PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soy Casanova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Sidorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Casanova might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Laid to Rest by Lamb of God. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Casanova
vs
Sidorov

186 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Soy Casanova!
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, Vladimir Sidorov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casanova swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sidorov dodges the punch combination from Casanova.
Casanova stuns Sidorov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Casanova takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice combination there by Casanova.

Sidorov has taken the fight to the clinch.

Casanova breaks the clinch.
Sidorov slips a straight right by Casanova.
Casanova misses with a jab, cross combination.
Casanova fails to land with a series of punches.
Casanova keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sidorov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sidorov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Casanova misses with an uppercut. Sidorov saw that one coming.
Casanova looks to score with a jab to the body but Sidorov is just out of range.
Sidorov lands with a nice combination. Casanova backs away looking to recover.
Casanova throws a leg kick

and Sidorov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Casanova's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Casanova trying to strike off his back.
Sidorov preventing the sweep.
Sidorov content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casanova looking for a sweep. Not yet Casanova, not yet.
Casanova can't keep his opponent in guard - Sidorov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Sidorov decides to stand and escape the position.

Sidorov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sidorov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sidorov working the ground and pound effectively.
Sidorov lands a heavy elbow.
Casanova really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Casanova is breathing heavily.
Sidorov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Casanova can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Casanova is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Sidorov locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Casanova is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vladimir Sidorov!