PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toni Ricester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexi Zaitev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ricester might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to War Vince DiCola. Zaitev has chosen Hell's Bells as his entrance music. Toni Ricester has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ricester
vs
Zaitev

190 cm
24
157 lbs
5 - 12 - 0

175 cm
26
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toni Ricester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexi Zaitev!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaitev connects with a body shot.
Ricester shoots in for a takedown but Zaitev shows good takedown defense.
Ricester fails with the takedown
and Zaitev counters with a stiff right hand.

Ricester darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Ricester seems to be working for a kimura but Zaitev defends the submission attempt.

Ricester is working for a kimura but Zaitev is defending it quite comfortably.

Ricester is looking for a kimura here.

Ricester is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zaitev can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ricester 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. Zaitev tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Ricester!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Toni Ricester!