PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clifford Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolay Dukov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Curtis
vs
Dukov

195 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Clifford Curtis!
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, Nikolay Dukov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Dukov. No joy for Curtis on that attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Curtis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Dukov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dukov preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Curtis keeping full guard, as Dukov tries to pass.
Curtis is trying to control the position but Dukov postures up.
Dukov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Curtis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dukov's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dukov has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Curtis doesn't defend quickly enough and Dukov has managed to lock this one up! Can Curtis escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Dukov on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nikolay Dukov!