PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Travis Mayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vyacheslav Kowalchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Mayer
vs
Kowalchuk

161 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

165 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Travis Mayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vyacheslav Kowalchuk !
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Mayer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mayer showed some decent athleticism there.
Mayer wants to stand up but Kowalchuk has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Mayer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Kowalchuk looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mayer is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalchuk regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mayer.
Mayer wants to stand and escape but instead Kowalchuk has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mayer looking for a sweep. Not yet Mayer, not yet.
Kowalchuk slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Kowalchuk is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mayer has escaped the position, nice work there.

Kowalchuk has hold of Mayer's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Mayer seems comfortable defending it but Kowalchuk has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Mayer is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Mayer is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Kowalchuk couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vyacheslav Kowalchuk !
Post fight, an emotional Vyacheslav Kowalchuk said 'Я хочу поблагодарить всех моих людей, моих поклон&#108'.