PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russian Guyovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jim crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guyovich comes into the arena with The Russian Song blaring out of the sound system. crow is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Audioslave- Cohise. Russian Guyovich has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Guyovich
vs
crow

200 cm
21
221 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Control Nutrition
Murder Inc.

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Guyovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jim crow!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Guyovich sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks crow to the ground! Guyovich dives into full mount looking to finish!

It looks like jim crow has been cut.

Guyovich has hold of crow's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and crow manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Guyovich looking to control but crow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Guyovich is going oldschool here, as he tries to force crow to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so crow shrugs it off.
crow really wants to buck Guyovich off and get back to his feet.
crow keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Guyovich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as crow is looking to escape.
crow is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Guyovich is working for a guillotine from mount but crow frees his head quite easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
crow can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
crow has given up his back.
Guyovich doesn't have the hooks in and crow manages to turn into his guard.

Guyovich working for a triangle but crow defends it easily.
crow with a flurry of punches that miss.

crow got a little sloppy there for a moment and Guyovich has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, crow has managed to get both his arms back between Guyovich's legs - danger averted.

Guyovich working for a triangle but crow defends it easily.
Guyovich is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
crow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Guyovich has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but crow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells crow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
crow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Guyovich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for crow!
crow tries to buck Guyovich off but he can't manage it.
crow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Guyovich jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but crow manages to avoid the submission attempt.
crow throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
crow manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guyovich slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Guyovich looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
crow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guyovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Guyovich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for crow!
crow working to try and regain half guard.

Guyovich with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guyovich working for a guillotine from mount but crow is in no mood to give up.
crow is looking to get to half guard.
crow is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Guyovich looking to isolate an arm here. crow doesn't see it coming and as Guyovich extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Guyovich!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Russian Guyovich!