PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raivo Kalju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hester has chosen The Prayer - KiD CuDi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Kalju
vs
Hester

188 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raivo Kalju!
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, Mike Hester!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalju tries to clinch but Hester is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kalju.
Kalju looks to clinch

and Hester counters with a shoot takedown. Kalju fights it but they end up in guard.
Hester missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hester seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kalju keeping full guard, as Hester tries to pass.
Hester pushing down on Kalju's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kalju is trying to stand back up but Hester is controlling him
Hester controlling the pace.

Kalju is defending against the submission attempts here by Hester.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalju trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hester has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Kalju is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Hester!
An intense looking Mike Hester took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I just want to fight, nothing fancy. If you take it to the ground ill submit you, if you wanna stand up I'm game. In the end a fight is a fight and I wanna make it a good one.'.