PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fabian Bright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mot Mot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bright
vs
Mot

212 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fabian Bright!
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, Mot Mot!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bright feints and then cracks Mot's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mot down.
Bright shoots for a double leg takedown but Mot sprawls well. He's pushed Bright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mot is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bright with a body shot.
Bright misses with a low kick.
Bright cracks Mot with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bright pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mot is out of range and Bright settles back down.
Mot with the counter takedown but Bright avoids it easily.
Bright fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mot avoids it really well and circles away.
Mot tries to counter with a clinch but Bright shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mot gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bright to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bright would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bright postures up.

Bright wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Mot's closed guard. He's half up but Mot has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Mot pivots and extends the arm, Bright falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Mot! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mot Mot!