PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kirill Krasnov (ranked 7782 p4p, 568 weight class) and Mun Li (ranked 6130 p4p, 0 weight class). Mun Li has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kirill Krasnov's chin.

Krasnov
vs
Li

180 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Krasnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mun Li!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li with a poor takedown

and Krasnov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Krasnov.
Krasnov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Krasnov's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Krasnov stops Li from standing up.
Krasnov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Krasnov pushes down on Li's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krasnov slows the pace down in half guard.
Krasnov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Krasnov has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Li defend it? Krasnov steps over the head and cranks it - Li is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Krasnov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kirill Krasnov!