PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keyser Sose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack London (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sose might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Think You Know Me. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Sose
vs
London

183 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keyser Sose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack London!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sose shoots in looking for a takedown. London tries to sprawl out of it but Sose keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. London manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sose lands a straight punch to the body, keeping London at a distance.

Sose scores a takedown into full mount!

Sose goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now London is on top in guard.
London throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
London passes into half guard.
London not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
London thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
London is keen to just control but Sose is a slippery customer.
Sose makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sose.

Sose is looking for a triangle but London pushes his legs off easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells London's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sose has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but London can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
London trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Sose looking for a guillotine here but London defends easily.

Sose manages to escape and get back to his feet.

London shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
London stands and throws Sose's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sose is trying to control London's posture but London avoids it.
London in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sose on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
London lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sose tries to buck London off but London is having none of it.
Sose is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

London is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sose has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sose is trying to improve his position.
Sose takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
London cracks Sose with a big elbow.
Sose takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sose can't do much from the bottom here.
Sose is not content to let London control the position.
Sose on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
London working the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
London scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sose is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
London working Sose over with strikes.
Sose gets full guard.

Sose has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think London should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Sose has tightened it up now! London should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Keyser Sose!