PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kartschuk Real (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Guns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Real comes to the cage accompanied by Led Zeppelin - Kashmir. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Real
vs
Guns

170 cm
26
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Kartschuk Real!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leroy Guns!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Real defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Guns.
Real is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Guns misses the jab.
Real misses with a hook.
Real throws a big shot that misses.
Real throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Guns on the side of the head.
Guns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Real.
Real will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Guns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guns looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Real could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Real throws an overhand right that lands on Guns's shoulder, as Guns tries to avoid the shot.
Real throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Guns closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Real's guard.
Real controls Guns momentarily but Guns frees himself.
Guns scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guns missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Guns's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Real is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guns cracks Real with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guns lands a couple of elbows.
Guns stands and throws Real's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Real knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Guns on the ground.
Guns cracks Real with a big right hand but Real just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Guns tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Real is trying to buck Guns off.
Guns grinds an elbow into Real's temple.

Guns thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Guns working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Guns politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Guns prefers to stall for the moment though.
Guns working the ground and pound from side control.

Guns tries for a kimura but Real is defending well.
Guns is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Real will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Guns advances nicely into full mount.
Guns landing strikes, looking to finish!

Guns is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Real has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Guns postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Real looks a forlorn figure.
Real wants to control but Guns is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Real looks a forlorn figure.

Real is rocked!

Guns has isolated one of Real's arms. Real looking to fight him off but Guns twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leroy Guns!
Leroy Guns really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.