PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between lenin volodya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Kivinkoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kivinkoski has chosen Jon Lajoie - Show Me Your Genitals as his entrance music. Antti Kivinkoski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

volodya
vs
Kivinkoski

198 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
24
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, lenin volodya!
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, Antti Kivinkoski!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
volodya fails to land the takedown.
Kivinkoski stuffs the takedown.

volodya bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by volodya.
Kivinkoski tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but volodya wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

volodya is trying to get an arm triangle but Kivinkoski is defending well.
Kivinkoski struggling a bit here.
Kivinkoski sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
volodya not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kivinkoski is not content to let volodya control the position.

Kivinkoski actively working from the bottom here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
volodya throws a hook but Kivinkoski blocks it.
volodya looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kivinkoski is fending him off so far but volodya persists. Nope, Kivinkoski circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for lenin volodya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
volodya is breathing heavily.

Kivinkoski gets the takedown into side control.
volodya is trying to control Kivinkoski's posture but Kivinkoski avoids it.
volodya is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kivinkoski in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... volodya is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Antti Kivinkoski!