PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergei Ivanov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

morris
vs
Ivanov

180 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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, Luke morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov misses with a few strikes there.
Ivanov looks to land a body kick but morris moved away.
Ivanov keeps the fight on the outside.
Ivanov throws a right and a left that morris avoids nicely.
morris throws a head kick but Ivanov moves out of range.
Ivanov misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ivanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
morris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Sergei Ivanov has been cut.

Ivanov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. morris sprawls well initially but Ivanov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ivanov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
morris regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ivanov.

Ivanov throws a sloppy strike and morris has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Ivanov is forced to tap! Great BJJ from morris!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luke morris!