PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Schwarzenegger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tucker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Platters - Only You kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Schwarzenegger
vs
Tucker

199 cm
18
299 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
24
312 lbs
2 - 57 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 St Petersburg, Arnold Schwarzenegger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 57 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Todd Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker slaps away a takedown attempt from Schwarzenegger, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tucker looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Schwarzenegger closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Schwarzenegger looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Schwarzenegger decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Schwarzenegger darts in looking for a takedown but Tucker gets double underhooks and turns Schwarzenegger into the cage.
Schwarzenegger dives in for a single leg takedown but Tucker sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schwarzenegger moves into range and clinches up with Tucker.
Tucker is looking to break free of the clinch but Schwarzenegger has double underhooks.

Schwarzenegger jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tucker wants to stand but Schwarzenegger is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzenegger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tucker being controlled here momentarily.
Schwarzenegger wants to stand and escape but Tucker is having none of it.
Tucker postures up.

Tucker gets to his feet - Schwarzenegger follows without any prompting.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Schwarzenegger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Schwarzenegger gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Schwarzenegger jumps guard and drags Tucker to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Schwarzenegger seems keen to control Tucker's posture.
Tucker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schwarzenegger. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Schwarzenegger throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Schwarzenegger has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tucker can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Schwarzenegger is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Tucker has his hands clasped together but Schwarzenegger extends and breaks Tucker's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Schwarzenegger.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arnold Schwarzenegger!
In defeat, Todd Tucker stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you for this opportunity to fight. There's a really nice bridge near my house, I'm going to jump off it.'.