PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Polhamus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denis Sedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Polhamus has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Polhamus
vs
Sedov

196 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
256 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dean Polhamus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denis Sedov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sedov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sedov passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sedov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sedov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Sedov is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Polhamus is breathing heavily.
Sedov tries to clinch there but Polhamus circles away.
Polhamus throws a head kick but Sedov moves out of range.
Polhamus throws a sloppy head kick and Sedov moves out of range easily.

Sedov looking to score a takedown here. Polhamus is defending well but Sedov drives through and ends up in Polhamus's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sedov content to stall in guard here.
Sedov passes Polhamus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Sedov is working for a kimura but Polhamus is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sedov seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Polhamus is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Denis Sedov!