PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Volnev Ozdekhov (ranked 4195 p4p, 24690 weight class) and Mitch Bellard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ozdekhov
vs
Bellard

163 cm
25
130
0 - 0 - 0

152 cm
25
140
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Volnev Ozdekhov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitch Bellard!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bellard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ozdekhov is wriggling around but Bellard manages to pass to half guard.
Ozdekhov pushes Bellard off but Bellard dives into side control.

Bellard thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ozdekhov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bellard.
Ozdekhov is trying to escape the position but Bellard is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bellard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ozdekhov is avoiding damage well.
Bellard is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ozdekhov's shoulder. That is not cool.
Bellard lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bellard controlling the position.
Ozdekhov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bellard.

Bellard looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Bellard is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ozdekhov looks calm but he's in trouble here. Bellard gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ozdekhov is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Bellard lets go of the hold and Ozdekhov can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mitch Bellard!