gailfus wants to pass the guard but sleva is keeping the position.
Gailfus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gailfus tries to free his leg and advance position but sleva is retaining full guard.

Gailfus thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gailfus postures up.
Gailfus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gailfus landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gailfus content to stall in guard here.
sleva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gailfus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gailfus seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down sleva for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gailfus gets to his feet. sleva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gailfus throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
sleva misses with a takedown attempt

and Gailfus counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gailfus.
sleva looks gassed!
Gailfus stays in close to sleva's body and controls the position.

Gailfus drops back looking for a leg! sleva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and sleva manages to kick Gailfus off! Gailfus jumps back into sleva's guard.
Gailfus passes sleva's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gailfus is controlling the pace.

Gailfus stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows sleva to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey John Gailfus dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gailfus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
sleva doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Gailfus counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gailfus landing with the ground and pound.
sleva being controlled here, momentarily.
Jeffrey John Gailfus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gailfus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gailfus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gailfus passes sleva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
sleva is breathing heavily.
Gailfus takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jeffrey John Gailfus just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Gailfus closes the distance and clinches.

Gailfus breaks the clinch.

Gailfus drives through with a takedown into guard.
sleva being controlled here, momentarily.

Gailfus stands up from sleva's guard - Gailfus perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gailfus feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Gailfus gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Gailfus shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gailfus showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gailfus perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gailfus moves into full mount! sleva won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gailfus stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Gailfus blocks a jab.

Gailfus closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gailfus controls the position from side control.
Gailfus lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gailfus controls the position.
Gailfus is putting a hurting on sleva here, landing some big shots from side control.

Gailfus in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... sleva is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jeffrey John Gailfus!