PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lamour Ferdinand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Kosinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fred Kosinski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ferdinand
vs
Kosinski

180 cm
29
166 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

177 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lamour Ferdinand!
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, Fred Kosinski!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kosinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ferdinand swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lamour Ferdinand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferdinand fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ferdinand shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kosinski as he avoids it easily.
Ferdinand fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lamour Ferdinand. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kosinski slaps away a takedown attempt from Ferdinand, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Ferdinand fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kosinski sprawls well initially but Ferdinand persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kosinski is looking to control Ferdinand's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kosinski avoid being mounted?

Ferdinand is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kosinski doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ferdinand.

Kosinski is defending against the submission attempts here by Ferdinand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosinski tries to roll over but Ferdinand keeps him under control.

Kosinski actively working from the bottom here.

Ferdinand is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kosinski defends it well.

Kosinski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Ferdinand in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Kosinski tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Ferdinand!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lamour Ferdinand!
Lamour Ferdinand decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.