PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Hotsauce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodoslav Makovozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hotsauce
vs
Makovozov

188 cm
24
254 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Hotsauce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodoslav Makovozov!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makovozov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Makovozov misses with a head kick.
Hotsauce dodges the punch combination from Makovozov.
Rodoslav Makovozov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hotsauce shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Makovozov defends it nicely.
Hotsauce keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Makovozov.
Makovozov misses with a wild combination.
Makovozov has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Makovozov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hotsauce to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hotsauce is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hotsauce working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hotsauce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hotsauce passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Makovozov is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Makovozov is looking for a sweep.
Makovozov should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hotsauce scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Makovozov to see if he's OK.
Makovozov parries the strikes from Hotsauce easily there. Hotsauce is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Makovozov to escape.
Hotsauce working the head and body with strikes.

Hotsauce tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hotsauce has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hotsauce landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Makovozov wants to control but Hotsauce postures up.
Hotsauce looks up at the clock and then as Makovozov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hotsauce smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hotsauce has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hotsauce working the ground and pound from side control.
Makovozov takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Hotsauce is trying to get an arm triangle but Makovozov is defending well.
Makovozov tries to buck Hotsauce off but Hotsauce is having none of it.

Hotsauce is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Makovozov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on Makovozov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Makovozov taking a bit of punishment here - Hotsauce scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hotsauce lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Makovozov is looking for a sweep.
Hotsauce cracks Makovozov with a big elbow.
Hotsauce works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hotsauce scores with punches from side control.
Makovozov is not content to let Hotsauce control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makovozov wants to control but Hotsauce postures up.
Hotsauce is putting a hurting on Makovozov here, landing some big shots from side control.

Hotsauce is working to tighten his grip on Makovozov's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Makovozov has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Hotsauce is really squeezing tight and eventually Makovozov passes out! Hotsauce breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Johnny Hotsauce!