PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Gubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxym Dubovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxym Dubovsky will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gubin
vs
Dubovsky

187 cm
25
249 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
26
232 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vladimir Gubin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxym Dubovsky!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dubovsky misses with a head kick.
Dubovsky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gubin's head.

It looks like Vladimir Gubin has been cut.
Gubin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dubovsky as he avoids it easily.
Gubin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gubin shoots in but Dubovsky avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimir Gubin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dubovsky scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Dubovsky shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dubovsky showed some decent athleticism there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dubovsky thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Gubin pushes Dubovsky off and gets back to his feet.

Gubin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dubovsky to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Dubovsky is sitting in close to Gubin's body. Gubin has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Dubovsky is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Dubovsky is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Gubin.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Vladimir Gubin!