PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between sosed snizy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rudy Alkofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

snizy
vs
Alkofer

200 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

210 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, sosed snizy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rudy Alkofer!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
snizy tries to clinch there but Alkofer circles away.
snizy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Alkofer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alkofer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Alkofer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Alkofer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alkofer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
snizy tries to hold on but Alkofer pushes him away.
Alkofer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
snizy tries to reverse the position but Alkofer maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
snizy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Alkofer jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but snizy manages to avoid the submission attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
snizy is trying to control Alkofer's posture but Alkofer avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
snizy throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
snizy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Alkofer's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Alkofer controlling the pace.
snizy moves into full guard.
Alkofer slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Alkofer moves into full mount!
snizy is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alkofer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alkofer is landing with some decent strikes but snizy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
snizy tries to reverse the position but Alkofer maintains control.
snizy tries to lock up and control but Alkofer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Alkofer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
snizy tries to hold on but Alkofer pushes him away.
Alkofer controlling the pace for now.
snizy tries to hold on but Alkofer postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alkofer controlling from mount.
Alkofer working the ground and pound effectively.
snizy squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
snizy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
snizy throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Alkofer looking to finish snizy with some ground and pound. This is bad for snizy!

Alkofer is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but snizy is surviving well by controlling Alkofer's body position as best he can.
snizy squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
snizy is working to get back to half guard.
snizy squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
snizy trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Alkofer looking to control and managing it successfully.
snizy tries to hold on but Alkofer pushes him away.
Alkofer lands a heavy elbow.
Alkofer prevents snizy from getting the reversal.
Alkofer working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Alkofer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Alkofer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Alkofer scores with a takedown into snizy's guard.
snizy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alkofer controls the pace.
Alkofer scoring with some ground and pound.
snizy can't keep his opponent in guard - Alkofer advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Still in half guard, Alkofer seems content to control.
snizy is trying to stand back up but Alkofer is controlling him
Still in half guard, Alkofer seems content to control.

Alkofer is looking for a kimura but snizy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Alkofer to get the leverage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
snizy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

snizy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alkofer defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

snizy looking for subs off his back but Alkofer has passed one foot through into half guard.
snizy is trying to control but can't.
Alkofer prevents snizy from improving his position.
Alkofer takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Alkofer wants to pass to mount but snizy is defending the position.
snizy is trying to stand back up but Alkofer is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Alkofer uses his free foot to push down on snizy's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for snizy.
Alkofer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alkofer punishing his opponent with strikes.
snizy is trying desperately to improve position.
Alkofer unloading with bombs!
snizy is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alkofer takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
snizy is desperately trying to improve his position but Alkofer has a good base and remains in mount.
snizy sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
snizy pushes Alkofer off looking to stand but Alkofer dives back in and keeps control.
snizy is pressing down on Alkofer's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
snizy trying to keep a closed guard but Alkofer is proving a slippery customer.
Alkofer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with snizy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

snizy is looking for a triangle but Alkofer pushes his legs off easily.
Alkofer stopping the sweep attempt from snizy.
Rudy Alkofer has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

snizy has an active guard here but Alkofer has managed to pass into half guard.
snizy is looking to get back to is feet but Alkofer passes into side control.

Alkofer decides to stand back up.
snizy tries to clinch up.

Alkofer changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. snizy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Alkofer tries to advance to mount but can't.
Check out the look on Alkofer's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Alkofer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

snizy wants to clinch up but Alkofer keeps it at a distance.

Alkofer feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Alkofer stopping the sweep attempt from snizy.
Alkofer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Alkofer got a little sloppy there for a moment and snizy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Alkofer has managed to get both his arms back between snizy's legs - danger averted.
Alkofer advances to half guard.

snizy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Alkofer seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. snizy is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Rudy Alkofer!