PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalvin Amun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Gimel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lukasz Gimel looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Amun
vs
Gimel

200 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kalvin Amun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lukasz Gimel!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gimel shoots in and drives through. Amun sprawls well.
Gimel looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nice body kick from Amun.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Amun with a dominant takedown and that's winded Gimel.
Amun tries to free his leg and advance position but Gimel is retaining full guard.
Amun cracks Gimel with a solid left hand.
Amun knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gimel on the ground.
Amun tries to free his leg and advance position but Gimel is retaining full guard.
Amun tries to stand but Gimel is controlling from the bottom.
Amun looking to pass the guard.
Amun sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gimel's guard.
Amun sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Amun wants to control but Gimel is keeping him busy.
Amun drops an elbow to the side of Gimel's head.
Gimel is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amun working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gimel is refusing to be controlled, as Amun sits in half guard.
Amun sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gimel on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gimel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Amun scores with a couple of nice shots.

Gimel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gimel is trying to get back to full guard.
Amun is nestled in close to Gimel, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Amun is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gimel is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amun stalling.
Amun is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Amun is working for a submission of some sort.

Amun is looking for a kimura here.
Gimel is pressing down on Amun's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Amun has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Gimel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amun is working Gimel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Amun with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Gimel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

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

Gimel is looking for a triangle but Amun pushes his legs off easily.
Amun wants to stand but Gimel is controlling his posture from full guard.

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

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gimel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gimel swats away the attempt to clinch by Amun.
Amun with a nice cross.

It looks like Lukasz Gimel has been cut.
Amun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Amun fails to land with a series of punches.

Amun shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Amun was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gimel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gimel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalvin Amun dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lukasz Gimel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gimel needs to keep his hands up - Amun had a free shot at his head there.
Amun is looking to clinch but Gimel is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Amun misses.
Amun rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gimel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Amun pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Danga de danga de dang - Amun scores with a four punch combination!
Amun is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gimel can do to turn this around?
Amun swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Amun fails to land with a series of punches.
Amun is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gimel gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Amun counters with a left and a right that stings Gimel.
Kalvin Amun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Amun throws a right and a left that both miss.
Amun lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gimel circles away quickly and effectively.
Amun tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gimel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Amun tries to clinch but Gimel is having none of it.
Gimel with a lazy takedown attempt

and Amun counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Amun showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gimel is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Amun is aware though and is defending well.

Amun is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Gimel is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gimel is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Gimel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Amun defends well.
Amun keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gimel's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amun wants to get up but he can't break Gimel's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Amun gets to his feet - Gimel follows without any prompting.
Amun misses with a series of wild punches.
Amun looks for the body kick but Gimel saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Amun. Gimel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amun misses with a two punch combination.
Gimel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amun.
Amun misses with a takedown

and Gimel counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Amun's guard now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amun is looking to stand up but Gimel isn't so interested in that idea.
Gimel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Amun is keeping the position for now.
Amun wants to stand but Gimel is controlling the position.
Amun keeping full guard, as Gimel tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Amun pushes Gimel off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Amun tries for a takedown but Gimel circles away easily

and Gimel counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gimel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lukasz Gimel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lukasz Gimel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Amun looks to land a body kick but Gimel moved away.
Amun tries to clinch there but Gimel circles away.
Gimel checks a low kick from Amun.
Amun rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gimel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Amun lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Amun throws a series of strikes that have Gimel backpedaling.

Amun looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gimel!
Gimel in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Amun cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gimel can't escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amun with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Amun cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gimel is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Amun putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gimel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Amun postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gimel looks a forlorn figure.
Amun is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gimel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Amun controlling from mount.
Gimel working to try and regain half guard.
Amun scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gimel?
Gimel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Amun dominating with strikes here.
Gimel tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amun lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gimel hang on?
Gimel is trying to escape the mount.
Amun lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Amun dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Amun.
Amun lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Amun scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gimel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Amun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gimel gets back to half guard.
Amun is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gimel slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gimel is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Amun rolls with it to try and escape but Gimel cranks on the arm and Amun is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lukasz Gimel!