PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Bobrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zack Clark will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bobrov
vs
Clark

163 cm
18
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Beast Body

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Bobrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zack Clark!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bobrov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Clark to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bobrov looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Clark is stalling in the full guard.
Clark scoring with some ground and pound.

Bobrov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Clark can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Clark landing some decent shots from guard.
Clark really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bobrov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Clark controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark distracts Bobrov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Clark is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Clark stays in close to Bobrov's body and controls the position.
Clark makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Clark is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Clark is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Clark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bobrov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clark slips nicely into half guard.
Clark 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.
Clark landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Clark looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Clark connects with a nice short shot to Bobrov's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bobrov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Clark is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Bobrov is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Zack Clark!