PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kiec Bicas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vax Wox (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.

Bicas
vs
Wox

185 cm
23
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Kiec Bicas!
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, Vax Wox!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bicas throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wox tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bicas is in Wox's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bicas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bicas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wox preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wox is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bicas passes Wox's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bicas winds up and cracks Wox with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bicas is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Wox wants to control but Bicas is keeping busy.
Bicas drops an elbow to the side of Wox's head.
Bicas drops an elbow to the side of Wox's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bicas working Wox over with strikes.
Bicas lands with a punch from half guard.
Wox is trying to control but Bicas passes into side control!
Bicas landing strikes.
Bicas controls the position from side control.
Bicas lands a nice forearm strike.
Bicas lands an elbow.
Bicas cracks Wox with a big right hand but Wox just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bicas working the ground and pound.
Bicas controls the position from side control.
Bicas working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wox is looking for a sweep.
Bicas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bicas in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wox looks gassed!
Bicas works to advance to full mount. Wox defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Wox really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bicas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bicas fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bicas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bicas has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wox's face.
Bicas 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.
Bicas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wox?
Bicas landing punches.
Bicas lands a nice shot to the head.
Bicas is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bicas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wox is in a horrible position here. Bicas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bicas landing shots from mount.
Wox is in a horrible position here. Bicas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bicas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wox?
Bicas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bicas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bicas content just to control the position here.
Bicas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wox looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bicas lands with some strikes.
Bicas scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wox is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bicas landing strikes, looking to finish!

Bicas working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Wox looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Bicas! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kiec Bicas!