PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pepe Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osobo Opasen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pepe Gomez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gomez
vs
Opasen

200 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pepe Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Osobo Opasen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Opasen.
Gomez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Opasen throws out a loose jab but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.

Opasen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Opasen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Opasen is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gomez can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Opasen looking for a guillotine from mount but Gomez is having none of it.

Opasen with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gomez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Opasen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Opasen has isolated one of Gomez's arms. Gomez looking to fight him off but Opasen twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Osobo Opasen!