PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brutal Rapist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slava Smirnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rapist comes to the cage accompanied by Requiem for a dream. Smirnov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by New Tone – Run. This should be a great matchup!

Rapist
vs
Smirnov

191 cm
28
262 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

195 cm
29
245 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brutal Rapist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Slava Smirnov!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smirnov tries to clinch but Rapist moves away

and Rapist counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Still in the clinch, Rapist scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rapist tries for a takedown. No joy.

Rapist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rapist avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rapist has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rapist there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rapist feints a jab promting Smirnov to slip. Rapist then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smirnov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Slava Smirnov has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smirnov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rapist.
Slava Smirnov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rapist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Rapist has closed the distance and engaged Smirnov in a clinch.
Smirnov is trying to push Rapist away but Rapist has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rapist stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Rapist has hold of one of Smirnov's legs. Smirnov is fighting the takedown attempt but Rapist gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Rapist drops back looking for a leg! Smirnov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Smirnov manages to kick Rapist off! Rapist jumps back into Smirnov's guard.
Rapist advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rapist tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rapist has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rapist scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smirnov to see if he's OK.

Rapist tries for a kimura but Smirnov is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Rapist is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Smirnov is trying to escape and Rapist transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Smirnov is forced to tap! Nice work there by Rapist! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brutal Rapist!
During a confident post fight interview, Brutal Rapist thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.